Our Team

Director & Psychotherapist

Paula Daley

Paula is a qualified Integrative Psychotherapist, managing her own private practice, working with both adults and young people, including Christian and non-Christian clients. Additionally, she provides freelance counselling services to primary and secondary schools. Paula is deeply committed to supporting the mental wellbeing of young people, helping them to thrive and reach their full potential. She is also dedicated to empowering parents in supporting their children's mental health.

Having worked with clients with significant issues such as self-harm, suicide, anxiety, depression, and loneliness, Paula feels called to pioneer a service where the church actively engages in addressing this mental health crisis, aiming to be a key part of the solution for all. Her goal is to illuminate these dark spaces and help set people free.

Director

Mandy Mangold

As the CEO of a Youth Work Charity in Derbyshire, Mandy oversees the establishment of appropriate processes and procedures to ensure the effective use of resources. With a professional qualification in youth and community work and over 25 years of experience, she deeply values the role of youth work.

Mandy is committed to ensuring that her youth workers possess the necessary knowledge, skills, and experience to deliver consistent, high-quality youth work provision. Her passion for youth work as a transformative tool continues to drive her efforts. She has developed and delivered numerous programs that have empowered many young people to gain the confidence and skills needed to lead the lives they aspire to.

Integrative Counsellor

Amanda Waring

Amanda is a qualified integrative counsellor and BACP member, experienced in supporting adults and young people across public, private, and charity sectors. She has worked with a wide range of issues, including trauma, eating disorders, substance misuse, self-harm, and low self-esteem. Using an integrative approach, she blends empathy with techniques from Schema Therapy and CBT to help clients explore underlying concerns and build healthier mindsets.

Amanda is passionate about empowering people to grow in self-understanding and self-worth. She works with both Christian and non-Christian clients, drawing on her own faith as a source of inspiration.

Counsellor & Group Facilitator

Lucy Taylor

Lucy is a BACP-registered counsellor who is passionate about sitting alongside people through life's challenges in a safe, respectful, and non-judgmental space. She has a wealth of experience in bereavement counselling and is skilled at guiding clients through the complex journey of grief. Using an integrative approach, Lucy addresses trauma, emotional difficulties, and personal loss.

Beyond one-on-one sessions, she has a lot of experience in running group therapy, where she creates a supportive environment for shared healing and growth. Lucy works collaboratively with her clients to foster understanding, resilience, and practical coping strategies, all aimed at promoting healing, personal development, and overall well-being.

Trainee Art Psychotherapist

Ruth Baker

Ruth is a Trainee Art Psychotherapist currently studying towards her MA in Art Psychotherapy at Sheffield Hallam University. She aims to provide a space that allows people to express themselves freely through image making, words and play. She is attentive and flexible to the client's emotions, pace and experience of the world. She aims to build a compassionate relationship with the client so that they can feel safe to explore what they want to bring to the therapy space and begin a journey of lasting change.

Ruth also works as a Perinatal Specialist Practitioner and has a wealth of experience working with parents and families, focusing on parent-infant relationships. She has over 10 years of experience working with clients who have experienced anxiety, depression, trauma, loss and low self-esteem, amongst other difficulties. She has a particular interest in working with disadvantaged women, people who consider themselves neurodivergent and displaced people.

Trainee Counsellor

Duncan Dean

Duncan is a trainee counsellor in his second year of his Master's programme. He is registered with the BACP and is developing an integrative approach to therapy, recognising that everyone is different and may benefit from different approaches.

Duncan is passionate about creating warm and empathetic spaces for people to be listened to and process without judgment. He's excited to be on the Revive team and its vision to support all people in the community to live life to the full.

Trainee Therapist

Lucy Jackson

Lucy is a recently qualified counsellor working towards finishing her MA in Humanistic Counselling at York St John University whilst pursuing a diploma for Counselling Children and Young People (11-18). Through her training, Lucy has experience supporting individuals experiencing a range of mental health and wellbeing concerns and feels passionate about creating a safe, compassionate and non-judgmental space where people feel genuinely heard, accepted and held.

Lucy has experience as a 111 mental health call handler, deepening her commitment to extend dignity, kindness and care to those in crisis. Working relationally, Lucy's approach is grounded in empathy, active listening, authenticity, and respect for each individual's autonomy. Lucy feels privileged to walk alongside people through challenging seasons with the hope to support and empower individuals to move towards self-understanding, wholeness and self-worth.

Psychotherapist

Jill Lord

Jill holds a BA (Hons) in Counselling and is a registered member of the BACP and the ACC. She brings a wealth of experience from both her private practice and her years of work with a charity, where she has supported a team of counselling trainees and volunteers, conducted clinical assessments, and managed her own caseload.

With a warm and empathic approach, Jill works integratively, helping clients navigate complex emotional issues, particularly in the realm of difficult or painful relationships. She has experience working with survivors of trauma and individuals facing challenges with anxiety and depression. Jill also has a special interest in supporting clients who are struggling with faith and spirituality, offering a safe space for reflection. She is deeply passionate about helping people find freedom from the pain of their past, with self-compassion being a cornerstone of her therapeutic work.

Outside of her professional life, Jill enjoys spending time with her family, taking beach walks in all kinds of weather, and diving into a good book. She looks forward to connecting with you and supporting your journey towards healing and growth.

Psychotherapist

Julie Southey

Julie holds a BA (Hons) degree in Counselling from Waverley Abbey and is pursuing a Level 6 Diploma in Integrative Creative and Play Therapy. She brings extensive experience in working with children and young people, including 15 years in a residential home for children aged 6-18 years who faced emotional and behavioural challenges due to adverse childhood experiences.

Julie currently serves as a Support Worker within a mental health crisis drop-in service, offering support to individuals experiencing crises in person and online. As a mother of five and a grandmother to four, and with experience of parenting a young person with an autism diagnosis, Julie is deeply committed to supporting parents, particularly in navigating parenting challenges and emphasising self-care. She is passionate about helping individuals recognise their own value and worth. Julie is dedicated to providing services that promote early healthy attachments and foster secure relationships throughout the lifespan.

Therapist

Anastasia Seale

Anastasia is a qualified integrative counsellor working with adults, young people and children, in private and voluntary sectors. She is a member of both the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and the Association of Christians in Counselling (ACC).

With a background in parent-child relationships, attachment issues and intergenerational trauma, she is passionate about compassionately and empathically supporting each client as they work through their difficulties, such as depression, thoughts of suicide, anxiety, self-injury and low self-esteem. She is committed to helping clients feel more secure and accepted within their respective families and in their other relationships. She strongly believes that a healthy family unit is a foundation for a healthy society.

Anastasia is also a qualified non-violent resistance (NVR) practitioner. Having run NVR groups for parents within the NHS, she now delivers NVR training privately and empowers parents and carers of violent and self-destructive children and young people to defuse aggression as well as to rebuild loving family relationships.

Trainee Therapist

Olivia Pearson-Eve

Olivia is an enthusiastic trainee counsellor, diligently working towards her integrative counselling degree at Waverley Abbey College. Her academic journey is complemented by hands-on experience in providing compassionate support to individuals navigating the complexities of everyday life.

Currently, Olivia serves as a senior support worker with SHE UK in Mansfield, where she plays a role in supporting survivors of childhood sexual abuse. In this capacity, she offers critical emotional support to those grappling with the effects of trauma, facilitating peer groups and support sessions that foster healing. Olivia's commitment to counselling is deeply rooted in her belief in a holistic approach to wellbeing. Olivia strives to support and empower individuals by providing them with the necessary support, resources and safe environment to overcome their struggles and work towards a more balanced and hope-filled life.