Rushna Patel – Counselling Lead

Rushna Patel is the Counselling Lead at The Awareness Centre. She coordinates the Low-Cost Counselling Services and assists with the Private Counselling Services.

Rushna previously worked within the financial oil sector and construction industry, and so understands the extreme pressures and experiences people can face in the workplace and its effects on their personal lives.

Coming from an ethnic background, Rushna identifies with how challenging it can be to speak openly about mental health in certain cultures and recognises the difficulties this can impose. Her understanding of the impact of these experiences on personal lives is instrumental in providing empathic and effective support to her team as well as therapists at The Awareness Centre.