Leigh Gardner has been a counsellor for 26 years working in schools and private practice. Leigh recently worked at Metanoia Institute as Director of Studies of the BSc (Hons) Person-Centred Pluralistic course and before that, as Senior Lecturer. She has also worked at University of Salford lecturing in counselling and psychotherapy at BSc and MSc levels. Leigh has worked with Arts for the Blues running workshops and providing supervision for a while now and has a background in creative education and drama. She is part of Playback Theatre Manchester, telling real life stories from the audience through improvisation.