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Our vision is to provide appropriate training for schools, communities and organisations so that they become trauma informed and mentally healthy places for all.This means we aim to help children and teenagers BEFORE they get mental health problems – to catch them as they are falling not after they have fallen. Towards this aim we strongly endorse the statement in the Government Green Paper December 2017 Transforming Children and Young People’s Mental Health Provision, “There is evidence that appropriately-trained and supported staff such as teachers, school nurses, counsellors, and teaching assistants can achieve results comparable to those achieved by trained therapists in delivering a number of interventions addressing mild to moderate mental health problems (such as anxiety, conduct disorder, substance use disorders and post-traumatic stress disorder)”. We are appropriately training school staff to take on this task.Our objective is to bring about a whole school /organisational cultural shift where the wellbeing of all is the highest priority. We implement many interventions to ensure the relational and emotional health of all. Our interventions are evidence based with the backing of over 1,000 research studies from psychology and neuroscience.We also believe that for schools to become mentally healthy places for all, the value of well being has to start at the very top, with organisations such as DFE, Ofsted and the Regional Schools Commissioners balancing the scales between outcomes (test scores) and emotional wellbeing. We are working to ensure that there is national recognition of the importance of monitoring the well being of schools and that Governing Bodies, Trust Boards and Directors make staff wellbeing as well as pupil well being a key performance indicator for our schools.Nossa equipe
Kendra Tovey
Trauma Informed Schools UK
Saltash, 111-113 Fore Street
Kendra Tovey
Contact: [email protected] is a registered Arts Psychotherapist with HCPC (Health & Care Professions Council) and Adolescent counsellor with BACP (The British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy). She trained at the The Institute for Arts and Therapy in Education where she gained a MA in integrative arts psychotherapy and a diploma in adolescent counselling. Kendra has a private practice in Kent, where she works with both adults and teenagers. She also works in a secondary school as an adolescent therapist and as an psychotherapist with the NHS. Kendra is a qualified teacher and previously taught in the USA, then the UK, where she worked with students and families from diverse backgrounds, helping create safe, empathic and inspiring spaces for neurodiverse students through the use of the arts. Kendra is also a swim coach and welfare officer at a local swim club.
Tracy Godfroy
Trauma Informed Schools UK
Saltash, 111-113 Fore Street
Tracy Godfroy
Contact: [email protected] registered Integrative Child PsychotherapistClinical Supervisor and Senior Consultant in working with children and young people with Complex TraumaPreviously Acting Manager and Head of Therapy at residential therapeutic communityDeveloped 52 week group work programme for traumatised children and young people in residential therapeutic school and community setting
Senior Tutor, Masters Degree Programme in Child Psychotherapy (Institute for Arts in Therapy and Education/Academic Partner (University of East London))Senior Lecturer The Centre for Child Mental Health LondonExtensive experience in training, supervision and consultation with adoptive families and/or young people with complex traumaContributing Author to Helping Teenagers with Anger and Low Self Esteem, M. Sunderland (2012) Hinton House Publishers Ltd.Approved Author for TeachIt online educational resource website for CPD blogs and articles on mental health in the classroom.
Clare Beckell
Trauma Informed Schools UK
Saltash, 111-113 Fore Street
Clare Beckell
Contact: [email protected] Beckell is a BACP and PTUK registered therapist and supervisor with 14 years experience of working with children, young people and adults. Following her training as a Play Therapist, Clare gained experience as a Creative Attachment Therapist with an adoption support agency. This introduced Clare to a deeper understanding of attachment theory and early developmental trauma. As well as adopted and looked after children, Clare has worked therapeutically with children in schools who have experienced trauma.Clare is also Co Director for an attachment based parenting programme that uses talking therapy and the creative arts to support pregnant mums and mums and babies in groups. In this role, Clare also trains professionals in infant mental health and maternal mental health. Clare is passionate about supporting families in the perinatal period in order to give babies the very best start in life.Clare has recently pioneered an attachment based parenting programme for Somali speaking mums and their babies and is now working therapeutically with refugee mums and babies.As a supervisor, Clare works with teachers and safeguarding leads, family support workers, therapists and students. She leads group supervisions for trainee Play Therapists for PTUK. Clare has also completed the two day TISUK training on reflective supervision.Clare recognises the importance of good supervision in order to support professionals working with traumatised children and their families. She is able to create a safe space for practitioners to reflect, be listened to and validated. She is keen to raise awareness around the impact of secondary trauma which professionals can be vulnerable to. Clare’s supervisions are informed by mindfulness, neuroscience and heartfelt presence.
Katie Malley
Trauma Informed Schools UK
Saltash, 111-113 Fore Street
Katie Malley
Contact: [email protected] 20 years of experience in safeguarding, mental health, and direct work with children and families, Katie is dedicated to ensuring the best educational and care outcomes for children. Previously, she served as the Assistant Principal at a large primary school within a Multi Academy Trust, with experiencing overseeing nursery to college provisions. Her leadership in safeguarding, wellbeing, and pastoral care as the Designated Safeguarding and Mental Health Lead has equipped her with a deep understanding of the needs of children and families, as well as the actions schools can take to foster positive outcomes. As an NSPCC Accredited Trainer and Safer Recruitment Trainer, Katie possesses a robust skill set to enhance organisational practices. A qualified Trauma-Informed Practitioner, Strategic Lead, and Senior Trainer & Consultant with Trauma Informed Schools UK, she brings extensive knowledge in trauma-informed practices and safeguarding, helping organisations cultivate a culture of safety and support. In 2020, Katie transitioned from education to become a qualified psychotherapeutic counsellor and psychotherapist. Her background in education and senior leadership enabled her to secure the Specialist Leader of Education (SLE) designation, and she is also an Advanced Child Exploitation Practitioner and a certified instructor for MHFA England. Katie’s expertise has led her to develop training programs for primary, secondary, and alternative provision schools, local authorities, housing providers, and private nursery providers. A strong advocate for reflective practice and supervision, she has trained with Trauma Informed Schools UK and the NSPCC to implement a school-wide approach that ensures practitioners feel supported in safe and effective environments. Additionally, Katie is a certified supervisor, qualified hypnotherapist, and certified yoga instructor for both adults and children.
Sylvia Gurr
Trauma Informed Schools UK
Saltash, 111-113 Fore Street
Sylvia Gurr
Contact: [email protected] Gurr is a UKCP (Acc.) Integrative Child Psychotherapist and Child Supervisor, supervising trainee Child Psychotherapists for the Institute of Arts in Therapy and Education where she qualified. With additional training in Dyadic Developmental Therapy, EMDR and Video Interactive Guidance.Sylvia has worked with children, families and adults for over 30 years in a variety of different roles. She has a keen interest in the impact of Developmental, Complex Trauma and Attachments and early intervention to facilitate healing relationships for children and families, utilising creativity and the arts to support children and adults in expressing and processing what is often unspeakable. Her interest is underpinned by her life experiences, training, employment and voluntary work.Sylvia has worked in the NHS in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services since 2013 within a variety of services for children and families. Ranging from Parent Infant Clinical Trials, Early Years, Post Adoption, Special Guardianship, Children Looked After, Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children and Care Leavers.She has also managed school counselling services within Place2Be and worked as a psychotherapist in primary and secondary schools across Inner London. Prior to training as a Child Psychotherapist, Sylvia worked for over a decade in the Homeless Sector in hostels and outreach services across the City providing mental health services to homeless young people and adults, many of whom were Care Leavers and Refugees, experiencing the continued impact of their traumatic experiences and losses, with subsequent mental health difficulties and addictions as a means to coping with their past.Throughout her career, in the background to her work in the UK, Sylvia is also Co-Founder and Trustee of registered charity, School for Life Romania. The charity currently provides supported housing for the former residents of a Neuropsychiatric Hospital for Children in Northern Romania where the beneficiaries grew up as young children experiencing privation, neglect and developmental trauma. Here Sylvia volunteered for several years in the early 1990’s which led to the founding of the charity. Services provided for beneficiaries also included special needs education for three decades until 2024, and previously community outreach. Conversationally fluent in Romanian and with regular trips to the country, Sylvia helps oversee the running of the project in partnership with sister Romanian Registered Humanitarian Foundation, Scoala Pentru Viata, that she also Co-Founded and was Committee Member of until 2006, when the project was handed over to Romanian colleagues.A keen traveller, Sylvia also enjoys immersing herself and learning from different cultures, languages and communities.
Leigh Fenton
Trauma Informed Schools UK
Saltash, 111-113 Fore Street
Leigh Fenton
Contact: [email protected] Fenton is an accomplished Counsellor, Supervisor, Trainer and Tutor with a wealth of experience working with children, young people and their families. She is a registered member of the BACP.Working in a secondary school for over 13 years provides Leigh with a genuine understanding and appreciation of the pressures and restrictions faced by school staff to meet the needs of their most vulnerable students and the great disadvantage those traumatised children and young people so often experience at school.Leigh regularly delivers mental health training to the primary and secondary schools within her trust, aiding staff to feel confident and equipped in supporting students’ wellbeing and at all times emphasising the healing powers of relational connection through a trauma-informed lens. Leigh provides reflective supervision to key pastoral school staff in her school who are working on the front line with students in distress and to her trust’s Mental Health First Aiders (staff trained to provide listening support and signposting to staff).An experienced Counsellor, Leigh gives 1:1 therapeutic intervention to young people and their families. She has in-depth, vocational experience of working with a diverse range of children and young people, who often bring with them intricate family systems. At her school setting, she has the privilege of working with many challenging, complex and traumatised students whose life and relational experiences are having major impacts on their educational attainment, their emotional life and the way in which they are understood by the adults around them.Leigh is a TISUK Home Group Tutor and finds the role incredibly enriching. The joy of meeting new people, developing their skills and watching how they apply it to their work and life, never ceases to be inspiring!Within all her areas of work, Leigh strives to create safe and connected relationships, enabling her supervisees/clients/delegates to feel supported, encouraged and motivated.
Sarah Couch
Trauma Informed Schools UK
Saltash, 111-113 Fore Street
Sarah Couch
Contact: [email protected] Couch is a qualified teacher and headteacher, having also trained as an integrative arts psychotherapist at the Institute for Arts in Therapy and Education at the start of her teaching career. She took this therapeutic stance back into education, where she has worked in mainstream and specialist education settings across all age ranges, supporting children with a wide range of needs and focusing on those with complex presentations and trauma histories.
She has over thirty years of experience as a therapeutic educator, having been a county Behaviour Support Service Manager, an interim Headteacher and Executive Headteacher, steering schools back to child-centred practice whilst leading organisational and cultural change. A trainer of attachment and trauma-based approaches for schools, she has also worked as an Education and Mental Health Manager for children and young people with autism and complex needs, and as a specialist consultant for a county SEND service.
She now works in private practice as a Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP) provider, delivering this Polyvagal Theory-based intervention to adult clients. As a therapeutic supervisor for TIS UK she offers a collaborative space for graduates of the TIS UK diploma to reflect on their learning, put theory into practice in the workplace and respond to the impact of this important work.
Carla Barber-Doyle
Trauma Informed Schools UK
Saltash, 111-113 Fore Street
Carla Barber-Doyle
Contact: [email protected] is an accomplished and confident teacher, coach/mentor, manager, trainer and a qualified psychotherapist. As a versatile and experienced practitioner, Carla has been able to influence and develop many learners and educational institutions in her varying roles over the years.Having worked in education for over 25 years, she has a particular thorough knowledge of working therapeutically with adolescents, and an understanding of neurodiversity. Carla is a creative practitioner who has the ability to engage learners and support clients through a calm and person-centred approach to working.
Asma Mani
Trauma Informed Schools UK
Saltash, 111-113 Fore Street
Asma Mani
Contact: [email protected] MA in Integrative Child Psychotherapy from IATERegistered member of UKCP and BACPPGCE in Secondary EnglishAsma (pronounced USS-ma) is passionate about helping children and adults to thrive. Her approach is to build a safe, trusting relationship, characterised by empathy, collaborative wondering and a lack of judgement. She believes that we all learn, reflect and develop best when we feel comfortable enough to be authentically ourselves, while understanding firsthand that it requires courage to be vulnerable and open. She takes a trauma-informed approach to her work, encouraging an attitude of compassion and respect for what happens to one’s brain and body under stress. Her practice draws on Attachment Theory, neuroscience, Polyvagal Theory, Dan Hughes’ PACE (playful, accepting, curious and empathic) approach and more traditional psychoanalytic thought. She believes some of the fun and fascination of supporting mental health can be found in drawing upon scientific thought in creative, exploratory and imaginative ways. Asma works at the Anna Freud Centre providing support to children and families in Brent as well as in a private practice. She has worked as a therapist in a primary school and, before training, she started her career as an English teacher in a large London comprehensive, so she has first-hand experience of the pressures and level of demand encountered working in a school. She also worked for 8 years as a policy civil servant so understands the additional demands of leadership and management. Asma’s practice is also informed by her love of literature, music, drama and yoga. She is a good cook and a terrible but enthusiastic surfer.
Isobel Karpel McCallum
Trauma Informed Schools UK
Saltash, 111-113 Fore Street
Isobel Karpel McCallum
Contact: [email protected]“It is the relationship that heals, the relationship that heals, the relationship that heals” Irvin D. Yalom Isobel is a qualified Integrative Child Psychotherapist, working intuitively through a trauma informed lens. She connects and engages young people with an empathic stance, using the arts, play and a range of different psychotherapeutic models (neuroscience, attachment, emotional regulation, humanistic and psychodynamic approaches). Her main focus is providing a safe environment for young people to feel seen and heard, so they are able to express their feelings and worries, helping them find their voice and unlock their full potential. Isobel holds a Postgraduate Certificate in the Therapeutic Arts, Counselling Skills Certificate and Integrative Child Psychotherapy MA from The Institute for Arts in Therapy & Education (IATE) and is an Accredited Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). Isobel has also completed her safeguarding training with the UK’s leading children’s charity NSPCC. Over the years she has experienced working within the public sector and mental health, she has an art background and has experienced working in a variety of different settings such as a pupil referral unit, primary and secondary schools with vulnerable children and families and privately with adolescents. She is currently working as an Integrative Child Psychotherapist and Therapy Team Manager in two different primary schools and works with complex trauma, neurodivergent individuals and those presenting with a range of different needs. Isobel offers young people long term therapy, short term therapy, wellbeing groups and also works with school staff and parents. She recognises the importance of the system around a young person feeling held and supported and the positive impact this can have.Dan Hughes’ Playfulness, Acceptance, Curiosity, Empathy (PACE) model sits at the core of Isobel’s work. It is a way of thinking, feeling, communicating and behaving to help the young person feel safe and is particularly effectual when working with trauma. Isobel’s warm approach facilitates a reflective and non-judgemental space where practitioners can also feel seen, heard, nurtured and are able to reflect on challenges they are faced with. It will also be a space where successes can be shared and celebrated.
Louise Noel
Trauma Informed Schools UK
Saltash, 111-113 Fore Street
Louise Noel
TISUK Freelance Senior Trainer
Karen Stallard
Trauma Informed Schools UK
Saltash, 111-113 Fore Street
Karen Stallard
Contact: [email protected]BiographyKaren Stallard is a registered Psychotherapist with UKCP, registered Counsellor with BACP and registered Art Therapist with HCPC.She trained at The Institute for Arts in Therapy and Education where she gained a Masters in Integrative Arts Psychotherapy. Her private practice is called Feeling Found, which is based in Highbury and Islington, London.Karen's career journey began as an actor with a passion for the performing arts, story telling and communicating creatively. She then trained to be a member of the clergy of the Christian church, where she worked mainly in pastoral care particularly within mental health. Karen has also worked an honorary therapist at the Women’s Service in Oxley’s NHS Trust for over four years and as a spiritual and cultural care coordinator at the East London and City Mental Health Trust for seven years.Karen founded ‘The Geoff Ashcroft Community’ in Tower Hamlets to support people suffering from mental health issues in the community, and has been a Board Member of various charities including Crossroads Counselling Service, Margins Homelessness project and Union Chapel Project.
Caroline Hodgson
Trauma Informed Schools UK
Saltash, 111-113 Fore Street
Caroline Hodgson
Contact: [email protected]BiographyMy passion is communication and connection; helping to support people in feeling heard, understood, valued and through expression, having a voice. I am a registered counsellor with the BACP, working with adults since 2016 and continuing to do so since qualifying in March 2019. I am also involved in supporting parent and child sessions with those affected by domestic abuse.Having completed the TIS diploma in March 2020, I trained as a trainer in March 2021 and a TIS supervisor in Sept 21. As a Home Group Tutor, I have supported delegates attending the on-line diplomas, and I have both taken part and facilitated reflective group supervision, experiencing a felt sense of how beneficial this is.Alongside counselling I have 15 years’ experience of working as a Speech and Language Therapy assistant. Creating resources for, and working with, children and young people who have profound and multiple learning disabilities and require alternative ways of communicating which allows their ‘voice’ to be heard.As a Regional Makaton tutor over 10 years, I have had the privilege of training staff, parents, and professionals, mindful of sensitively holding different groups with different needs. I have also worked with frontline agencies and have set up a project creating a resource to equip them in supporting vulnerable people in crisis.I have been involved in different community teams including Street Pastors, Food Bank, and youth projects, and I am currently a volunteer Chaplain with the Police.My vision is to dovetail all aspects of my skills and experience. To offer space to anyone who wants to effect any change where they feel it may be needed, by listening to how things are, what matters, and reflecting this back through the lens of the Trauma Informed approach.
Ellie Halford
Trauma Informed Schools UK
Saltash, 111-113 Fore Street
Ellie Halford
Contact: [email protected] Halford is a registered Child and Adolescent Counsellor with BACP. She began training in 2012 at The Institute for Arts in Therapy and Education and specialises in the use of the creative arts and therapeutic play.Ellie began work as a teaching assistant, a role which continued during her training. She was fortunate to work across mainstream and special educational needs primary and secondary schools which supported her to gain a real understanding of the pressures faced by school staff. Ellie also has experience within alternative education, having worked providing therapeutic support to children unable to access mainstream education because of complex trauma. She worked for a number of years with an incredible charity and now works in schools and private practice across Somerset.Ellie joined the TISUK family in 2021 and has had the huge privilege of working as a trainer, home group tutor and supervisor since then. Having experienced for herself the challenges working in a school Ellie is passionate about providing safe spaces for school staff to gain better understanding of the children in their care as well as support for themselves to continue the important work they are doing.
Jeff Dawson
Trauma Informed Schools UK
Saltash, 111-113 Fore Street
Jeff Dawson
Contact: [email protected] is an Adolescent Psychotherapeutic Counsellor registered with the BACP (The British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy) having trained at The Institute for Arts and Therapy in Education where he gained a diploma in adolescent counselling. He also holds an MA Education and a Postgraduate Certificate in Coaching and Mentoring from Plymouth Marjon University as well as a BA (Hons) Youth Work from the Open University. He has worked extensively with disengaged, traumatised young people in challenging situations and developed a Trauma-Informed youth and community organisation which operated across Devon and Cornwall in response to the increasing needs he witnessed. The organisation partnered with local authorities, schools and mental health services to play an important role in the wraparound care of some of the most vulnerable young people in the area.Jeff currently has a private counselling practice in Devon, working exclusively with the adolescent age group. He also works as a trainer and home group tutor for TIS UK.
Penny Elvin
Trauma Informed Schools UK
Saltash, 111-113 Fore Street
Penny Elvin
Contact: [email protected]:MA (Distinction) Integrative Child Psychotherapy (Institute of Arts in Therapy and Education and University of East London)MSc Psychology (Open University)PGCE (Cambridge University)Member of UKCP, BACP and British Psychological SocietyPenny worked for many years as a Teacher and Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator. She is an experienced School Governor specialising in whole school wellbeing and Special Educational Needs and Disabilities. She is currently a Therapeutic Lead managing a holistic counselling service in schools for children, staff and parents. With a long-standing interest in systemic working, Penny promotes a safe, reflective and supportive learning community where social emotional as well as academic learning can flourish. Her work is informed by an integration of therapeutic theories from psychoanalysis, attachment and neuroscience.
Louise Noel.
Trauma Informed Schools UK
Saltash, 111-113 Fore Street
Louise Noel.
TISUK Freelance Senior Trainer
Marie Test
Trauma Informed Schools UK
Saltash, 111-113 Fore Street
Marie Test
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Rahi Popat
Trauma Informed Schools UK
Saltash, 111-113 Fore Street
Rahi Popat
Biography Rahi Popat is a BACP-registered integrative counsellor, counselling tutor, and private practitioner based in Leicestershire. As a trauma-informed therapist, Rahi is deeply interested in how individuals lived experiences shape their sense of self, their relationships, and their understanding of the world. At the heart of Rahi’s work is a commitment to making a meaningful difference—supporting others, fostering understanding, and contributing to a more compassionate future. Rahi has over 13 years’ experience working in education across a wide range of settings, including mainstream primary and secondary schools, SEMH, and Alternative Provision. As a Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL), Rahi brings a strong understanding of safeguarding, risk, and the importance of placing children and young people at the centre of all practice. Committed to trauma-informed approaches, Rahi has continued to develop professionally by qualifying as a Mental Health First Aider and undertaking ongoing CPD, including group supervision with organisations such as Anna Freud and CPCAB. Rahi places high value on supervision and reflective practice as essential components of ethical and effective work. Rahi is particularly interested in the impact of intergenerational trauma, exploring how it affects individuals in the present and how it can manifest later in life. Drawing on both professional expertise and lived experience, Rahi seeks to use insight and understanding as a force for positive change.Alongside clinical and educational work, Rahi has delivered workshops and seminars on trauma-informed practice, presented at conferences, contributed articles to educational platforms, and appeared on podcasts discussing the effects of trauma on both body and mind. Beyond professional settings, Rahi has been recognised nationally for voluntary work, including being named the UK’s 31st Point of Light by the Prime Minister and being acknowledged by Prince William at Buckingham Palace for services to volunteering, and taken part in a round table activity during Mental Health Awareness Week with HRH Princess of Wales Kate. For Rahi, it is about making a difference for tomorrow’s world by planting the seeds of tomorrow and making their little corner of the world a better place, using their knowledge and experiences of life to leave a lasting legacy.
Chrissy Dickens
Trauma Informed Schools UK
Saltash, 111-113 Fore Street
Chrissy Dickens
Contact: [email protected]:MSc, BSc (HONS), Dip Psych (Conversion for Postgraduates), Dip SW, PCBT (Foundation)Founder of Pathways Therapeutic Services LtdPsychological TherapistEMDR Europe Accredited PractitionerTrauma-Informed Schools SupervisorClinical SupervisorI have worked with children since 1998 and since 2004, I have worked alongside children, young people, families and professionals impacted by trauma, attachment difficulties and adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). My career has included specialist roles within the NSPCC and NHS Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS), where I spent five years as Trauma Lead supporting both families and multidisciplinary professionals working in highly complex and emotionally demanding environments. I also spent three years as the Early Intervention Lead within the NHS Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS). In 2015, I founded Pathways Therapeutic Services with a vision of supporting more families using a compassionate, trauma-informed approach and meeting mental health needs in a holistic and more accessible way, not only for children and families, but also for the professionals dedicated to helping them heal. Whilst I have spent decades working with those with mental health difficulties and neurodevelopmental challenges (and the teams around them), I have a special interest in (and have dedicated most of my career to) understanding the impact of trauma, attachment difficulties and adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), and helping individuals and systems move towards resilience, connection and recovery. It was my privilege to be the Clinical Supervisor for the North Wales CAMHS In-Reach Service for a number of years. This service supported educators in meeting the mental and emotional health needs of children and young people across North Wales. Over the years, one thing has remained central to my work: the belief that when practitioners feel supported, contained and empowered in their work, the positive impact extends far beyond the supervision space. It creates meaningful and magical ripple effects for children, families, organisations and communities. The professionals who hold children’s stories every day (therapists, educators, social workers, nurses, doctors, pastoral teams, TIS practitioners and many more) need reflective, psychologically safe spaces too. Spaces where they can think, process, feel supported, gain ideas or knowledge and reconnect with the purpose behind their work. This is why I am so passionate about providing reflective and clinical supervision.My approach combines deep clinical expertise with warmth, curiosity, authenticity and compassion. I aim to create supervision spaces that feel thoughtful, relational and restorative, while also offering robust trauma-informed understanding grounded in evidence-based practice and years of frontline experience. I draw from a range of therapeutic models including EMDR, Dyadic Developmental Practice (DDP), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), solution-focused approaches, mindfulness, and creative therapeutic interventions. My work is also informed by a strong understanding of nervous system regulation, sensory systems, relational safety, vicarious trauma and the emotional impact of supporting children who have experienced adversity.I believe reflective supervision is far more than professional oversight. Helpful supervision becomes a space for growth, connection, resilience and renewed clarity and energy. And that is where real change begins.
Helen Craster
Trauma Informed Schools UK
Saltash, 111-113 Fore Street
Helen Craster
1:1, groups or non practitioner supervision. She is hugely experienced. Helen has worked in the fields of social care and mental health for over 35 years. She started her career at grass roots level as a residential carer for adults with learning disabilities and children and young people looked after. She returned to study and gained an MA in Integrative Arts Psychotherapy in 2002, she has since gained a Diploma in Psychotherapy and Counselling Clinical Supervision. She is registered with UKCP as a psychotherapist and is listed as a clinical supervisor. Helen is qualified to work with adults, children and young people and groups. Helen is a firm believer in marrying theory into practice to enable professionals to reach their potential. Having had the privilege of experiencing clinical supervision and reflective practice for much of her career, Helen has experienced first-hand the importance of the reflective safe space to be able to share thoughts and feelings enabling her to understand some of the most complex and challenging human behaviours.Working in local authority settings and the third sector Helen equipped with a deep understanding of how systems and teams work. She has first-hand experience of working with trauma and secondary trauma, both in working directly with individuals and within the systems and teams around individuals who have experienced trauma. Helen uses a trauma informed approach in all her work and would describe this as a way of being in the world rather than a theory.Helen is passionate about keeping up to date with CPD. Last year completed the level 5 Diploma in Trauma and Mental Health Informed schools and Community.During the 20 years Helen has been providing clinical supervision and reflective practice, she has worked with many different professional disciplines, in the therapeutic world, health, mental health, education and social care, as well as working with workers by experience, students and trainees. Helen also has experience in working alongside senior leaders either to individually support them in their role or working with them as a part of a team to bring about cultural change.
Top services
Starts 2nd Dec'26 - Clare Beckell - Group D - (Wednesday mornings)
120 min
Block of 3 x 2-hour sessionsDates: 2nd Dec'26 | 10th Mar'27 | 9th Jun'27Times: 9-11amCost: £100 for Block of 3 sessions(Payment: Once you've confirmed your reservation via our online booking system, your TISUK Supervisor will contact you to arra
Trauma Informed Schools UK
Saltash, 111-113 Fore Street
Starts 2nd Dec'26 - Clare Beckell - Group D - (Wednesday mornings)
Block of 3 x 2-hour sessionsDates: 2nd Dec'26 | 10th Mar'27 | 9th Jun'27Times: 9-11amCost: £100 for Block of 3 sessions(Payment: Once you've confirmed your reservation via our online booking system, your TISUK Supervisor will contact you to arrange payment and confirm your attendance before the first session starts.)Contact: [email protected]****************************************BiographyClare Beckell is a BACP and PTUK registered therapist and supervisor with 14 years experience of working with children, young people and adults. Following her training as a Play Therapist, Clare gained experience as a Creative Attachment Therapist with an adoption support agency. This introduced Clare to a deeper understanding of attachment theory and early developmental trauma. As well as adopted and looked after children, Clare has worked therapeutically with children in schools who have experienced trauma.Clare is also Co Director for an attachment based parenting programme that uses talking therapy and the creative arts to support pregnant mums and mums and babies in groups. In this role, Clare also trains professionals in infant mental health and maternal mental health. Clare is passionate about supporting families in the perinatal period in order to give babies the very best start in life.Clare has recently pioneered an attachment based parenting programme for Somali speaking mums and their babies and is now working therapeutically with refugee mums and babies.As a supervisor, Clare works with teachers and safeguarding leads, family support workers, therapists and students. She leads group supervisions for trainee Play Therapists for PTUK. Clare has also completed the two day TISUK training on reflective supervision.Clare recognises the importance of good supervision in order to support professionals working with traumatised children and their families. She is able to create a safe space for practitioners to reflect, be listened to and validated. She is keen to raise awareness around the impact of secondary trauma which professionals can be vulnerable to. Clare’s supervisions are informed by mindfulness, neuroscience and heartfelt presence.
Starts 5th Oct'26 - Sylvia Gurr - Group G (Monday late afternoons)
120 min
Block of 3 x 2-hour sessionsDates: 5th Oct26 | 18th Jan'27 | 19th Apr'27 Times: 4.00 to 6.00 pm Cost: £100 for Block of 3 sessions(Payment: Once you've confirmed your reservation via our online booking system, your TISUK Supervisor will contact
Trauma Informed Schools UK
Saltash, 111-113 Fore Street
Starts 5th Oct'26 - Sylvia Gurr - Group G (Monday late afternoons)
Block of 3 x 2-hour sessionsDates: 5th Oct26 | 18th Jan'27 | 19th Apr'27 Times: 4.00 to 6.00 pm Cost: £100 for Block of 3 sessions(Payment: Once you've confirmed your reservation via our online booking system, your TISUK Supervisor will contact you to arrange payment and confirm your attendance before the first session starts.)Contact: [email protected]****************************************BiographySylvia Gurr is a UKCP (Acc.) Integrative Child Psychotherapist and Child Supervisor, supervising trainee Child Psychotherapists for the Institute of Arts in Therapy and Education where she qualified. With additional training in Dyadic Developmental Therapy, EMDR and Video Interactive Guidance.Sylvia has worked with children, families and adults for over 30 years in a variety of different roles. She has a keen interest in the impact of Developmental, Complex Trauma and Attachments and early intervention to facilitate healing relationships for children and families, utilising creativity and the arts to support children and adults in expressing and processing what is often unspeakable. Her interest is underpinned by her life experiences, training, employment and voluntary work.Sylvia has worked in the NHS in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services since 2013 within a variety of services for children and families. Ranging from Parent Infant Clinical Trials, Early Years, Post Adoption, Special Guardianship, Children Looked After, Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children and Care Leavers.She has also managed school counselling services within Place2Be and worked as a psychotherapist in primary and secondary schools across Inner London. Prior to training as a Child Psychotherapist, Sylvia worked for over a decade in the Homeless Sector in hostels and outreach services across the City providing mental health services to homeless young people and adults, many of whom were Care Leavers and Refugees, experiencing the continued impact of their traumatic experiences and losses, with subsequent mental health difficulties and addictions as a means to coping with their past.Throughout her career, in the background to her work in the UK, Sylvia is also Co-Founder and Trustee of registered charity, School for Life Romania. The charity currently provides supported housing for the former residents of a Neuropsychiatric Hospital for Children in Northern Romania where the beneficiaries grew up as young children experiencing privation, neglect and developmental trauma. Here Sylvia volunteered for several years in the early 1990’s which led to the founding of the charity. Services provided for beneficiaries also included special needs education for three decades until 2024, and previously community outreach. Conversationally fluent in Romanian and with regular trips to the country, Sylvia helps oversee the running of the project in partnership with sister Romanian Registered Humanitarian Foundation, Scoala Pentru Viata, that she also Co-Founded and was Committee Member of until 2006, when the project was handed over to Romanian colleagues.A keen traveller, Sylvia also enjoys immersing herself and learning from different cultures, languages and communities.
Starts 10th Oct'26 - Penny Elvin - Group 4 (Saturday Mornings)
120 min
Block of 3 x 2-hour sessionsDates: 10th Oct'26 | 23rd Jan'27 | 17th Apr'27Times: 10.00am- 12.00pmCost: £100 for Block of 3 sessions(Payment: Once you've confirmed your reservation via our online booking system, your TISUK Supervisor will contact
Trauma Informed Schools UK
Saltash, 111-113 Fore Street
Starts 10th Oct'26 - Penny Elvin - Group 4 (Saturday Mornings)
Block of 3 x 2-hour sessionsDates: 10th Oct'26 | 23rd Jan'27 | 17th Apr'27Times: 10.00am- 12.00pmCost: £100 for Block of 3 sessions(Payment: Once you've confirmed your reservation via our online booking system, your TISUK Supervisor will contact you to arrange payment and confirm your attendance before the first session starts.)Contact: [email protected]****************************************BiographyMA (Distinction) Integrative Child Psychotherapy (Institute of Arts in Therapy and Education and University of East London)MSc Psychology (Open University)PGCE (Cambridge University)Member of UKCP, BACP and British Psychological Society Penny worked for many years as a Teacher and Special Educational Needs Co-ordinator. She is an experienced School Governor specialising in whole school wellbeing and Special Educational Needs and Disabilities. She is currently a Therapeutic Lead managing a holistic counselling service in schools for children, staff and parents. With a long-standing interest in systemic working, Penny promotes a safe, reflective and supportive learning community where social emotional as well as academic learning can flourish. Her work is informed by an integration of therapeutic theories from psychoanalysis, attachment and neuroscience.
Starts 7th Oct'26 - Sylvia Gurr - Group H (Wednesday evenings)
120 min
Block of 3 x 2-hour sessionsDates: 7th Oct26 | 20th Jan'27 | 21st Apr'27 Times: 5.30 to 7.30 pm Cost: £100 for Block of 3 sessions(Payment: Once you've confirmed your reservation via our online booking system, your TISUK Supervisor will contact
Trauma Informed Schools UK
Saltash, 111-113 Fore Street
Starts 7th Oct'26 - Sylvia Gurr - Group H (Wednesday evenings)
Block of 3 x 2-hour sessionsDates: 7th Oct26 | 20th Jan'27 | 21st Apr'27 Times: 5.30 to 7.30 pm Cost: £100 for Block of 3 sessions(Payment: Once you've confirmed your reservation via our online booking system, your TISUK Supervisor will contact you to arrange payment and confirm your attendance before the first session starts.)Contact: [email protected]****************************************BiographySylvia Gurr is a UKCP (Acc.) Integrative Child Psychotherapist and Child Supervisor, supervising trainee Child Psychotherapists for the Institute of Arts in Therapy and Education where she qualified. With additional training in Dyadic Developmental Therapy, EMDR and Video Interactive Guidance.Sylvia has worked with children, families and adults for over 30 years in a variety of different roles. She has a keen interest in the impact of Developmental, Complex Trauma and Attachments and early intervention to facilitate healing relationships for children and families, utilising creativity and the arts to support children and adults in expressing and processing what is often unspeakable. Her interest is underpinned by her life experiences, training, employment and voluntary work.Sylvia has worked in the NHS in Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services since 2013 within a variety of services for children and families. Ranging from Parent Infant Clinical Trials, Early Years, Post Adoption, Special Guardianship, Children Looked After, Unaccompanied Asylum-Seeking Children and Care Leavers.She has also managed school counselling services within Place2Be and worked as a psychotherapist in primary and secondary schools across Inner London. Prior to training as a Child Psychotherapist, Sylvia worked for over a decade in the Homeless Sector in hostels and outreach services across the City providing mental health services to homeless young people and adults, many of whom were Care Leavers and Refugees, experiencing the continued impact of their traumatic experiences and losses, with subsequent mental health difficulties and addictions as a means to coping with their past.Throughout her career, in the background to her work in the UK, Sylvia is also Co-Founder and Trustee of registered charity, School for Life Romania. The charity currently provides supported housing for the former residents of a Neuropsychiatric Hospital for Children in Northern Romania where the beneficiaries grew up as young children experiencing privation, neglect and developmental trauma. Here Sylvia volunteered for several years in the early 1990’s which led to the founding of the charity. Services provided for beneficiaries also included special needs education for three decades until 2024, and previously community outreach. Conversationally fluent in Romanian and with regular trips to the country, Sylvia helps oversee the running of the project in partnership with sister Romanian Registered Humanitarian Foundation, Scoala Pentru Viata, that she also Co-Founded and was Committee Member of until 2006, when the project was handed over to Romanian colleagues.A keen traveller, Sylvia also enjoys immersing herself and learning from different cultures, languages and communities.
Starts 19th Oct'26 - Chrissy Dickens - Maple Group (Monday mornings)
120 min
Block of 3 x 2-hour sessionsDates: 19th Oct'26 | 8th Feb'27 | 17th May'27Times: 09:30 - 11:30Cost: £100 for Block of 3 sessions(Payment: Once you've confirmed your reservation via our online booking system, your TISUK Supervisor will contact you
Trauma Informed Schools UK
Saltash, 111-113 Fore Street
Starts 19th Oct'26 - Chrissy Dickens - Maple Group (Monday mornings)
Block of 3 x 2-hour sessionsDates: 19th Oct'26 | 8th Feb'27 | 17th May'27Times: 09:30 - 11:30Cost: £100 for Block of 3 sessions(Payment: Once you've confirmed your reservation via our online booking system, your TISUK Supervisor will contact you to arrange payment and confirm your attendance before the first session starts.)Contact: [email protected]****************************************BiographyMSc, BSc (HONS), Dip Psych (Conversion for Postgraduates), Dip SW, PCBT (Foundation)Founder of Pathways Therapeutic Services LtdPsychological TherapistEMDR Europe Accredited PractitionerTrauma-Informed Schools SupervisorClinical SupervisorI have worked with children since 1998 and since 2004, I have worked alongside children, young people, families and professionals impacted by trauma, attachment difficulties and adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). My career has included specialist roles within the NSPCC and NHS Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS), where I spent five years as Trauma Lead supporting both families and multidisciplinary professionals working in highly complex and emotionally demanding environments. I also spent three years as the Early Intervention Lead within the NHS Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS). In 2015, I founded Pathways Therapeutic Services with a vision of supporting more families using a compassionate, trauma-informed approach and meeting mental health needs in a holistic and more accessible way, not only for children and families, but also for the professionals dedicated to helping them heal. Whilst I have spent decades working with those with mental health difficulties and neurodevelopmental challenges (and the teams around them), I have a special interest in (and have dedicated most of my career to) understanding the impact of trauma, attachment difficulties and adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), and helping individuals and systems move towards resilience, connection and recovery. It was my privilege to be the Clinical Supervisor for the North Wales CAMHS In-Reach Service for a number of years. This service supported educators in meeting the mental and emotional health needs of children and young people across North Wales. Over the years, one thing has remained central to my work: the belief that when practitioners feel supported, contained and empowered in their work, the positive impact extends far beyond the supervision space. It creates meaningful and magical ripple effects for children, families, organisations and communities. The professionals who hold children’s stories every day (therapists, educators, social workers, nurses, doctors, pastoral teams, TIS practitioners and many more) need reflective, psychologically safe spaces too. Spaces where they can think, process, feel supported, gain ideas or knowledge and reconnect with the purpose behind their work. This is why I am so passionate about providing reflective and clinical supervision.My approach combines deep clinical expertise with warmth, curiosity, authenticity and compassion. I aim to create supervision spaces that feel thoughtful, relational and restorative, while also offering robust trauma-informed understanding grounded in evidence-based practice and years of frontline experience. I draw from a range of therapeutic models including EMDR, Dyadic Developmental Practice (DDP), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), solution-focused approaches, mindfulness, and creative therapeutic interventions. My work is also informed by a strong understanding of nervous system regulation, sensory systems, relational safety, vicarious trauma and the emotional impact of supporting children who have experienced adversity.I believe reflective supervision is far more than professional oversight. Helpful supervision becomes a space for growth, connection, resilience and renewed clarity and energy. And that is where real change begins.
Starts 9th Nov'26 - Chrissy Dickens - Oak Group (Monday mornings)
120 min
Block of 3 x 2-hour sessionsDates: 9th Nov'26 | 8th Mar'27 | 14th Jun'27Times: 09:30 - 11:30Cost: £100 for Block of 3 sessions(Payment: Once you've confirmed your reservation via our online booking system, your TISUK Supervisor will contact you
Trauma Informed Schools UK
Saltash, 111-113 Fore Street
Starts 9th Nov'26 - Chrissy Dickens - Oak Group (Monday mornings)
Block of 3 x 2-hour sessionsDates: 9th Nov'26 | 8th Mar'27 | 14th Jun'27Times: 09:30 - 11:30Cost: £100 for Block of 3 sessions(Payment: Once you've confirmed your reservation via our online booking system, your TISUK Supervisor will contact you to arrange payment and confirm your attendance before the first session starts.)Contact: [email protected]****************************************BiographyMSc, BSc (HONS), Dip Psych (Conversion for Postgraduates), Dip SW, PCBT (Foundation)Founder of Pathways Therapeutic Services LtdPsychological TherapistEMDR Europe Accredited PractitionerTrauma-Informed Schools SupervisorClinical SupervisorI have worked with children since 1998 and since 2004, I have worked alongside children, young people, families and professionals impacted by trauma, attachment difficulties and adverse childhood experiences (ACEs). My career has included specialist roles within the NSPCC and NHS Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS), where I spent five years as Trauma Lead supporting both families and multidisciplinary professionals working in highly complex and emotionally demanding environments. I also spent three years as the Early Intervention Lead within the NHS Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS). In 2015, I founded Pathways Therapeutic Services with a vision of supporting more families using a compassionate, trauma-informed approach and meeting mental health needs in a holistic and more accessible way, not only for children and families, but also for the professionals dedicated to helping them heal. Whilst I have spent decades working with those with mental health difficulties and neurodevelopmental challenges (and the teams around them), I have a special interest in (and have dedicated most of my career to) understanding the impact of trauma, attachment difficulties and adverse childhood experiences (ACEs), and helping individuals and systems move towards resilience, connection and recovery. It was my privilege to be the Clinical Supervisor for the North Wales CAMHS In-Reach Service for a number of years. This service supported educators in meeting the mental and emotional health needs of children and young people across North Wales. Over the years, one thing has remained central to my work: the belief that when practitioners feel supported, contained and empowered in their work, the positive impact extends far beyond the supervision space. It creates meaningful and magical ripple effects for children, families, organisations and communities. The professionals who hold children’s stories every day (therapists, educators, social workers, nurses, doctors, pastoral teams, TIS practitioners and many more) need reflective, psychologically safe spaces too. Spaces where they can think, process, feel supported, gain ideas or knowledge and reconnect with the purpose behind their work. This is why I am so passionate about providing reflective and clinical supervision.My approach combines deep clinical expertise with warmth, curiosity, authenticity and compassion. I aim to create supervision spaces that feel thoughtful, relational and restorative, while also offering robust trauma-informed understanding grounded in evidence-based practice and years of frontline experience. I draw from a range of therapeutic models including EMDR, Dyadic Developmental Practice (DDP), Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), solution-focused approaches, mindfulness, and creative therapeutic interventions. My work is also informed by a strong understanding of nervous system regulation, sensory systems, relational safety, vicarious trauma and the emotional impact of supporting children who have experienced adversity.I believe reflective supervision is far more than professional oversight. Helpful supervision becomes a space for growth, connection, resilience and renewed clarity and energy. And that is where real change begins.
Starts 4th Nov'26 - Sarah Couch - Group S3N (Wednesday mornings)
120 min
Block of 3 x 2-hour sessionsDates: 4th Nov'26 | 24th Feb'27 | 9th Jun'27Times: 10am-12pmCost: £100 for Block of 3 sessions(Payment: Once you've confirmed your reservation via our online booking system, your TISUK Supervisor will contact yo
Trauma Informed Schools UK
Saltash, 111-113 Fore Street
Starts 4th Nov'26 - Sarah Couch - Group S3N (Wednesday mornings)
Block of 3 x 2-hour sessionsDates: 4th Nov'26 | 24th Feb'27 | 9th Jun'27Times: 10am-12pmCost: £100 for Block of 3 sessions(Payment: Once you've confirmed your reservation via our online booking system, your TISUK Supervisor will contact you to arrange payment and confirm your attendance before the first session starts.)Contact: [email protected]****************************************BiographySarah Couch is a qualified teacher and headteacher, having also trained as an integrative arts psychotherapist at the Institute for Arts in Therapy and Education at the start of her teaching career. She took this therapeutic stance back into education, where she has worked in mainstream and specialist education settings across all age ranges, supporting children with a wide range of needs and focusing on those with complex presentations and trauma histories.
She has over thirty years of experience as a therapeutic educator, having been a county Behaviour Support Service Manager, an interim Headteacher and Executive Headteacher, steering schools back to child-centred practice whilst leading organisational and cultural change. A trainer of attachment and trauma-based approaches for schools, she has also worked as an Education and Mental Health Manager for children and young people with autism and complex needs, and as a specialist consultant for a county SEND service.
She now works in private practice as a Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP) provider, delivering this Polyvagal Theory-based intervention to adult clients. As a therapeutic supervisor for TIS UK she offers a collaborative space for graduates of the TIS UK diploma to reflect on their learning, put theory into practice in the workplace and respond to the impact of this important work.
Starts 18th Nov'26 - Sarah Couch - Group T3N (Wednesday afternoon/evening)
120 min
Block of 3 x 2-hour sessionsDates: 18th Nov'26 | 10th Mar'27 | 30th Jun'27Times: 4pm-6pmCost: £100 for Block of 3 sessions(Payment: Once you've confirmed your reservation via our online booking system, your TISUK Supervisor will contact yo
Trauma Informed Schools UK
Saltash, 111-113 Fore Street
Starts 18th Nov'26 - Sarah Couch - Group T3N (Wednesday afternoon/evening)
Block of 3 x 2-hour sessionsDates: 18th Nov'26 | 10th Mar'27 | 30th Jun'27Times: 4pm-6pmCost: £100 for Block of 3 sessions(Payment: Once you've confirmed your reservation via our online booking system, your TISUK Supervisor will contact you to arrange payment and confirm your attendance before the first session starts.)Contact: [email protected]****************************************BiographySarah Couch is a qualified teacher and headteacher, having also trained as an integrative arts psychotherapist at the Institute for Arts in Therapy and Education at the start of her teaching career. She took this therapeutic stance back into education, where she has worked in mainstream and specialist education settings across all age ranges, supporting children with a wide range of needs and focusing on those with complex presentations and trauma histories.
She has over thirty years of experience as a therapeutic educator, having been a county Behaviour Support Service Manager, an interim Headteacher and Executive Headteacher, steering schools back to child-centred practice whilst leading organisational and cultural change. A trainer of attachment and trauma-based approaches for schools, she has also worked as an Education and Mental Health Manager for children and young people with autism and complex needs, and as a specialist consultant for a county SEND service.
She now works in private practice as a Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP) provider, delivering this Polyvagal Theory-based intervention to adult clients. As a therapeutic supervisor for TIS UK she offers a collaborative space for graduates of the TIS UK diploma to reflect on their learning, put theory into practice in the workplace and respond to the impact of this important work.
Starts 25th Nov'26 - Sarah Couch - Group U6N (Wednesday afternoon/evening)
120 min
Block of 6 x 2-hour sessionsDates: 25th Nov'26 | 20th Jan'27 | 17th Mar'27 | 12th May'27 | 7th Jul'27 | 29th Sep'27Times: 4pm-6pmCost: £180 for Block of 6 sessions(Payment: Once you've confirmed your reservation via our online booking syst
Trauma Informed Schools UK
Saltash, 111-113 Fore Street
Starts 25th Nov'26 - Sarah Couch - Group U6N (Wednesday afternoon/evening)
Block of 6 x 2-hour sessionsDates: 25th Nov'26 | 20th Jan'27 | 17th Mar'27 | 12th May'27 | 7th Jul'27 | 29th Sep'27Times: 4pm-6pmCost: £180 for Block of 6 sessions(Payment: Once you've confirmed your reservation via our online booking system, your TISUK Supervisor will contact you to arrange payment and confirm your attendance before the first session starts.)Contact: [email protected]****************************************BiographySarah Couch is a qualified teacher and headteacher, having also trained as an integrative arts psychotherapist at the Institute for Arts in Therapy and Education at the start of her teaching career. She took this therapeutic stance back into education, where she has worked in mainstream and specialist education settings across all age ranges, supporting children with a wide range of needs and focusing on those with complex presentations and trauma histories.
She has over thirty years of experience as a therapeutic educator, having been a county Behaviour Support Service Manager, an interim Headteacher and Executive Headteacher, steering schools back to child-centred practice whilst leading organisational and cultural change. A trainer of attachment and trauma-based approaches for schools, she has also worked as an Education and Mental Health Manager for children and young people with autism and complex needs, and as a specialist consultant for a county SEND service.
She now works in private practice as a Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP) provider, delivering this Polyvagal Theory-based intervention to adult clients. As a therapeutic supervisor for TIS UK she offers a collaborative space for graduates of the TIS UK diploma to reflect on their learning, put theory into practice in the workplace and respond to the impact of this important work.
Starts 4th Nov'26 - Sarah Couch - Group H3N (Wednesday afternoon/evening)
120 min
Block of 3 x 2-hour sessionsDates: 4th Nov'26 | 24th Feb'27 | 9th Jun'27Times: 4pm-6pmCost: £100 for Block of 3 sessions(Payment: Once you've confirmed your reservation via our online booking system, your TISUK Supervisor will contact you
Trauma Informed Schools UK
Saltash, 111-113 Fore Street
Starts 4th Nov'26 - Sarah Couch - Group H3N (Wednesday afternoon/evening)
Block of 3 x 2-hour sessionsDates: 4th Nov'26 | 24th Feb'27 | 9th Jun'27Times: 4pm-6pmCost: £100 for Block of 3 sessions(Payment: Once you've confirmed your reservation via our online booking system, your TISUK Supervisor will contact you to arrange payment and confirm your attendance before the first session starts.)Contact: [email protected]****************************************BiographySarah Couch is a qualified teacher and headteacher, having also trained as an integrative arts psychotherapist at the Institute for Arts in Therapy and Education at the start of her teaching career. She took this therapeutic stance back into education, where she has worked in mainstream and specialist education settings across all age ranges, supporting children with a wide range of needs and focusing on those with complex presentations and trauma histories.
She has over thirty years of experience as a therapeutic educator, having been a county Behaviour Support Service Manager, an interim Headteacher and Executive Headteacher, steering schools back to child-centred practice whilst leading organisational and cultural change. A trainer of attachment and trauma-based approaches for schools, she has also worked as an Education and Mental Health Manager for children and young people with autism and complex needs, and as a specialist consultant for a county SEND service.
She now works in private practice as a Safe and Sound Protocol (SSP) provider, delivering this Polyvagal Theory-based intervention to adult clients. As a therapeutic supervisor for TIS UK she offers a collaborative space for graduates of the TIS UK diploma to reflect on their learning, put theory into practice in the workplace and respond to the impact of this important work.
Starts 9th Oct'26 - Rahi Popat - Group G-3 (Friday mornings)
120 min
Block of 3 x 2-hour sessionsDates: 9th Oct'26 | 29th Jan'27 | 14th May'27Times: 9am-11amCost: £100 for Block of 3 sessions(Payment: Once you've confirmed your reservation via our online booking system, your TISUK Supervisor will contact you to a
Trauma Informed Schools UK
Saltash, 111-113 Fore Street
Starts 9th Oct'26 - Rahi Popat - Group G-3 (Friday mornings)
Block of 3 x 2-hour sessionsDates: 9th Oct'26 | 29th Jan'27 | 14th May'27Times: 9am-11amCost: £100 for Block of 3 sessions(Payment: Once you've confirmed your reservation via our online booking system, your TISUK Supervisor will contact you to arrange payment and confirm your attendance before the first session starts.)Contact: [email protected]****************************************Biography Rahi Popat is a BACP-registered integrative counsellor, counselling tutor, and private practitioner based in Leicestershire. As a trauma-informed therapist, Rahi is deeply interested in how individuals lived experiences shape their sense of self, their relationships, and their understanding of the world. At the heart of Rahi’s work is a commitment to making a meaningful difference—supporting others, fostering understanding, and contributing to a more compassionate future. Rahi has over 13 years’ experience working in education across a wide range of settings, including mainstream primary and secondary schools, SEMH, and Alternative Provision. As a Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL), Rahi brings a strong understanding of safeguarding, risk, and the importance of placing children and young people at the centre of all practice. Committed to trauma-informed approaches, Rahi has continued to develop professionally by qualifying as a Mental Health First Aider and undertaking ongoing CPD, including group supervision with organisations such as Anna Freud and CPCAB. Rahi places high value on supervision and reflective practice as essential components of ethical and effective work. Rahi is particularly interested in the impact of intergenerational trauma, exploring how it affects individuals in the present and how it can manifest later in life. Drawing on both professional expertise and lived experience, Rahi seeks to use insight and understanding as a force for positive change.Alongside clinical and educational work, Rahi has delivered workshops and seminars on trauma-informed practice, presented at conferences, contributed articles to educational platforms, and appeared on podcasts discussing the effects of trauma on both body and mind. Beyond professional settings, Rahi has been recognised nationally for voluntary work, including being named the UK’s 31st Point of Light by the Prime Minister and being acknowledged by Prince William at Buckingham Palace for services to volunteering, and taken part in a round table activity during Mental Health Awareness Week with HRH Princess of Wales Kate. For Rahi, it is about making a difference for tomorrow’s world by planting the seeds of tomorrow and making their little corner of the world a better place, using their knowledge and experiences of life to leave a lasting legacy.
Starts 6th Oct'26 - Rahi Popat - Group F-3 (Tuesday afternoons)
120 min
Block of 3 x 2-hour sessionsDates: 6th Oct'26 | 26th Jan'27 | 11th May'27Times: 1pm-3pmCost: £100 for Block of 3 sessions(Payment: Once you've confirmed your reservation via our online booking system, your TISUK Supervisor will contact you to ar
Trauma Informed Schools UK
Saltash, 111-113 Fore Street
Starts 6th Oct'26 - Rahi Popat - Group F-3 (Tuesday afternoons)
Block of 3 x 2-hour sessionsDates: 6th Oct'26 | 26th Jan'27 | 11th May'27Times: 1pm-3pmCost: £100 for Block of 3 sessions(Payment: Once you've confirmed your reservation via our online booking system, your TISUK Supervisor will contact you to arrange payment and confirm your attendance before the first session starts.)Contact: [email protected]****************************************Biography Rahi Popat is a BACP-registered integrative counsellor, counselling tutor, and private practitioner based in Leicestershire. As a trauma-informed therapist, Rahi is deeply interested in how individuals lived experiences shape their sense of self, their relationships, and their understanding of the world. At the heart of Rahi’s work is a commitment to making a meaningful difference—supporting others, fostering understanding, and contributing to a more compassionate future. Rahi has over 13 years’ experience working in education across a wide range of settings, including mainstream primary and secondary schools, SEMH, and Alternative Provision. As a Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL), Rahi brings a strong understanding of safeguarding, risk, and the importance of placing children and young people at the centre of all practice. Committed to trauma-informed approaches, Rahi has continued to develop professionally by qualifying as a Mental Health First Aider and undertaking ongoing CPD, including group supervision with organisations such as Anna Freud and CPCAB. Rahi places high value on supervision and reflective practice as essential components of ethical and effective work. Rahi is particularly interested in the impact of intergenerational trauma, exploring how it affects individuals in the present and how it can manifest later in life. Drawing on both professional expertise and lived experience, Rahi seeks to use insight and understanding as a force for positive change.Alongside clinical and educational work, Rahi has delivered workshops and seminars on trauma-informed practice, presented at conferences, contributed articles to educational platforms, and appeared on podcasts discussing the effects of trauma on both body and mind. Beyond professional settings, Rahi has been recognised nationally for voluntary work, including being named the UK’s 31st Point of Light by the Prime Minister and being acknowledged by Prince William at Buckingham Palace for services to volunteering, and taken part in a round table activity during Mental Health Awareness Week with HRH Princess of Wales Kate. For Rahi, it is about making a difference for tomorrow’s world by planting the seeds of tomorrow and making their little corner of the world a better place, using their knowledge and experiences of life to leave a lasting legacy.
Starts 9th Oct'26 - Rahi Popat - Group E-3 (Friday afternoons)
120 min
Block of 3 x 2-hour sessionsDates: 9th Oct'26 | 29th Jan'27 | 14th May'27Times: 1pm-3pmCost: £100 for Block of 3 sessions(Payment: Once you've confirmed your reservation via our online booking system, your TISUK Supervisor will contact you to ar
Trauma Informed Schools UK
Saltash, 111-113 Fore Street
Starts 9th Oct'26 - Rahi Popat - Group E-3 (Friday afternoons)
Block of 3 x 2-hour sessionsDates: 9th Oct'26 | 29th Jan'27 | 14th May'27Times: 1pm-3pmCost: £100 for Block of 3 sessions(Payment: Once you've confirmed your reservation via our online booking system, your TISUK Supervisor will contact you to arrange payment and confirm your attendance before the first session starts.)Contact: [email protected]****************************************Biography Rahi Popat is a BACP-registered integrative counsellor, counselling tutor, and private practitioner based in Leicestershire. As a trauma-informed therapist, Rahi is deeply interested in how individuals lived experiences shape their sense of self, their relationships, and their understanding of the world. At the heart of Rahi’s work is a commitment to making a meaningful difference—supporting others, fostering understanding, and contributing to a more compassionate future. Rahi has over 13 years’ experience working in education across a wide range of settings, including mainstream primary and secondary schools, SEMH, and Alternative Provision. As a Designated Safeguarding Lead (DSL), Rahi brings a strong understanding of safeguarding, risk, and the importance of placing children and young people at the centre of all practice. Committed to trauma-informed approaches, Rahi has continued to develop professionally by qualifying as a Mental Health First Aider and undertaking ongoing CPD, including group supervision with organisations such as Anna Freud and CPCAB. Rahi places high value on supervision and reflective practice as essential components of ethical and effective work. Rahi is particularly interested in the impact of intergenerational trauma, exploring how it affects individuals in the present and how it can manifest later in life. Drawing on both professional expertise and lived experience, Rahi seeks to use insight and understanding as a force for positive change.Alongside clinical and educational work, Rahi has delivered workshops and seminars on trauma-informed practice, presented at conferences, contributed articles to educational platforms, and appeared on podcasts discussing the effects of trauma on both body and mind. Beyond professional settings, Rahi has been recognised nationally for voluntary work, including being named the UK’s 31st Point of Light by the Prime Minister and being acknowledged by Prince William at Buckingham Palace for services to volunteering, and taken part in a round table activity during Mental Health Awareness Week with HRH Princess of Wales Kate. For Rahi, it is about making a difference for tomorrow’s world by planting the seeds of tomorrow and making their little corner of the world a better place, using their knowledge and experiences of life to leave a lasting legacy.
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