Meet Our Team
“It has been a pleasure working with a NESSie therapist to support one of our pupils”
SENCo (Primary)

Rachel Lambie (she/her)
MA, HCPC, BADth, MBACP
Chief Executive Officer

Sarah Blackford (she/her)
MA, PGdip, HCPC BADth
Operations Manager and Supervisor
Our Team of Experts
All of NESSie’s practitioners are qualified and registered with the relevant authorities. Our team holds current DBS, Child Protection and Prevent training and receive regular supervision.

Charlotte Wilmer-Barbrook (she/her)
PGDip, HCPC, BADth
Dramatherapist

Harri Nicholas (she/her)
MA, HCPC, BAAT
Art Therapist

Tim Goldman (he/him)
MA, HCPC, BADth
Dramatherapist

Richard Leigh (he/him)
Dip.Couns, Dip.Sup, MBACP(accred)
Counsellor

Viv Ofstedahl (she/her)
B.Ed, B.SC
Lead Trainer

Natasha Crook (she/her)
MA HCPC, BADth
Dramatherapist

Sarah Booth (she/her)
MA, PGCE, HCPC, BAAT
Art Therapist

Sarah Payne (she/her)
MA, HCPC, NMT, BAMT
Music Therapist,
ASD/LD Specialist

George Fisher (them/they)
Dip Couns, MBACP
Counsellor

Annette Walker (she/her)
BPS
Autism Spectrum Conditions and Learning Disabilities Specialist

Callum Rooney-Jones (he/him)
MA, HCPC
Dramatherapist

Julie Stokes (she/her)
Dip Couns, BACP
Integrative Arts Counsellor

Joshua Webb (he/him)
MA, HCPC
Dramatherpist and ASC/LD Specialist

Emma Brummell (she/her) PTUK
Play Therapist

Phil Clarke (he/him)
MA, HCPC
Music Therapist and Systemic Family Practitioner

Sarah Foster (she/her)
Autism Spectrum Conditions and Learning Disabilities Specialist

Stephen Ware (he/him)
Mental health practitioner

Emily Gray (she/her)
Art Therapist

Yoshi Bear (he/him)
Pet Assisted Therapy Dog
CYP IAPT Trainee Practitioners

Evelyn taylor (she/her)
ASC/LD Specialist Practitioner in training

Kathy Scott (she/her)
ASC/LD specialist practitioner in training

Marissa Green (she/her)
ASC/LD specialist practitioner in training
Extended Team

Claire Twomey
Play Therapist

Katherine Kennedy
Mental Health Nurse

Leigh Edwards
Integrative and Person-Centred Counsellor

Sarah Bracey
Art Therapist

Sarah Edmonds
Art Therapist

Suzanne Funiciello
Counsellor

Angela Gillen
Play Therapist

Belinda Hamblin
Dramatherapist

Chandra Chapman
Music Therapist

Cecilia Rangel-Crow
Art Therapist