I am a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and Programme Leader for the MA/PgD in Counselling and Psychotherapy (Person-Centred) at the University of Cumbria. Highly relational in approach, I hold a strong belief in the importance of authentic and compassionate practice. Before my re-location to Cumbria in 2015, I worked for ten years within Macmillan Cancer Care offering counselling to clients and carers in the midst of significant and life threatening illness.