Jo Mundy

Programme Leader

Jo worked in various allied health professional roles for Social Services, the NHS and charities before retraining as a Child and Adolescent Counsellor. She was a Place2Be Counsellor on Placement for over four years and completed our Postgraduate Diploma in 2016.

Jo has worked in primary and secondary schools, setting up counselling services and providing support for children, families and staff. She has also worked as a trainer for Place2Be and as a tutor on the Postgraduate Diploma before moving into the Programme Leader role. Jo is a British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy member.

Helen Goldhill

Programme Manager

Helen has been working with children and young people since 2012 as a Youth Worker, which gave her a particular interest in young people’s mental health. She has worked in several different roles within Place2Be since 2019.

As Programme Manager, Helen oversees the non-clinical running of the Postgraduate Diploma programme and the development of Place2Be’s professional qualifications courses.

Analy Reed

PGDip Tutor

After studying for her chemistry degree, Analy retrained as a Montessori teacher before enrolling on the Postgraduate Diploma for Counselling Children and Young People in Schools with Place2Be. She completed further training to work with couples and individuals and in Psychopathology.

Analy currently works with children, young people, parents and adults at Rephael House Counselling Centre while running her Private Practice using psychodynamic, relational and attachment-based techniques. She is a member of BACP.

Carleen Kirk

Acting Programme Lead

Carleen completed her degree in counselling and psychotherapy at the Centre for Counselling and Psychotherapy Education. She went on to provide one-to-one support to children with special educational needs whilst undertaking Psychoanalytical Observational Studies training at the Tavistock.

Carleen piloted a restorative justice programme with Victim Support and the Sutton Youth Offending Team, which fuelled her passion for early intervention.

She completed her PGDip at Place2Be and now works in schools and runs a private practice. Carleen is also a member of BACP.

Eleni Vambouli

PGDip Tutor

With an academic background in philosophy, Eleni trained as a Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist at the Institute for Arts in Therapy and Education. She has worked for over ten years in both primary and secondary schools, setting up, supervising and running therapeutic services and offering support to children, families and staff.

Eleni maintains a clinical and supervision practice. She is particularly interested in treating inter-generational trauma and integrating neuro-scientific research into therapeutic processes.

Esther Pozzani

PGDip Tutor

Esther has a background in outdoor learning and Forest School. She trained with Place2Be to gain a PGDip and master's and has worked within Place2Be school services for over eight years. Esther is an accredited member of the BACP.

Samia Quddus

PGDip Tutor

Samia initially trained as a primary school teacher, working in schools for over 15 years, during which she developed an interest in working with pupils exhibiting challenging needs. She specialised in the special educational needs (SEN) area of social, emotional and mental health (SEMH) before re-training as a specialist child and adolescent therapist with Place2Be.

Samia is a published BACP writer and has self-published the UK’s first psychospiritual Islamic gratitude journal and an award-winning children's title. She still works as a clinician in secondary schools and appears on Islam Channel discussing mental health and wellbeing-related topics.

Kali Turabi

PG Dip Tutor

Kali Turabi has over 16 years’ experience working in various mental health settings. She has worked with children and young people as an Art Psychotherapist in mainstream and special educational needs schools. Kali has also worked with adults in community settings and at Studio Upstairs. Kali provides Sand play workshops for students on the Postgraduate Diploma at Place2Be as well as at other organisations. Kali has a passion for creative expression, including writing and painting. Her first novel, The Last Beekeeper was published in 2021 by Harper Collins and she's currently working on her second.

Kali has worked as a Place2Be Postgraduate Diploma Tutor for several years including acting as Interim Programme Leader during the pandemic for one year. She is passionate about the role of nonverbal communication and play in the therapeutic relationship.

Sachiko Kishi

Experiential Group Facilitator

Sachiko trained in group and individual Gestalt psychotherapy and creative supervision. Her background is in the arts, mental health in the community, and higher education.

Sachiko provides individual and group supervision for Third sector organisations and NHS staff specialising in trauma work and has a private practice. She runs experiential workshops and is also a member of the teaching faculty at the Gestalt Centre.

Orlaigh McKenna

Experiential Group Facilitator

Orlaigh is a trained group psychotherapist and studied group analysis at the Institute Of Group Analysis. She supports our training team by facilitating the course experiential group for year one.

Orlaigh is a psychotherapist working from integrative, humanistic and psychoanalytically-informed approaches. She has worked in mental health for Non-Governmental Organisations and a specialist clinic in the NHS. Orlaigh now works in her private practice and offers services to a psychotherapy centre.