London team
Cassius
Cassius is a qualified person centred and existential counsellor and trained psychoanalytic consultant. His knowledge and skill set has evolved over years including the education sector as a child play and family therapist, The Fatherhood Institute as a lead trainer and lead student counsellor at Roehampton University. Cassius believes the need to reflect and analyse the emotional, professional and developmental processes is essential in the re-evaluation of role, responsibility and equality.
Maria
Maria is a mental health nurse and psychodynamic psychotherapist. She has more than 20 years’ experience in working as a nurse within the NHS, latterly in ELFT, in a variety of roles within the community in City and Hackney. Maria trained in psychodynamic psychotherapy at Westminster Pastoral Foundation. Throughout her career she combined her nursing work with working as a therapist independently in Hackney.
Zorana
Zorana is a qualified counsellor. She has worked with people facing challenges such as drug and alcohol addiction, acute mental health crises and gambling issues. Zorana has a background of working in social policy looking at how the government can better address poverty and homelessness in the UK.
Dan
Dan joined James' Place as Centre Manager in February 2021, following a year as interim CEO of a local branch of Mind in South London. He is a qualified UKCP Psychotherapist and has over a decade of experience as a mental health support worker, service manager, counsellor and coach working with men and women experiencing homelessness. Passionate about finding new and effective techniques to help people find change in their lives, he is particularly interested in developing improved service models for people who do not fit mainstream services. Dan's focus on suicide prevention has been a mainstay throughout his career and training, he is now focused on expanding our work and the evaluation of our work into London.
Rosie
Rosie has a background in social care and has worked with people experiencing a range of support and care needs across different settings. Before joining James’ Place, Rosie managed an accommodation service in Camden which supported those active in drug and alcohol addiction to access recovery services and move from homelessness into independent housing. Rosie has also worked in the community, providing support to those experiencing mental health crises in areas such as housing, employment and reducing social isolation.