Mogs Bazely (worship) is
a counselling trainer
for Church Army evangelists and for the Institute
for
Pastoral
Counselling. She also works two days a week for BACP as an
accreditation assessor and has a small private practice. She keeps
chickens in her garden in Norwich and hopes to develop a specialism in
post trauma psychotherapy for movie car chase poultry.
Andy
Butler (liaison with conference centre) is the longest
serving member of the planning group. He first attended the conference
in 1988 when he was working as a community social worker for a Baptist
Church in South West London, where he was also an Elder - he has been
on the planning group ever since! Andy is a qualified Social Worker and
has worked for Surrey County Council for over 19 years. He is currently
a Senior Practice Development Manager working on a number of local,
regional and national policy developments relating to Adult Social
Care. Andy lives in Petersfield, Hampshire with his wife and four
children and is also a local Justice of the Peace.
Sue Colman (worship) works for an organisation supporting
vulnerable young people,
developing
spirituality and
teaching emotional
welbeing. She was on the staff of her local church for many years
in lay pastoral
ministry and is at present on a journey towards ordination. She
has led courses
and taught on Inner Healing, Prayer Ministry, and Spirituality and
would describe her own spirituality charismatic, evangelical
and contemplative. She is
particularly interested in issues around adoption, children and
adolescents in the care system and mental health and is passionate
about seeing how the unique healing gifts of the church can be used in
conjunction with the rich and broad range of therapies.
Ruth
Dormandy (chair of planning group) is a UKCP registered
psychotherapist, a supervisor and trainer having qualifications in
pastoral counselling, psychosynthesis psychotherapy, supervision and
teaching. She has worked in various settings for over 16 years,
having been
the director of a community counselling agency and currently
working in
independent practice. Ruth's work also includes tutoring and
supervising on the diploma course at the Psychosynthesis and Education
Trust. In addition she facilitates workshops and training events for
churches and counselling organisations. Her particular interests
include the interface between personal and spiritual development,
resourcing Christians and church leaders psychologically and belly
dancing.
Kim
Gooding (secretary to planning group & publicity) is a UKCP
registered psychotherapist
in independent practice and for a small charity. Kim has
managed a community counselling service, worked as a counsellor in
primary care and had a former existence as a community development
worker.
Kim's work has focused on building community in the inner city and
making counselling accessible to the marginalised. She is particularly
interested in cross cultural work, facilitating ministry and 'whole'
person care. Kim is part of the leadership of an Anglican church and in
her spare time she loves
to walk, bird watch and explore places without people!
Lynette
Harborne
(small groups) works
in
private practice in Buckinghamshire as a psychotherapist, supervisor
and spiritual director. She is also a supervisor at the Oxford
Christian Institute for Counselling and teaches Human Development in a
Roman Catholic Seminary. She is particularly interested in the
supervision of spiritual direction and is currently exploring models of
good practice and developing training materials.
Hugh Jenkins (small groups)
is a psychotherapist in independent practice and
Senior Tutor at the
Institute of Psychiatry. He was formerly Director
of the Institute of Family Therapy and was awarded the medal of the
Hungarian Family Therapy Association in 1996. He is currently working
with Areopagus, a Christian organisation in Timisoara, Romania, running
training programmes and developing a new institute for family therapy
and systemic practice. When time allows, his passion is water colour
painting.
Ruth
Layzell (workshops & publicity) is the Director of the
Institute of Pastoral Counselling. She is a 
BACP
accredited counsellor
with a particular interest in working with those in ministry and has a
mentoring role with some clergy. Previous jobs include social work
(generic and then in adoption and fostering) and being Director of
Counselling training at St John’s College Nottingham. Her
interest in making links between theology and psychology has issued in
a number of short articles, a Grove booklet about adoption, a chapter
on religious abuse in a book entitled Clinical Counselling in Pastoral
Settings and co-authoring the Beta Course. She has recently discovered
Pilates, rediscovered swimming and she maintains her interest in all
things French with regular visits to Brittany.
Sarah Watts (treasurer) worked as a counsellor in
independent practice for over 10 years, but recently
wound up her
practice and now works full time with the Institute of Business
Ethics where she is responsible for ensuring the smooth running a
busy not for
profit organisation. Sarah values the input of the CTJ conferences
through the years and the community of like-minded souls that gathers
bi-annually in the beautiful Derbyshire countryside. In her spare time
she enjoys (or is that endures?!) training for and competing in
triathlons.
Claire
Wendelken (newsletter
editor) returned
to conference in 2006 after a long gap, having first attended in the
1980s. A social worker and social work tutor, she was active in
the Social Workers Christian Fellowship, editing their annual
conference material and, for four years, their journal. Claire has
retired from paid employment. She enjoys a pastoral role with an
ecumenical group of seniors, occasional writing, and mentoring
work/faith integration and social care training. Her church
family is at Queens Road, Wimbledon. Photography, family history,
charity archives, art and the gym enrich the remainder of her time.
