Chris Brown, Director

Co Director/ HPD Course Coordinator & Tutor

Chris is a Person-Centred trained, BACP Accredited & UKRC Registered Counsellor and Psychotherapist who also works in Private Practice. As well as her Diploma in Person-Centred Counselling, Chris holds an MA in Counselling & Psychotherapy, a Certificate in Education, and an AEB Certificate in Counselling Supervision. She is currently involved in supervising her students’ research in Counselling and Psychotherapy and pursuing her own research into Diversity Issues in the Counselling profession; she has presented her research work on a number of occasions at national level, including research on Rogers' Concept of Another Characteristic latterly defined as Relational Depth.
Chris is a published author and has gained broad experience as a Counselling Trainer in FE & AE Institutions London wide. In her small Private Practice Chris also offers supervision to other counsellors.
Chris is the founder of LC&CTA and has taught in the Borough of Lewisham since 1996; she comes from a Working-Class background and Italian immigrant heritage.

Andrew Zap

Andrew has worked in the drug and alcohol field and homelessness for twenty five years. He has over five thousand hours of group-work experience being in and facilitating group process. During this time he has delivered and facilitated therapeutic training and relapse prevention groups. He has worked in a number of settings which include; Prison, inpatient rehabilitation services, 12 step and therapeutic street agency prescribing services, homeless outreach contact and assessment teams and statutory housing and medical services. He has a Msc in Drug and alcohol policy and practice from Imperial College, an ENB 616 Cert in Drug Dependence (Nursing). He has also has qualifications in number of related areas which include training for trainers, Gestalt therapy, process intervention and motivational interviewing. Although semi-retired he is a musician and a stand-up comedian who gigs regularly around the country, is involved in personal development and is currently involved in delivering an experiential therapeutic group-work module here at LC&CTA.

Mehboob Dada, PPD Facilitator

Mehboob Dada is Person Centred trained, BACP Registered and Accredited Counsellor and Psychotherapist. Mehboob has a PGCE and an MA in Health Promotion, Education and International Development from Goldsmiths and the Institute of Education, University of London.  As well as the Diploma in Counselling, Mehboob holds a Foundation in Group Analysis and Diploma in Group Analytical Supervision. Mehboob has been working with vulnerable individuals affected by drug use, asylum seekers and traumatized individuals.

Identity and belonging are areas of personal interest for Mehboob, who has worked internationally with the European Union, UNESCO, the NHS and third sector organizations. A skilled group conductor, Mehboob has since 2016 has been facilitating a group for the Black, Asian and African Therapy network (BAATN).

 In private practice Mehboob provides short and long-term therapy, as well as supervising trainee therapists and counsellors. Mehboob has a practice that respects working with diverse ethnicities, sexualities, and belief systems.  Mehboob was born in Uganda with Indian ancestry and sought asylum in the UK in 1970. 

Dorothy Dixon, PPD Facilitator

Dorothy qualified as a Person-Centred Counsellor at LC&CTA. 

She holds a higher professional Diploma in Counselling and Psychotherapy and is a member of the BACP.

Whilst training as a counsellor Dorothy worked and continues to work for Renaissance Horizon as a substance misuse counsellor.  Within this agency she has worked with a variety of different clients’ supporting them through their journey into recovery and now holds the position of Vice Agency Manager.

Dorothy comes from a Health and Social Care background and previously worked as senior Co-ordinator for Home-Start a global voluntary organisation supporting parents with young children who are experiencing difficulties.  She worked with refugee families suffering with mental health issues, loss and trauma; who were struggling to deal with resettlement and the stresses and strains of everyday life.  This work spurred Dorothy to become a counsellor as she recognised many people simply need a listening ear, support and encouragement in order to live a settled and fulfilled life.

Dorothy also works in private practice and is of Anglo Indian heritage; she loves people and loves to laugh; a kind and loving joker at heart!

Tina Corcoran, Co Director

Tina currently teaches the Level 3 CPCAB Foundation and is Co-Lead Tutor on our BACP Accredited HPD Counsellor Training Course. She also delivers, as Lead Tutor, our L6 Clinical Supervision Course.

Tina holds a Post-Grad Diploma in Integrative Counselling but developed her practice to become fully Person-Centred.  She is a registered member of the BACP and a qualified teacher holding a PGCE, Diploma in Counselling and a Masters Level Qualification in Clinical Supervision.

Tina has worked in a variety of roles, starting out as a Teacher in Secondary education, she moved into teaching in Pupil Referral Units, working closely with students with social, emotional and mental health (SEMH) needs; she developed her skills in order to help children/young people with severe difficulties in managing their emotions and behaviour.

She moved on to work in the forensic field in both one to one and group settings in Prisons; this included working with issues around Drug and Alcohol Abuse, Trauma, Bereavement, Loneliness and Isolation, Anxiety, Depression, Relationships, Family Issues, Suicide, and issues relating to Childhood Sexual Abuse.

Tina became a Co-Director of LC&CTA in May of 2022 and is a wonderful asset to our LLP. She is British with strong links to her Irish heritage.

Mahayla

Mahayla practises privately in London as a Person-Centered counsellor. She offers online, office based and walking therapy. She is also Registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).

Prior to becoming a counsellor, she worked as a Customer Experience Specialist and teaching in English in Japan.

She studied a Higher Professional Diploma in Counselling and Psychotherapy at LC&CTA, and obtained counselling qualifications at Birkbeck College and the University of East London.

Mahayla is of British Caribbean heritage, and lives in South London.

Julie Davies

Julie is a qualified person-centered counsellor and psychotherapist.  She obtained her Higher Professional Diploma in Counselling and Psychotherapy at LC&CTA.

Julie is currently working with both Quaggy Community Counselling Service and Renaissance Horizon CIC where she works with a variety of clients, and is in the process of setting up her private practice.

She is a Registered Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).

Prior to becoming a counsellor, she spent over 15 years as a team manager in TV Advertising Sales.

Julie is of British heritage, and lives in South East London.

Stuart Gilmour, Manager at Renaissance Horizon CiC Placement Agency

Stuart is Person-Centred trained and a BACP Registered Counsellor. He obtained his Higher Professional Diploma in Counselling at LC&CTA and also works with young adults attending sixth form college and in Private Practice.  

Stuart runs the office at Renaissance Horizon,  assessing and on-boarding new clients, managing and training counsellors, and works to build recognition and utilisation of the agency within the community.

Stuart has lived most of his life around the South of England, and comes from a Working-Class Scottish background.

Keith Christie, Keith is the founder of RH UK CiC - the Counselling Agency offering all LC&CTA's HPD students their 1st Practice Placement

Keith is a highly experienced Substance Misuse Recovery Advisor and Counsellor, with over 21 years in the field.  He supports the work of LC&CTA through also offering CPD Workshops to our students at affordable cost.

He has a passion for people and facilitating their intrapersonal development. Keith is well liked and is a welcomed loving, friendly presence when he visits our venue (which is not often enough!).  A child of the Windrush Generation Keith is a Black British Citizen who has resided in London for over sixty-years; but as the saying goes "You can take the boy out of Jamacia - but you can't take Jamacia out of the man". Keith lives in both Brixton and Upper Norwood and is an active member of the Black Brixton Community.

He loves playing Dominoes - which is almost a Jamaican National Sport - is a trained Shakespearian Actor and has appeared in numerous productions at The New Vic, loves all types of Jazz music and plays the trumpet for the sheer pleasure of it.

A man for all seasons - Keith is a great support to LC&CTA's tutors and trainees.

Dorette Wright, Visiting Tutor: C&YP Social Work and Diversity

Dorette facilitates a sub-group of our HPD students during our Diversity Unit Oppression Day. She has 20 years' experience as a Senior Teacher and Team Leader in Exclusion Secondary Education.

Dorette is also in the final months of completing her BA in Social Work and works with families and children in the field. Additionally, she is a consultant facilitator on our C&YP Course providing our students with an overview as to how counsellors can best work with Social Services toward the most effective outcomes for children in need, in danger or in care.

Dorette has little time these days to peruse her amateur DJ hobby but when she plays at any event, her hot sets have revelers gyrating the night away in sound-motivated bliss.    

Dorette is of mixed-race heritage, Scottish and Jamaican, but is South London born and bred, and this often intrinsically shines through her energetic participation in all she does. 

Mark Wood, Skills and Triads Facilitator

Mark is a Person-Centred Counsellor and an appreciated member of the LC&CTA team.

He is deeply interested in assisting people understand themselves and finding self-directed strategies for accepting their emotional and psychological challenges. He acknowledges life can feel overwhelming, at times even insurmountable, but has first-hand experience, from both sides of the client /counsellor alliance, of the benefits counselling can bring.

Additionally, Mark has decades of experience in the music industry where hot creative talent can cause emotions to run both deep and high - his intrinsically strong but gentile nature organically 'pours empathic calm and reason on troubled waters'.

Mark hails from South London and identifies as white British.

Rachel Young, Tutor and Student Support & Triad Facilitator

Rachel qualified as a Counsellor on LC&CTA's L5 Higher Professional Diploma in Counselling and Psychotherapy. Alongside her work with us she is employed in childcare and has extensive experience mentoring young people and supporting the community as a youth worker in Brixton, London. 

With a background in the creative arts, having originally trained as a dancer, Rachel brings creativity and expression into her work at LC&CTA and in her youth work, encouraging people to explore different ways of connecting and growing.

Of mixed-race, heritage, Guyanese and British, Rachel grew up in Southeast London and brings warmth, understanding and a deep commitment to supporting others in her professional work.

We value her input.