Sally is a Contractual Trainee in Psychotherapy who is working towards CTA qualification. Sally studied at the Wealden and Connexus Institutes. With a work background in inner London public sector housing management and management consultancy, she has BA Hons in Social Administration and an MBA. 

 

Sally also undertook two years Organisational TA training at The Berne Institute. 

 

As a consultant Sally specialised in organisational Performance Management by helping organisations convert their vision, values and strategy into everyday practical activities through good business planning and strong employee involvement. 

 

Sally is keen to support UKATA to deliver and develop its current strategy and believes the membership should be at the heart of all that we do.

Katy is a qualified counsellor working in private practice in Hampshire. She holds a MSc. in Applied Psychology, and both a Foundation degree and Diploma in Counselling. She is in her final year at The Link Centre, working towards her CTA and UKCP registration.

 

Her background is in media and marketing and has worked in TV, Radio, and was the Managing Director of a regional advertising agency for over 20 years.

 

Her interest in TA was piqued during her Level 2 counselling skills course which prompted her to complete a TA101 after which she says she fell in love with the modality, its philosophy, and the people she has subsequently come to know who practice it.

 

She feels passionately about making TA as accessible to as many people as possible, in the spirit of Berne’s original thinking about making psychoanalysis less slow, less rigid and less complex.

Jem Gunn is a Humanistic and Integrative Psychotherapy Therapeutic Counsellor in Private Practice; specialising in appearance-related mental health disorders (including Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD), Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD), and Eating Disorders). Jem is a Clinical Supervisor and ILM qualified Professional Business Mentor specialising in Coaching & Mentoring Therapists in Private Practice.

 

Jem is passionate about Transactional Analysis, she studied at (UKATA Registered Training Establishments); the Ellesmere Centre for Psychotherapy Training (ECPT) and Elan Training and Development respectively, to Post Graduate Diploma level 7 in Transactional Analysis & Counselling, and Integrative Psychotherapy.

 

Jem is a registered member of the British Association of Counselling & Psychotherapy (MBACP), and a BACP Communities of Practice Champion for Body-Image Therapy. She is an associate member of the British Association of Art Therapists (BAAT), and regional ambassador for the Association of Business Mentors (ABM), which compliments her Private Practice service offerings. With an extensive career background in leading Digital Transformation Portfolios within the Financial Services sector, and her Portfolio Management Director APMG qualification, coupled with her passion for T.A.; Jem brings a wealth of experience and transferable skills to her role as a UKATA Board Trustee.

Seb is an NCPS Accredited Counsellor in private practice and works with Kent Association for the Blind. 

 

Seb is enthusiastic about TA, a keen advocate for the broad diversity within TA’s many fields, schools and techniques bringing purpose to individuals to enrich their unique lives. He is a contractual CTA trainee who started psychotherapy training in 2015.

 

He has over two decades of experience in the financial health insurance industry working in sales, complaints, operational, project and programme management roles. During which he supported colleagues as a Mental Health First Aider and mentored neurodiverse colleagues.

 

On the personal side he grew up in Botswana in the height of the Apartheid, has a multicultural background, is a late diagnosed dyslexic and is type ‘1’ diabetic. 

 

His qualifications include BA (hons) in English and History, Association Project Manager, and Advanced Diploma in Integrative Psychotherapy. He has held peer representative roles at school, university, and in business.