JEN - Key Persons
I worked within the live events industry for most of my career and have been lucky to work on some amazing concerts and festivals. As a former "Blockhead" my highlight was meeting the New Kids on the Block! I decided I needed a change when I started a family and have been working in administrative roles within the charity sector. Most recently I supported a team of mental health professionals and have gained important knowledge that has helped me with my own mental health journey.
I have 30 years of experience in developing businesses, charities and individuals including the set up and implementation of organisation-wide training and quality assurance programmes. I co-managed a young people's charity for 20 years. I also work in engagement and co-production. My own mental health journey and recovery has fuelled the passion I have for the work I do today.
Lydia is a qualified person-centred therapist and couples counsellor who has been counselling for over ten years. She trained at the renowned Metanoia Institute in Ealing.
Job Titles:
- Life Coach and Management Consultant
Marco is an experienced and passionate life coach; operational and change manager.
Using several techniques from different psychological theories such as: Transactional analysis, Voice Dialogue, Rational Emotive Behaviour and (family) Constellations he facilitates and accelerates people's personal and professional development.
Rheian spent 15 years working as a psychiatric nurse before qualifying as a Solicitor in 2006. In private practice Rheian has conducted many ground-breaking mental health cases, winning Legal Aid Lawyer of the year for her work in Mental Health Law.
Job Titles:
- Social Media Administrator
Robin is a cool, caring and slightly secretive young person who knows more about social media than Joy or Nell could ever hope to.
Job Titles:
- Founder & CEO, Confluent Energy
In 2012, aged just 31, Shantonu was asked to go to West Africa to take charge of, and turnaround, a troubled billion dollar deepwater offshore oil project. While he succeeded in doing so, it was not without consequences. A burnout related breakdown at work in January 2013 led to him being hospitalised. What followed was an eighteen month period of recovery that included further residential clinics, intense therapy, varied drug regimes and significant periods away from work. Realising that he needed to radically change his life, in 2014, Shantonu developed his own model of wellbeing, proactive in nature, evidence based, highly personalisable with a dual focus on self awareness and self care. CBTEACH® was born! In late 2014, Shantonu resumed his corporate career and returned to West Africa. 4 years to the month after he suffered his breakdown, Shantonu was appointed to lead the Central & West Africa region, a business generating over half a billion dollars in revenue each year for his company. Shantonu has always recognised the role of the health professionals in his immediate post breakdown care, but credits his long term recovery and ongoing mental fitness to CBTEACH®. He now wants to share CBTEACH® and what he learnt with those who want to proactively improve their wellbeing.