Stella is an existential psychotherapist in private practice having also worked in cancer support in the NHS and hospice bereavement support. She teaches on the Development Through the Life Span and Existential Theory and Practice modules at the New School of Psychotherapy and Counselling. Her doctoral research was in the embodied experience of postmenopause. The co-founder and for eight years the co-director of Fun Palaces, supporting community-led co-creation across the UK, she has been active in equalities work in the arts and LGBTQ+ communities for many decades. In 2016 she was awarded the OBE for Services to the Arts. An award-winning writer of 17 novels, over 70 short stories and 15 plays, Stella is also a theatremaker with a particular interest in the creative possibilities of existential psychotherapy.