Bonny Flowers - Counsellor
I have worked at Anglia Ruskin as a counsellor for over 2 years. I have been working as a counsellor for over 12 years. I trained at The University of East London where I also gained my MA in Counselling and Psychotherapy. I also have a certificate in Life Coaching and trained as an adoption counsellor with Barnardo’s. I have worked in various settings such as schools and within the probation service and prison service facilitating groups and counselling offenders who had drug and alcohol addictions. I have also worked as a bereavement group facilitator and counsellor working with both adults and children. Prior to training as a counsellor I was a trained general and psychiatric nurse and worked at The Royal London Hospital in Whitechapel.

Charlie Gibney - Counsellor
I have worked at the ARU since January 2011 and have counselling experience in substance misuse, general counselling, cancer care, mental health and children/adolescents.
I have trained as integrative counsellor this combined with a cognitive behavioural approach gives me a particular interest in working with depression and a range of anxiety disorders. As well as offering one-to-one work students can join a groups to help manage stress and anxiety.

Celia Henson - Counsellor
I have worked at Anglia Ruskin University for nine years after experience of counselling in a Further Education college, two universities, a bereavement agency, an agency working with clients aged 12 to 23 and facilitating communication skills groups for students with English as a second language when living abroad. I am particularly interested in working with issues around cultural differences, with relationship difficulties and confidence and identity issues and in supporting students through their university experience. I have facilitated groups for students wanting to manage their stress and anxieties about assessed oral presentations and to increase their confidence for doing these. I started my professional life as a teacher.

Gemma Peck - Mental Health Adviser
I am a qualified mental health practitioner and psychotherapist, and have worked in a variety of mental health settings such as GP surgeries with adults experiencing common mental health problems, and in a secure hospital for people with severe and enduring difficulties. I have also worked with young people, providing individual counselling and running therapeutic groups. I feel strongly that mental health difficulties should not prevent people from pursuing their goals, and enjoy supporting students through the challenging and exciting world of University and further professional and personal development.

Stephen Barlow - Counsellor
I am a BACP accredited therapeutic counsellor with over 8 years experience of working with clients both in an organisational role and in private practice. In addition, I am an experienced group work facilitator and trainer and recently qualified as a clinical supervisor. I have worked for and/or provided training to many 'addictions'-based services including one of the most enduring HIV/AIDS organisations, Terrence Higgins Trust, where I set up and ran the substance misuse and addictions counselling/groupwork arm of their well-being department.
In September of 2009, I began working as a sessional therapist for SurvivorsUK, who specialise in 1-to-1 counselling and group work with male survivors of childhood sexual abuse. I have since provided them with in-house training and represented the organisation as a conference speaker on the subject of male rape.
I started in post at Anglia Ruskin University in January 2011, excited to be part of a team so committed to enhancing student emotional well-being through a variety of 1-2-1 and group interventions.

Suzanne Drieu - Counsellor
I began my role as a student counsellor within the Counselling and Wellbeing Team in January 2011.Almost 10 years ago, I trained as a Relate counsellor, after which I worked extensively with couples, individuals, young people and groups, focussing on many issues including relationship breakdown, loss, self esteem, parenting and abuse. I then went on to qualify for a Post Graduate Diploma in Relationship Therapy in 2007, which in turn, led to my M.A. in Counselling and Psychotherapy at the University of East London, successfully completed in February 2010.
As a practitioner, I have most recently worked within the field of Domestic Violence within Women’s Aid and additionally as a groupwork lead facilitator for a Domestic Abuse Prevention Programme for male perpetrators of Domestic Violence, which incorporates psycho drama and anger management techniques.