Carol Lucas
B.Ed Hons (Cantab)
Certified Transactional Analyst (CTA)
Teaching and Supervising Transactional Analyst (TSTA) with psychotherapy speciality.
Qualified membership with the:
United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy and
United Kingdom Association for Transactional Analysis
Carol Lucas is the owner and Director of The south manchester centre for psychotherapy which she established in 1991.
Val Walton
Working at smcp since 2008
Val Walton has been practising as a Counsellor / therapist using Transactional Analysis at smcp since 2008.
Val works with: Individuals & Couples.
Damien Diamond
Working at smcp since 2012
Damien Diamond has been practising Transactional Analysis (TA) Psychotherapy at smcp since 2012. He has many years experience in the field of mental health, working with clients across many sectors.
Clare Rusk
Working at smcp since 2015
Clare works as a therapist and uses Transactional Analysis.
She also specialises in Hypnotherapy, NLP and Mindfulness and can use each modality or a combination of all three therapies.
Claire Lloyd
Working at smcp since 2018
Claire is a therapeutic counsellor and a registered member of BACP.
She offers both long and short term therapy for a wide range of issues through an integrated approach using Transactional Analysis and Compassion Focussed Therapy. She works with individuals, assisting them to develop a deeper understanding of themselves and make changes where they want to, enabling them to get the most out of life.
Clare Langton
Working at smcp since September 2022
Clare has extensive experience in working with Children and Adults.
She is BACP Registered and has been practising for the last ten years.
Jack Brown
Working at smcp since 2023
Jack is a professionally registered integrative psychotherapist and currently splits his time between private practice and various salaried roles. Jack has extensive experience working with cancer patients and their families due to his ongoing work as a counsellor at Cavendish Cancer Care in Sheffield. Jack offers long or short term therapy to adults.
Joanna Jamieson
Working at smcp since 2023
I am an Integrative Counsellor and also trained in psychotherapy (T.A). I have 24 years experience working in Primary Care with adults, schools and colleges with young people. In my own private practice I work with adults, couples and young people both face to face and online. I am a registered and accredited member of BACP.
Paula Jones
Working at smcp since 2025
Paula is a BACP-accredited, person-centred counsellor who works with couples and adult individuals. She has experience supporting people from many different backgrounds who are facing difficulties in their relationship, recovery from trauma or abuse, stress, anxiety, anger, loss, depression or low self-esteem. She has delivered training for counsellors and related professionals and run support groups for parents of teenagers and for people who have been bereaved. She is also a qualified, experienced yoga teacher.
Tom Hall
Tom has been working with young people struggling with anxiety, poor mental health and school refusal for over 6 years. He is a Director and General Manager at Noah’s A.R.T. in Hyde, an innovative Animal Assisted Therapy Non-profit.
In his role at Taleforge, Tom utilises his experience, Masters Degree in Creative Writing and unique approach to youth mentoring within the structure of TTRPGS (tabletop roleplaying games) as a form of creative therapy. Tom works with clients ages 10 and up.
