Dipti Solanki – Head of Teaching

Dipti Solanki is Head of Teaching for The Awareness Centre Training School. She is responsible for supporting the quality, development and delivery of teaching and learning across the training curriculum. She is also a tutor and brings to the role a deep commitment to education, high standards and lifelong learning.

Dipti is an integrative counsellor, coach, educator, and trainer with over two decades of experience across therapeutic, educational, corporate and community settings. She has practiced in the NHS and has worked therapeutically with young people aged 16+ in a sixth form setting. She continues to work in private practice, alongside delivering mental health, wellbeing, and grief training for organisations.

Dipti brings energy, warmth, and clarity to her work with students. She is passionate about creating rigorous, reflective, and inclusive learning environments where students feel both supported and challenged to grow. Her approach is relational, ethical, and grounded in real-world practice, with a strong focus on helping students develop confidence, self-awareness, and professional identity. She is particularly interested in grief, identity, belonging, cultural difference and emotionally intelligent practice. Dipti is committed to recognising each student’s individual learning journey while helping them become thoughtful, skilled, and confident practitioners.