Meet our practitioners

Helena’s approach to counselling is down to earth and sensitive, open minded yet realistic. She puts a strong emphasis on working with you in a collaborative way so that you get a clearer understanding of your skills, strengths, vulnerabilities and difficulties. She uses a range of methods to help you cope better and get more out of life.

She has lots of experience helping men and women of all ages cope with a wide range of problems. These include anxiety, depression, addiction, eating disorders, relationship and work issues, and the effects of bereavement, accidents and other traumatic incidents.

She’s experienced at addressing short-term crises that need immediate attention and also working with people in an open-ended, longer-term way.

Ayhan is a Turkish born German who has lived in London since 2010. He aims to create an accepting space for growth by authentic dialogue and contact. Ayhan’s style is creative, experimental and body-oriented. He is experienced with short-term and long-term counselling and worked for various mental health services including the NHS.Ayhan’s areas of interest include:

• Dealing with adversity: relationship breakups, grief & loss, trauma, difficult life events causing stress
• Recovery from depression & anxiety: low mood, isolation, sadness, fear, worry, guilt, shame, anger
• Workplace counselling: work related stress, work-life balance, anxiety management, confidence issues at work, job change, redundancy
• LGBTQ+ counselling: gender, identity, diversity, inclusion, relationships, family, culture, spirituality, coming out

Joanne Sumner is a life coach, yoga and meditation teacher, Reiki Master and flower essence therapist. She specialises in helping people rediscover their purpose, passion and peace in life. Her work is rooted in a practical philosophy that celebrates the strength of the human spirit, seeks simple solutions to life’s demands, and encourages and inspires those whom she teaches and coaches to go for their true heart’s desire.

I have been the course director for the College of Auricular Acupuncture and Secretary of the Society of Auricular Acupuncturists since 2007.

I have had the honour and privelege of teaching in China at the Beijing University of Chinese medicine.
Shortly after my return to the UK I was invited to be a part of the team at The College of Auricular Acupuncture in London and my aim is that this approach will become as widely used and respected in the UK as it is in other parts of the world.

My background is eclectic and varied spanning Healing, Acupuncture, Shiatsu and Nutritional Healing. I have an insatiable desire to help myself and others break barriers to leading life to the full and bloom with vitality and health.

Rebecca qualified as a structural osteopath, she is registered with the General Osteopathic Council and a member of the Sutherland Cranial College of Osteopathy.

Rebecca now works primarily using a gentle indirect approach. She describes this as “listening with my hands to my patients as a whole, connecting to their self-healing mechanisms and helping their body return to its optimal state of health”.

Rebecca currently runs a community osteopathy clinic in Hammersmith and works at an established osteopathic clinic in Surrey.

Jonathan is a Traditional Acupuncturist, Auricular Acupuncturist, Shiatsu practitioner and teacher.

Jonathan’s training began in 1990 at the British School of Shiatsu-Do, gaining his Shiatsu Practitioners Certificate and going on to attain the British School of Shiatsu-Do Shiatsu Teacher Training Certificate, he then continued his training with Chinese doctors at the Acumedic Foundation in London, his personal and professional development continued in Beijing, China.

Jonathan was awarded The Winston Churchill Memorial Trust Fellowship 2004. He is the Co-Principal and Senior Lecturer for The College of Auricular Acupuncture and Chair of the Microsystems Acupuncture Society. He practices in West London

Delgermaa Łukasik has been studying Ashtanga yoga since 2005. She was introduced to the Ashtanga yoga method at the Putney Clinic, and has gone on to train and study with internationally renowned Ashtanga yoga teacher John Scott. She has also practised Ashtanga Yoga with a number of renowned teachers including Nancy Gilgoff and Sri Sharath Jois. Delgermaa currently practices and teaches in Ealing and Putney.

Stefania became a Yoga teacher in 2010 after a career in the corporate world. Coming from a biomedical engineering background, she brings to yoga a sense of deep scientific enquiry.

Stefania has since dedicated herself to expanding her own idea of what Yoga is and who can benefit from it.

Due to her mother’s illness she has been particularly interested to explore the value of how Yoga can support chronic illnesses. She has continued this work with specific client groups such as the elderly, and people with ongoing health conditions such as cancer, arthritis, MS and Parkinsons.

Stefania has a passion for continued learning and gratitude for yoga being an element of survival and joy in her own life.

Duncan works as a holistic coach, teacher and movement practitioner. He taught drama extensively in schools and colleges and has undertaken a wide range of innovative projects in fringe and community theatre spaces. Recently, he led a range of developmental projects exploring masculinity. Duncan is a skilled group facilitator and is currently studying on the Embodied Leadership Programme at Strozzi Institute, CA. www.duncanalldridge.com

Anke is a community gardener assisting the gardening and education projects at Brockwell Park Community Greenhouses and Judith Kerr Primary School, South London. She is passionate about combining her love for the outdoors and gardening, with her commitment to providing positive experiences for the people she works with.