Our People

Gill Theodoreson

Course Leader for Foundation

Qualifications

Dip HIP, MA HIP, UKCP Reg

About Gill Theodoreson

Gill Theodoreson -  Gill is a UKCP registered Psychotherapist, Facilitator and Trainer. She qualified with a MA and Diploma in Humanistic & Integrative Psychotherapy from BCPC/Middlesex University in 2008. Since then she has worked in private practice working with individuals and couples, as a Staff Counsellor at Bristol University and as a Therapist and Course Facilitator at the cancer charity, Penny Brohn UK. Gill is experienced in working with people living with life threatening illness. 

Caroline Yates

Course Leader for Counselling

Qualifications

BA Hons, CQSW, Postgraduate Diploma in Applied Social Studies, Post graduate Diploma in Counselling, MSc in Counselling and Supervision, MBACP (Accred)

About Caroline Yates

Caroline is a BACP accredited counsellor with a Masters in Science in counselling and supervision as well as a trained social worker, qualified mediator and critical incident debriefer. She has worked in the voluntary/charity sector and the NHS, as a counsellor, supervisor and a manager of counselling services

She also has experience of working with BACP on the Professional Conduct Committee and currently as a reviewer of resources provided on the BACP learning centre. She is interested in maintaining professional standards and good practice as well as keeping the relationship at the heart of counselling. 

Kate Bowman

Course Leader for Psychotherapy & Tutor | MA Module 5

Qualifications

MA HIP, Dip HIP, Dip HIC, Dip PCC, Cert. Ed., BA (hons), Cert. Supervision, UKCP Reg

About Kate Bowman

Kate is Course Leader for the BCPC Psychotherapy Diploma, a UKCP registered psychotherapist, BCPC qualified counsellor, and a CTSD certified supervisor working in private practice in Bath. She has a special interest in working with groups, and previously worked as Group Facilitator for Wessex Counselling Services Foundation and Diploma training in Frome. She is also particularly interested in long term therapeutic work and the co-created processes and narratives that emerge within relationship over time.

Barbara Gonzalez

Tutor | Foundation Certificate (Wednesday)

Qualifications

BA Dip HIC, MBACP (Accred)

About Barbara Gonzalez

Barbara is a BACP registered counsellor, facilitator and trainer. She has worked with varying client groups including those affected by substance misuse, domestic abuse, cancer, grief and bereavement. A BCPC graduate, she holds an additional PG Dip in Counselling Children and Young people and has worked across the charity sector and education as well as in private practice in Somerset. Barbara passionately specialises in Applied Ecopsychology and is the Founder and Director of Better Nature Ecotherapy CIC.

Andrew Jubb

Tutor | Foundation Certificate (Wednesday)

Qualifications

BSc MA Dip. HIP

About Andrew Jubb

Andrew is a UKCP registered Psychotherapist and CSTD certified Supervisor. A graduate of BCPC, he works in private practice and also in partnership with a Local Authority offering psychotherapy to people experiencing homelessness. He works relationally, integrating Intersubjectivity Theory and Dialogical Gestalt, and has a particular interest in Existentialism and the Psycho-Spiritual and how these themes are developmentally informed.

Katherine Engel

Tutor | Foundation Certificate (Thursday)

Qualifications

MA Art Psychotherapy, HCPC Reg

About Katherine Engel

Katherine is a HCPC registered Art Psychotherapist and a Couples Therapist working with adults and couples in private practice in Frome. She has experience of counselling in agency and charity settings before moving into private practice. Previously she worked in NHS mental health in-patient services and has an ongoing interest in working with people who have mental health diagnoses and experiences of psychiatric care. More recently she has completed training in the Pesso-Boyden method of psychotherapy and integrates these ideas into her work.

Mike Swift

Tutor | Foundation Certificate (Thursday)

Qualifications

BA, DipHIC, DipPAT

About Mike Swift

Mike is a BCPC trained BACP registered integrative counsellor with a post-graduate diploma in psychedelic-assisted therapy and depth psychology. He works in private practice with individuals and couples in central Bristol, integrating IFS, EMDR, and somatic breathwork within an intersubjective biopsychosocial framework that honours the psyche’s innate capacity to heal. His philosophy and approach are grounded in the belief that personal and collective wounding limits our natural capacity to grow, both individually and collectively as a species.

Jimmy Whiteaker

Tutor | Foundation Certificate (Friday)

Qualifications

FDA, NCPS Accred

About Jimmy Whiteaker

Jimmy is a NCPS accredited therapist trained in person centred psychotherapy and counselling. Jimmy works for two charities, Focus Counselling in Bath and Trauma Foundation South West in Bristol, and has a Bristol-based private practice. Jimmy draws on trauma and attachment theory and is particularly attuned to aesthetic qualities of how we relate in therapy. His background is in mental health, childcare and theatre, continuing to direct theatre when he can.

Jet Simawi

Tutor | Foundation Certificate (Friday)

Qualifications

 MA, Cert. Ed., Dip HIP, UKCP reg

About Jet Simawi

Jet is a UKCP registered psychotherapist, Couples Therapist and Children and Young People Therapist and has an established and diverse private practice in Bath. She is also in the process of completing her Diploma qualification as a CSTD Supervisor. Jet is fascinated by the nature of psychotherapeutic process and change within the Self and how within the relational space we can illuminate the most fundamental questions about our identity. She is committed to exploring issues of division and segregation ranging from marginalised communities to matrescence. Jet also holds over two decades of teaching experiences. 

Caroline Hukins

Tutor | Counselling Year 1

Qualifications

Dip HIC, MBACP (Accred)

About Caroline Hukins

Caroline is a BCPC-trained, BACP-accredited counsellor and couples counsellor.  She has a private practice in north Wiltshire and previously worked as a counsellor in agency settings: We Hear You and Cotswold Counselling. Caroline is studying for an MSc in Creative Writing for Therapeutic Purposes; she runs therapeutic writing groups, retreats, and workshops.  She has previously tutored on the BCPC course ‘Listening Skills in a Diverse World’.

Lisa Kimberley

Tutor | Counselling Year 1

Qualifications

MA HIP, Dip HIP, UKCP Reg

About Lisa Kimberley

Lisa is a graduate of BCPC and a UKCP registered psychotherapist with extensive experience in private practice and within the NHS in Perinatal Mental Health Services, Cancer, Palliative Care and Haematology Service, and in recent years High Intensity Mental Health Services within West Wales working with people suffering with complex trauma. Lisa has also trained with Babette Rothschild and engages in body work and somatic approaches to stabilise the nervous system in response to trauma. She currently works as an integrative psychotherapist with Gloucester Action for Refugees (GARAS) and is undertaking UKCP-accredited supervisor training.

Amanda Hawking

Tutor | Counselling Year 2

Qualifications

MA, BA (Hons), Dip HIC, MBACP (Accred), Post-graduate Diploma in Supervision (CSTD)

About Amanda Hawking

Amanda is a trainer and BACP accredited counsellor with a private practice in Bath. Prior to setting up her practice, she worked at Cotswold Counselling and as a befriender at the Lullaby Trust. She has a special interest in working with loss and pre/post-natal issues. She trained at BCPC and has run the BCPC Referral Service.

Steven Mason

Tutor | Counselling Year 2

Qualifications

UKCP, MBACP Snr. Accred, SNCPS Acc.

About Steven Mason

Steve is a UKCP-registered Psychotherapist with an MSc in Humanistic Psychotherapy from Middlesex University. He works relationally, integrating a range of therapeutic approaches in his work with individuals and couples in private practice, alongside his role as a supervisor. Passionate about equality, diversity, and inclusion, Steve has extensive experience working with diverse communities across the South East in both agency settings and private practice, before recently relocating his practice to Somerset.

Katrina Sutcliffe

Tutor | P1 & MA Modules 2 & 3

Qualifications

MA HIP, Dip HIP, PG Dip. Dramatherapy, UKCP Reg, HCPC Reg

About Katrina Sutcliffe

Katrina is a UKCP registered Psychotherapist and HCPC registered Dramatherapist working with adults, couples and family groups in private practice in Bath. She has worked in a variety of settings including: The Roehampton Priory, St George’s Hospital and Cotswold House Eating Disorder Units, and a Medium Secure Prison. Prior to her initial Dramatherapy training, Katrina worked as a professional actress.

Freya Lampard

Tutor | P1

Qualifications

MA HIP, Dip HIP, UKCP Reg

About Freya Lampard

Freya is a BCPC trained, UKCP registered Psychotherapist and a CTSD certified Supervisor. She has an established private practice in Dursley, Gloucestershire working with individuals and has experience working as a therapist within a General Practitioners surgery. Freya works intersubjectively in her therapeutic work and has a particular interest in the effects of intergenerational trauma and early developmental trauma on our relational patterns as adults.

Jen Owen

Tutor | MA Module 1

Qualifications

BA, Dip HIP, MA HIP, UKCP Reg

About Jen Owen

Jen is a UKCP registered psychotherapist and a graduate of BCPC. She has an established private practice working with individuals in Stroud, Gloucestershire as well as a small practice in Bristol. Jen’s work integrates transpersonal and body-centred approaches informed primarily by her research in the field of Pre and Perinatal Psychology.  Prior to her training her background was in Fine Art. 

Hester Viney

Tutor | MA Module 1

Qualifications

MSC HP, Dip HP, Dip HPC, UKCP Reg

About Hester Viney

Hester is a UKCP registered psychotherapist with an MSc in Humanistic Psychotherapy from Metanoia, London. She has a private practice in Dorset, having initially set up practice in Chamonix, France. She has a theoretical interest in intersubjectivity, not only in the therapeutic relationship, but also between modalities. She enjoys writing and editing, having worked on the book ‘Core Concepts’ (Jacobs, 2026), including a chapter discussing pluralism.

Jayne Burrows

Tutor | MA Module 2

Qualifications

MA HIP, Dip HIP

About Jayne Burrows

Jayne is a UKCP registered psychotherapist and supervisor working in private practice in Bristol. Her approach mainly developed out of an integration of intersubjective system theory, dialogical and body approaches. She has a broad interest in trauma, complex/ relational trauma, and the various impacts that these experiences have on us as human beings.

John Seex

Tutor | MA Modules 2 & 5

Qualifications

Dip HIP, MA HIP, UKCP Reg

About John Seex

John is a UKCP registered psychotherapist, counsellor, couple counsellor, trainer and supervisor working in private practice in Chalford, near Stroud.  His approach is based on an integration of Intersubjectivity Systems Theory, Gestalt and contemplative approaches.  He is also a member of the faculty of Karuna Training in Europe.

Chloe Tahta

Tutor | MA Modules 2 & 3

Qualifications

Dip HIP, MA HIP, UKCP Reg, Cert. Supervision

About Chloe Tahta

Chloe is a UKCP registered supervisor and psychotherapist working in Bradford-on-Avon. She worked as a psychotherapist with asylum seekers for 11 years, and has researched the impact of collective trauma on subsequent generations. She has an ongoing interest in the integration of humanistic theory with relational psychoanalysis. 

Claire Hawcock

Tutor | MA Modules 3, 4 & 5

Qualifications

MA HIP, Dip HIP, BA (hons.), UKCP Reg

About Claire Hawcock

Claire is a UKCP registered psychotherapist and trainer working in private practice in Bath with both individuals and couples. She also has experience of working with addictions in an agency setting. Claire works integratively, combining humanistic and intersubjective approaches. She has a particular interest in the impact of shame on the therapeutic process.

Cheryl Keen

Tutor | MA Modules 4 & 5

Qualifications

Dip HIP, MA HIP, UKCP Reg

About Cheryl Keen

Cheryl is a UKCP registered psychotherapist and supervisor working with individuals, couples and young people in private practice in Wiltshire and Gloucestershire. Her interest is in the integration of relational and existential approaches.