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Faculty Members

Rhianwen Gilson

Rhianwen Gilson Director

Rhianwen is Director of BCPC and Middlesex University Link. She holds a BCPC Diploma in Counselling, a Post-Qualifying Diploma in Counselling Children and Young People and is a UKCP registered and BACP accredited psychotherapeutic counsellor. She is also a supervisor. Rhianwen has a small private practice working with teenagers and adults in Wiltshire. She has a background in business and management in the broadcasting industry.


Kate Bowman

Kate Bowman Course Leader for Psychotherapy & Tutor | MA Module 4

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.

Alice Buckee

Alice Buckee Tutor | Foundation Certificate

Alice is a UKCP registered Psychotherapist and a graduate of BCPC. She has worked in private practice, the NHS, and for the Trauma Foundation South West.  Her approach is integrative, humanistic, and intersubjective based on her initial training at BCPC. Since qualifying she has pursued her interest in body psychotherapy.  She focuses particularly on the relational process in the therapeutic encounter. Her background is in fine art and she continues to make art work alongside her psychotherapy work. 

Jayne Burrows

Jayne Burrows Tutor | Psychotherapy Year 1

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.

Eleni Constanti

Eleni Constanti Tutor | Foundation Certificate

Eleni is a BCPC trained, BACP accredited counsellor with a Post-Qualifying Diploma in Counselling Children and Young People. She has a private practice in Bristol working with adults and young people and experience as a counsellor in agency settings. Eleni has a particular interest in intersectionality and identity. She has previously tutored on the BCPC course ‘Listening Skills in a Diverse World’.


Maria Fender

Maria Fender Tutor | MA Module 2

Maria is a BCPC trained, UKCP Registered Psychotherapist, Couples Therapist, Supervisor and Family Law Supervisor with a private practice in Bath. She’s interested in working dialogically within long term relationship. Her further interests lie in Jungian depth psychology and its intersection with animism which inform her understanding of disconnection from a sense of belonging in transgenerational shame and trauma.

Claire Hawcock

Claire Hawcock Tutor | MA Module 1

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.

Amanda Hawking

Amanda Hawking Tutor | Counselling Year 2

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.

Bev Hudspith

Bev Hudspith Tutor | Counselling Year 2

Bev is a BCPC trained UKCP psychotherapist and a CTSD certified supervisor. Bev has an established private practice in Wiltshire. Since qualifying Bev has pursued her interest in Internal Family Systems with further training and she finds this approach to be both fascinating and powerful in her work. Her background is in teaching and the creative arts.

Cheryl Keen

Cheryl Keen Tutor | MA Module 4

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.

Freya Lampard

Freya Lampard Tutor | Foundation Certificate

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.

Justine McCarthy

Justine McCarthy Tutor | Counselling Year 1

Justine is a UKCP registered psychotherapist, counsellor and trainer working with individuals and couples in private practice in Frome, and in Bristol where she is an active member of a charity providing low-cost long term therapy.  She has a background in working with children and young people, and has a doctorate in English Literature exploring emerging early twentieth-century understandings of self.

Elisa Morris

Elisa Morris Tutor | Counselling Year 1

Elisa Morris is a UKCP registered counsellor, psychotherapist and supervisor, working in private practice in Bath. She has worked previously for the NHS, been a lead member of the Counsellors’ Collective South West and a supervisor for Cruse. She has a particular interest in relationship, including the impact of early life relationships, the potential of the therapeutic relationship, and the client’s relationship with themselves.

Jen Owen

Jen Owen Tutor | Psychotherapy Year 1

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. 

John Seex

John Seex Tutor | MA Module 1

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.

Katrina Sutcliffe

Katrina Sutcliffe Tutor | Foundation Certificate & Modules 2 & 3

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.

Chloe Tahta

Chloe Tahta Tutor | MA Modules 2 & 3

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. 


Gill Theodoreson

Gill Theodoreson Course Leader for Foundation

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. 

Shani Trevethick

Shani Trevethick Tutor | Foundation Certificate

Shani is a UKCP registered Psychotherapist and a BCPC graduate. She works in private practice in Bath. Shani is especially interested in exploring the integration of early relational experiences with social, cultural and ecological contexts. She also has a growing interest in Ecopsychology and the interconnectedness of all life. 

Jimmy Whiteaker

Jimmy Whiteaker Tutor | Foundation Certificate

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.

Caroline Yates

Caroline Yates Course Leader for Counselling

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.