Alone we can do so little
together we can do so much

After being adopted and cared for he transformed into a beautiful Saluki and lives with his best friends Hettie and Colston who are bassett hounds.

He is a registered PAT (Pets As Therapy) Dog and works with a range of clients in different counselling sessions. He is also part of the ‘Read2Dog’ project where he supports listening to children read in a local primary school.

He has worked in both statutory & charitable settings with vulnerable people of all ages. This has included working in mental health settings, with families for SureStart, with Young Carers and more recently with children in schools and students at University.
He is a qualified Supervisor and has worked with trainee counsellors.
He is also a qualified herbalist and has a keen interest in nature and plants which adds to his approach as a person centred counsellor. He likes to use his skills in an integrative way and believes strongly in building trusting, therapeutic relationships.
He likes walking and cycling and is involved in community arts and drama. He is also a keen supporter of local sport particularly Lincoln City Football Club!

Christopher has also worked as a vocational learning assessor and has delivered a range of Mental Health and Autism awareness training to front line staff, such as Teachers, GP’s and support workers.

Christopher is a qualified counsellor and registered with the BACP, he has experience of working with children and young people as well as with adults. Having trained as an integrative and relational psychotherapist, he is able to make use of a range of models and approaches to therapy. Furthermore, he places a great deal of emphasis on the need for a positive therapeutic relationship between therapist and client.

His work as a therapist is influenced by Existential philosophy, which explores what it is like to be Human and to come to terms with life in all its confusing complexity. After all, life can be tough, and many of us need a little help to make sense of the world and our place in it.

Christopher also believes that counselling should be available to everyone and has a keen interest in making therapy more accessible to people affected by Autism and Learning disabilities.

A Graduate Level 1 in Affect Dysregulation, Survival Defenses and Traumatic Memory. Clare is currently studying with the Sensorimotor Psychotherapy Institute: Level 11: Training in Emotional Processing, Meaning Making and Attachment Repair. Since qualifying Clare has worked as a part time counsellor in a number of different placements as well as having a part time private practice. During Clare’s counselling work Clare has dealt with adults & young people with a range of issues, including; rape, sexual abuse, domestic abuse, trauma, self harm, addictions, eating disorders, bullying, anxiety and depression. Clare’s approach when working with clients is to convey empathy, respect and treat people with sensitivity and dignity.

James’ counselling training began by attending the RELATE Basic listening skills courses, and since then he has continued his professional development and has gone on to qualify to Advanced Diploma Level. He has also attained certificates in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Art Therapy and Working with Children and Young People. James is a registered member of the BACP.

Since qualifying James has worked as a counselling volunteer for the YMCA. He is also employed at Park Practice Counselling, Lindum Counselling College, Lincoln College and the Lincoln Centre for Grief and Loss. He has been accepted on the British Sand play Society training due to start in September.

In addition to these roles he is a qualified Yoga Teacher with the British Wheel of Yoga.

Since qualifying Karen worked for a Charitable Counselling Service working with adults from a wide spectrum of social and emotional backgrounds and within Secondary Schools counselling students aged 11 to 18. At the same time Karen has continued her professional development and graduated with a BA (Hons) in Person Centred Counselling from the University of Hull in 2015.

Karen finds her work with Young People to be fulfilling and immensely rewarding and finds that engaging in an empathetic non-judgemental way helps clients feel safe and confident, enabling them to relay their thoughts and feelings in order to find strategies, coping mechanisms and create personal awareness.
Karen through her own difficult life experiences has encountered counselling first hand and and has come through the other side a grounded and non-judgemental person.

Karen is a Mother of a teenager and enjoys a busy family life. However, she can always find time to walk her Rhodesian Ridgeback dog and enjoy the peace and tranquillity of the countryside.

Lindsay has worked in primary schools for over a decade. She is TaMHS (Targeted Mental Health Support in Schools) trained and has extensive experience of working with children aged between 4-11. She has worked closely with Educational Psychologists, Speech and Language Therapists, Social Workers and MacMillan Cancer Care. With children, Lindsay uses a range of strategies including Drawing and Talking Therapy, play therapy and sand tray work.

Lindsay is a registered member of the BACP (British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists). She has worked with adults, young people and children affected by depression, anxiety, low self-esteem and those who have lost a sense of self-identity. In addition to her counselling qualifications, Lindsay holds a BA (Hons) Degree in English Language and Literature. Having been a student twice, with her children all having undertaken higher education and with family and friends in the education system, Lindsay has a particular
interest in education and the challenges it presents to all those working within it, from pupils and students to those whose profession it is.

In her free time, Lindsay spends time with her grown up children, husband and friends. She enjoys reading, gardening, cooking and music. She follows cricket, rugby union and football.

Maggie returned to education and has recently achieved a Level 4 Diploma in psychodynamic counselling, the course included volunteering as part of the course, she
volunteered with The Children’s Bereavement Centre in Newark, counselling children who had experienced loss and St Barnaba’s Hospice in Lincoln, counselling adults for
bereavement. She is a member of BACP. Maggie continues to work within a village primary school and has just enrolled on a Working with children and adolescents Diploma course.

In her spare time, Maggie enjoys spending time with her 2 grown up children and family in Derbyshire and is to become a Grandma early next year. She also likes walking her dog Pip gardening and reading, which helps her to relax in her free time.

Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) can often play a part in their lives and he uses Eye Movement Therapy that has proved to be helpful in dealing with this condition. These days more and more men are coming forward realising they need a helping hand as much as anyone which he finds encouraging. He also has a successful local private practice and he supports clients whose issues include stress, anxiety, depression, self-esteem, anger-management, self-harm and relationship issues. He has done charity work with the homeless in Lincoln which he found very rewarding and where he came across an extreme range of issues. He refers to it as the “A&E of counselling”

Outside of counselling Robin likes to keep fit by running (Lincoln 10k regular) and playing squash and golf. He is also a keen member of an Amateur Dramatic group with at least a dozen productions under his belt. He is a family man and enjoys living in a village near Lincoln.

Sarah qualified with a BTEC Level 5 Professional Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling and is a member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy.

Sarah believes we can all benefit from counselling and she really enjoyed her client work.

In her free time, Sarah enjoys spending time with family, walking with her 2 dogs and making stuff.