Jocelyne Quennell has worked in the field of the arts therapies, psychotherapy and counselling since the early 1990’s with all ages and stages of life. She has contributed continuously to the development of standards of education, training and practice in the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP), where she was made a Fellow.

She is former Principal of the Institute for Arts in Therapy and Education (IATE) and was responsible for a decade for the MA in Integrative Arts Psychotherapy. She has been a leader in developing inclusive therapeutic and wellbeing services in education.

Jocelyne is Director of the Wellbeing Faculty at IATE, where she has pioneered courses in humanistic and integrative therapeutic counselling, key-working, mentoring, creative group and community wellbeing which are validated by the University of East London.

She is committed to enhancing quality and increasing access to creative and relational therapeutic approaches. This includes providing education and training for a wider range of representative role models for children and young people. She is currently working with Oasis Nurture which is implementing therapeutic approaches in schools.