Meet our Team

At The Awareness Centre, we’re proud to have a highly committed and dedicated team who bring their expertise and passion for mental health and wellbeing to their roles. Our founder and CEO, Michaela McCarthy, has years of experience within the counselling and psychotherapy field. She works with her team to develop The Awareness Centre’s thriving therapeutic and training community.

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Our CEO

Michaela McCarthy

CEO

Michaela McCarthy is a qualified counsellor, psychotherapist, psychosexual & relationship therapist, clinical supervisor and tutor with over 25 years’ experience in the mental health field. She founded The Awareness Centre in 2005, offering a confidential counselling and psychotherapy service in south London. In 2020 she founded The Awareness Centre Training School, delivering Counselling and Clinical Supervsion Training.

Michaela is passionate about sharing her experience and knowledge, and that energy led to her opening The Awareness Centre Training School in 2020. She is committed to creating a safe environment for her team, for therapists and for clients to engage and develop professional relationships. She works in private practice in Wimpole Street, Marylebone and is senior accredited with the BACP.

Elizabeth Akindutire

Elizabeth Akindutire – Clinical Receptionist

Joy Zheng

Joy Zheng – Clinical Receptionist

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Charlotte Rickwood – Clinical Receptionist

Seda Albay

Seda Albay – Counselling Manager

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Rushna Patel – Senior Counselling Coordinator

Amy Shapre

Amy Sharpe – NHS Lambeth Senior Team Leader

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Anders Carvalho – NHS Team Leader Lambeth

Gail Walker

Gail Walker – Head of Counselling

Gunilla Rukavina

Gunilla Rukavina – NHS Team Leader Wandsworth

Hilton Da Silva

Hilton Silva – NHS Team Leader Wandsworth

Martina Moh

Martina Moh – NHS Team Leader Lambeth

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Minoo Briscoe – NHS Team Leader Sutton

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Oriana Scalzulli – NHS Team Leader Lambeth

Tom Underwood

Tom Underwood – NHS Senior Placement Lead

Denise Sims

Denise Sims – Senior Clinical Supervisor

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Ewa Romanowska – Clinical Supervisor

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Farzana Numan – Clinical Supervisor

Jo Small

Jo Small – Clinical Supervisor

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Michelle Baker – Clinical Supervisor

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Pamela Thompson – Clinical Supervisor

Sam Hughes

Sam Hughes – Clinical Supervisor

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ShediYah HatNebMaoo – Clinical Supervisor

Rachel Jackson

Rachel Jackson – Finance Administrator

Samantha Austin

Samantha Austin – Finance Manager

Lesley Brown

Lesley Brown – Finance Director

Our qualified private counsellors, psychotherapists and psychologists are all either registered or accredited with one or more of the following professional bodies.