I have recently retired as Director of The Centre for Psychological Therapies at Leeds Metropolitan University after 20 years of service. I am a client-centred psychotherapist and co-editor of The Therapeutic Relationship: Themes and Perspectives (PCCS, 2008) and The Therapeutic Relationship Handbook: Theory and (McGraw-Hill / OUP, 2014). I was instrumental in developing a Relational Approach to Therapy with Geoff Pelham (1999). I have written a chapter on coaching in the NHS (with Bill Penson) in Thew M and McKenna J., (Eds) Lifestyle Management in Health and Social Care (Wiley, 2008).

I undertook my first training in Coaching in 2002. I oversaw the development of an MA programme and have taught coaching to both staff and students at various universities. I am currently delivering a fourth foundation certificate to student services staff at the University of Brighton.

I have worked extensively in both adult, and child & adolescent psychiatry. I have also been head of a therapeutic school and was Director of the VSO programme in Bhutan. I now write; practise therapy, supervision, and coaching; and provide training.