Claire holds a level 7 (Postgraduate) Advanced Diploma in Integrative Psychotherapy, an Advanced Certificate in working with children and three level 6 counselling diplomas in Transactional Analysis Counselling, Adolescent Counselling and Clinical Supervision. In addition she has qualifications and training in working with families, trauma, neurodivergence and disabilities. Claire offers counselling and psychotherapy in private practice and schools. Claire is an experienced tutor, most recently designing and teaching courses at The Link Centre in Sussex. Her experience has influenced her philosophy of offering academic rigour within warm, safe, small training groups, which embrace the profession’s ethical framework. She aims to offer training that stretches learners whilst being accessible, enjoyable and meaningful. Her core approach is an integration of Classical and Integrative Relational Transactional Analysis, trauma informed approaches and she embraces art and play based therapy. Claire is in the process of taking exams for UKCP registration (SCoPEd column C).

Nick is a Senior Accredited Registrant with the National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society (SCoPEd Column C) with a private practice in Hythe, Kent. He holds an MA in Counselling and Psychotherapy Practice (Distinction, 2022) alongside professional teaching qualifications and a level 6 Clinical Supervision Diploma. As an educator Nick designs and delivers both core and advance counsellor training. He leads small learning groups, favouring depth over breadth, and engaging dialogue over unilateral delivery. His approach invites critical thought and keeps the therapeutic frame open, contemporary, and actively anti-oppressive. Trainees benefit from his ability to translate complex concepts into accessible learning, grounded in over a decade of clinical practice. Nick's approach is humanistic ways of working, especially existential – phenomenological. He specialises in working with Autistic and/or ADHD clients and therapists, and is trained in therapeutic group facilitation.

A qualified counsellor since 2014, Elaine brings over a decade of clinical experience supporting cancer patients and those with long-term health conditions. Her practice integrates therapeutic counselling with complementary therapies, honed through specialised training at Mount Vernon Hospital and work at Kent and Canterbury Hospital. Elaine is also an established educator, authoring and delivering accredited Level 2 and Level 3 counselling qualifications alongside professional development workshops. A lecturer since 2002, she translates real-world clinical insight into practical, rigorous training. Elaine is interested in Transpersonal approaches to therapy and specialises in cancer, long-term health conditions and end-of-life therapy, as well as holistic therapy integration.