Karen Jenkins, Nicky Holland, Rebecca Howard-Burrell and Dr Ruth McCalman

Karen Jenkins

Karen Jenkins has an M.ST. in Psychodynamic Practice from Oxford and, although retired from private practice, she continues to work as a Specialist Mentor at Oxford Brookes University.

Nicky Holland

Nicky Holland is a psychodynamically trained counsellor with 9 years’ experience of working in primary care settings. As a Specialist Wellbeing Mentor at Oxford Brookes University she supports students with mental health diagnoses and students on the autistic spectrum.

Rebecca Howard Burrell

Becca Howard Burrell has worked as an accredited BACP counsellor in Primary, Secondary and Higher education in Oxfordshire for over 10 years as both a counsellor and specialist wellbeing mentor and has set up the Positive Mental Wellbeing programme for students at Oxford Brookes University.

Dr Ruth McCalman

Ruth McCalman originally trained in Botany but changed direction in 2001 to Psychodynamic Counselling, training at Oxford University. Since qualifying in 2005, she has worked at Oxford University Student Welfare and Support Services as well as in private practice. At the SWSS she worked until very recently in the Peer Support Programme and has also worked as a Specialist Mental Health Mentor, working long-term with students registered as disabled with either a mental illness or a physical difficulty. Some of these students present with autism but, for others, autistic emotional and behavioural responses arise as a result of their physical difficulties.