CPPD Director & Principal Tutor
for Certificate and Diploma

Lynne is a counsellor, psychosexual psychotherapist and supervisor and has maintained a clinical practice in London working with individuals and couples for over 20 years.

CPPD Director & Principal Tutor
for Diploma and Advanced Diploma

Registered psychosexual psychotherapist Jenny is a Director of CPPD and the Training Co-ordinator and Core Tutor for the Diploma and Advanced Diploma in Counselling courses.

Principal Advanced Diploma Tutor

Jeremy is an Integrative counsellor, clinical supervisor and core tutor on the Advanced Diploma at CPPD, teaching in London and Pakistan. 

Since 2012 he has been employed as a counsellor at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance and was previously Lead Counsellor at The Royal Central School of Speech and Drama.

More recently he has been facilitating reflective practice groups for the staff at Music Support and has contributed a chapter to Sex Education: School's Out for Netflix (Bloomsbury Publishing, 2025). 

Jeremy trained as a counsellor and supervisor at CPPD and for nearly 20 years has worked in many organisational settings including NHS, school and university counselling services.

Coming from a background in the music industry he has a particular interest in working therapeutically with performing artists, and as a practitioner he is especially influenced by Object Relations and Attachment Theory.  

Jeremy is an accredited member of the BACP.

Principal Diploma Tutor

Before training as a Humanistic Integrative Counsellor at CPPD, Ayse worked for a major newspaper. Ayse went on to gain a Masters in Transactional Analysis at the Metanoia Institute and later qualified as a supervisor.  

Her areas of interest include working with depression, anxiety, panic attacks, phobias, relationship issues, addictions including compulsive over-eating, and working with adult survivors of childhood sexual abuse. 

She has worked in the voluntary sector and now runs a private practice in North London and is one of the core tutors on the CPPD Certificate and Diploma Course. Ayse is a member of the UKCP (UK Council for Psychotherapy), BACP British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy), and the European Association of Transactional Analysis (EATA). She is also a trained hypnotherapist.

Principal Diploma Tutor

Elizabeth is a Humanistic-Integrative Counsellor and has taught with CPPD in London, Pakistan and Northern Ireland in addition to supervising on the Advanced Diploma.

Principal Diploma Tutor

Ruth is a humanistic integrative counsellor and also runs workshops and training courses for all types of organisations and companies in the private and not for profit sectors. Her private practice is based in North London.

Principal Diploma in Clinical Supervision Tutor

Rotimi is a Psychotherapist, Clinical Supervisor and core tutor on the Advanced Diploma, as well as an active contributor to the fields of health, wellbeing and psychotherapy, participating in expert panels and conducting workshops.

Principal Diploma Tutor

Sarah is an integrative counsellor who trained at CPPD and studied academically at The Tavistock. Sarah now runs a private practice, offers low cost therapy for a Community Interest Company and is a Principle Tutor at CPPD. 

Before completing her counselling training Sarah worked for 15+ years as a teacher, including holding a pastoral role alongside her classroom one and was a Listener for the Samaritans and Deputy branch Director. 

With her background in education; an academic Masters from The Tavistock; an additional Masters in Gender Studies and her integrative counselling training, Sarah has developed a niche in Inner Child work. As well as this Sarah practises with general integrative therapy approaches - helping clients from a range of backgrounds and presenting issues and putting the relationship between client and therapist at the heart of the work. 

Diploma Tutor

Abby is an Integrative Psychotherapist, Clinical supervisor and core tutor on the Diploma at CPPD. She trained at CPPD before going on to qualify as a Psychosexual psychotherapist.

Principal Certificate Tutor

Ethan is a Humanistic Integrative Counsellor and Psychotherapist. He works in private practice in Haggerston, East London, working with both individuals and intimate partners. He trained at CPPD. 

Guest Lecturer

Afua completed the Advanced Diploma in Humanistic Integrative Counselling at CPPD in 2025. Their approach incorporates humanistic, psychodynamic, and culturally attuned principles.  

Afua looks holistically at the client within the context of their family and lineage, community, culture, and environments. The work together brings into awareness conscious and unconscious narratives informed by transgenerational traumas, social dictates, and historical legacies and the associated psychological impact on the ‘here and now’. Through deep listening and compassionate inquiry, Afua support clients to identify patterns, missing parts, and cultural archetypes as well as internal and intergenerational strengths and resources. 

Afua strives to embody and enact decolonial practice, recognising and attributing value to indigenous and diverse cultural therapeutic perspectives. They remain committed to continuing learning about humanistic modalities, somatic therapies, feminist approaches, social and cultural justice and decolonial approaches to mental health, therapy, and recovery.

Guest Lecturer

Dr Armin Danesh is a consultant psychotherapist, theorist, director of a human rights organisation, and chair of a mental health charity. For over thirty years, he has worked with refugee families who have endured profound trauma or extreme crisis.

His phenomenological study of these political refugees was the subject of his doctoral research. In addition to teaching phenomenological therapy, Dr Danesh supervises psychotherapists, counsellors, and students, fostering the development of reflective practice.

Dr Danesh integrates existential themes with politics and psychology, drawing on Western and Eastern philosophies to address existential concerns in depth and with sensitivity.

More recently, he has proposed theories of ecological phenomenology, the phenomenology of self, and the landscape of peace. Dr Danesh is co-author of Political Refugees: A New Perspective and has contributed a chapter to Psychological Growth After Trauma. Colleagues and students alike recognise him for his thoughtful, creative, and reflective approach to both practice and theory.

Guest Lecturer

Carol Siederer MA, UKCP-registered, was a tutor and trainer on the Gestalt Centre psychotherapy programme for twenty years and previously Associate Director of the Regent’s College MA in Psychotherapy and Counselling. 

She is an integrative therapist and supervisor with over thirty years’ experience.  She practices Relational Gestalt within a trauma-informed framework.   She has also trained extensively in Attachment Theory, Sensorimotor Psychotherapy, and family constellations.

Guest Lecturer

Lorraine has been a member of the CPPD team teaching transpersonal psychology for about 20 years. She is a UKCP accredited integrative psychotherapist. She has a Masters in Transpersonal Psychotherapy, Diploma in Supervision, starting her career 40 years ago as a drama therapist.

She has had a private practise in psychotherapy & supervision for over 30 years. Lorraine has worked in a variety of settings with children & adults, across NHS, Higher education and voluntary agencies. Lorraine is a Bamba registered Mindfulness teacher & has published many papers and is the co-author of 2 books on Mindfulness and Stress & wellbeing.

Guest Lecturer

Peter is a UKCP-registered integrative psychotherapist, couples therapist and clinical supervisor with more than 25 years' experience of working with adult clients in private practice and the NHS. He completed his original training (MA in Integrative Psychotherapy) at The Minster Centre in London in 2000.  

From 2007 to 2009, Peter was a Core Tutor on CPPD’s Advanced Diploma, after which he took up a post with a UKCP-affiliated training organisation in Bath, where he taught on Humanistic-Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy programmes at Masters’ degree level for some 13 years. He maintains a successful psychotherapy and supervision practice in Bristol. 

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Sam Hope (they/them) is an accredited therapist and supervisor in private practice, as well as a trainer and visiting lecturer, working in the areas of trauma, minority stress, anti-oppressive practice and gender, sexual and romantic diversity.

They have also been involved with trans healthcare research as part of the National Institute for Health and Care Research funded project Improving the Integration of Care for Trans Adults. Their book, Person-centred counselling for trans and gender diverse people: a practical guide, was published in 2019. They have also contributed to The Sage handbook of counselling and psychotherapy, 5th edition, and Therapists challenging racism and oppression: the unheard voices. Their website is https://sam-hope.co.uk/

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Guest Lecturer

Shamyl is a UKCP Registered Psychotherapist and BACP Registered Member with a Humanistic Integrative training background (CPPD). Their clinical work spans 15 years in the NHS, including specialist disability and health counselling, IAPT service management and supervision, and leading an HIV psychiatric liaison service across multiple hospitals and community settings.

Shamyl holds an Advanced Diploma in Integrative Psychotherapy (Regent’s College), Postgraduate Diploma Psychotherapy & Counselling (Regent’s College), Diploma in Integrative Supervision (Minster Centre), and additional training in CBT and group approaches (Anna Freud Centre). 

Shamyl’s interests include transcultural issues, trauma, addictions, depression, anxiety, relationship difficulties, disability, sexuality, and chronic or life-limiting health conditions. They now work extensively with migrants, refugees, and survivors of domestic violence in a trauma-focused service, alongside teaching and supervising therapists in NHS, voluntary, and training contexts. Shamyl brings an interactive, integrative style and a strong commitment to inclusive, trauma-informed teaching and practice.

Guest Lecturer

Nancy is a counsellor, psychotherapist and supervisor who specialises in working with people with trauma-related dissociative disorders. She has worked at the Clinic for Dissociative Studies (CDS UK) in London since 2011. She previously worked in a variety of NHS settings and also has a small private practice.

Nancy develops and delivers training about understanding and working with dissociative disorders to therapists, NHS teams and other professionals. Based on collaboration with people who have lived experience, she hopes to promote ethical therapeutic practice, accurate understanding, support and compassion for people with dissociative disorders. She is a trustee of the newly emerging charity, The DDA (Dissociative Disorders Alliance).

Nancy had a first career as a violinist and continues to find inspiration in music.

Guest Lecturer

John has been a counsellor, psychotherapist and trainer for over twenty years. The majority of his work has been in the charitable and educational sectors - with survivors of abuse (Witness Against Abuse), mental health (MIND), issues of disability (RNIB and Action for Blind People). His approach to teaching and training is experiential and interactive.

Over recent years much of John’s work as a therapist, supervisor and trainer, and the majority of his research, has been in the field of neurodivergence and neurodiversity.

They have set up, run and supervised projects for charities and in higher education. Projects to develop communication skills, assertiveness, mindfulness and other facets of personal/professional development.

Operations Manager

As Operations Manager at CPPD Ruth manages the admin office and is the coordinator for the low cost counselling service.

Courses Coordinator

As the Courses Coordinator, Layla deals with all things curricular: From admissions and timetables, to placements and course enquiries.

Admin Team Assistant

Jen supports the Admin Team and is the point of contact for the CPPD Library.

Finance Administrator

As the Finance Administrator at CPPD, Cliff deals with all financial operations at the organisation.