Our Senior Team

Andrew Balfour

Chief Executive Officer and Acting Head of Trainings
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Andrew Balfour
Chief Executive Officer and Acting Head of Trainings

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Biography

Andrew Balfour is Chief Executive of Tavistock Relationships. He originally trained as a clinical psychologist at University College London and then as an Adult Psychotherapist at the Tavistock & Portman NHS Trust, whilst in a staff post there. He subsequently trained as a Couple Psychotherapist at Tavistock Relationships, where for more than 10 years he was Clinical Director before becoming Chief Executive in 2016. He has many years’ experience of working psychotherapeutically with couples, developing new projects and conducting research. He has published numerous papers in the field and has taught and lectured widely both in Britain and abroad. His most recent book is; ‘Engaging Couples - New Directions in Therapeutic Work with Families’. Edited by Andrew Balfour, Christopher Clulow, and Kate Thompson. (Routledge, 2019).

Honor Rhodes

Strategic Advisor
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Honor Rhodes
Strategic Advisor

Biography

Honor trained as a social worker and has worked in both statutory and voluntary sector settings. At Tavistock Relationships she is responsible for the DWP funded Parents as Partners co-parenting groupwork programme, partnership developments and policy development work. Honor's particular interest is in effective interventions with families in trouble. She has written a series of short guides for practitioners including, 'A short guide to working with co-parents: why we don't, why we should and how we could' (Tavistock Relationships 2011). Honor sits on a number of Boards including her local NHS Clinical Commissioning Group Board and the Early Intervention Foundation. She was awarded an OBE in July 2010 for her work with children and families.

Judith Jamieson

Joint Head of Clinical Services
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Judith Jamieson
Joint Head of Clinical Services

Training

Co Module Leader, Clinical Skills module, Psychodynamic Programme

Biography

Judith is a psychodynamic and psychosexual couple psychotherapist. She is a member of BACP and COSRT. After qualifying and working with individuals, couples and families as a therapist outside the UK for a number of years, Judith joined Tavistock Relationships in 2010 to undertake further training in couple therapy and psychosexual therapy and has worked as a psychosexual therapist in the NHS.

Liz Hamlin

Joint Head of Clinical Services
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Liz Hamlin
Joint Head of Clinical Services

Biography

Liz Hamlin is Couple Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist registered with the British Psychoanalytic Council and is a member of our Alumni body as well as a member of the BPC’s Professional Standards Committee. She has worked with couples since 1990 and qualified as a couple psychoanalytic psychotherapist in 2008. Liz has been a Visiting Clinician at Tavistock Relationships for many years working with couples, supervising practitioners and delivering training. In 2010 Liz took up the role of Clinical Lead in an IAPT Service managing a team of therapists delivering therapy in 15 GP surgeries in Ashford, Kent. Liz has a special interest in working with couples and individuals facing divorce and separation and is a member of the Divorce and Separation Consultation Service. She is a student on TR’s Professional Doctorate Programme looking to research the experience of older couples going through the process of divorce. She extended her initial training as a Couple Counsellor with East Kent Relate through being involved in setting up a service called Relateen for adolescents whose parents were going through divorce or separation. Liz has been an IAPT Couple Therapy for Depression Trainer and Supervisor having been involved in TR’s development of the training since its inception in 2010. In her new role as Joint Head of Clinical Service, Liz will be involved in allocations, consultation on complex cases and in addition would take a specific role in quality assurance, including dealing with client feedback, informal complaints, outcome monitoring, and involvement is policies and procedures.

Kate Thompson

Head of Couple Therapy for Depression
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Kate Thompson
Head of Couple Therapy for Depression

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Couple Therapy for Depression Practitioner Training and Supervisor Training

Biography

Kate Thompson is a couple psychoanalytic psychotherapist and senior staff member at Tavistock Relationships with over 20 years’ experience of therapy with couples and individuals. Currently heading up Couple Therapy for Depression Training of NHS practitioners, Kate is also clinical lead for TRs’ Parenting services. Kate has developed the model, Behavioural Couple Therapy for Alcohol Misuse, and delivered the government funded pilot training to practitioners. She has also worked in TR’s mentalization-based therapy service for separated parents in conflict; specialist adoption service; supervised TR’s violence project in Harrow and Parents as Partners, a group intervention for couples. Registered with BPC and BACP, Kate writes for a variety of publications; co-edited ‘Engaging Couples: New Directions in Therapeutic Work with Families’, (Routledge, 2018), and a Special Edition of Couple and Family Psychoanalysis on Divorce and Separation, (Phoenix, 2021). She is currently editing a book on parenting and couple dynamics. Her private practice is in South West London.

Lorna Robinson

Psychoanalytic Programme Lead
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Lorna Robinson
Psychoanalytic Programme Lead

Training

Supervisor, Theory Seminar Leader and Academic Tutor, Psychodynamic and Psychoanalytic trainings

Biography

Lorna Robinson is a couple psychoanalytic psychotherapist and an individual psychodynamic psychotherapist. She trained at TR and has been on the faculty staff since 2018. Formerly the Head of CPDs and conferences, she is now Head of the couple psychoanalytic training, and Head of the Foundation programme, for which she runs the selection process. She works in the clinical service as a therapist and supervisor, and as a supervisor, tutor and seminar leader on the psychodynamic training and a tutor on the psychoanalytic training. She is one of the editors-in-chief of the journal Couple and Family Psychoanalysis, and its book reviews editor.

Sarah Ingram

Head of Strategic Partnerships & Programmes
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Sarah Ingram
Head of Strategic Partnerships & Programmes

Biography

Sarah has a background in Community Development and has worked in both statutory and voluntary sector settings. Before joining Tavistock Relationships Sarah was Head of Parenting with responsibility for the development and delivery of parenting support for hard to reach families. At Tavistock Relationships Sarah leads the DWP funded Reducing Parental Conflict Programme, a large programme with a remit to evaluate evidence based interventions and their impact on reducing parental conflict.

Bridget Wilkins

Joint Programme Head of Diploma in Psychosexual Therapy and Course Leader for Certificate in Psychosexual Studies
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Bridget Wilkins
Joint Programme Head of Diploma in Psychosexual Therapy and Course Leader for Certificate in Psychosexual Studies

Training

Lead on Psychosexual Studies Certificate and for the Psychosexual Diploma

Biography

Bridget Wilkins (Psychodynamic and Psychosexual Couples Therapist, Accred. COSRT, MBACP) is a couple and individual psychodynamic and psychosexual therapist and faculty staff member at Tavistock Relationships. She has responsibility for programming the centre’s Psychosexual Studies Certificate and for the Psychosexual Diploma. A former BBC producer, she retrained at Tavistock Relationships, completing their diploma in Couple and Individual Psychodynamic Psychotherapy before training as a Psychosexual Therapist. She has a particular interest in the impact of emotional experience on both the body and the mind.

Andrew Davidson

Joint Programme Head of Diploma in Psychosexual Therapy
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Andrew Davidson
Joint Programme Head of Diploma in Psychosexual Therapy

Training

Joint Lead for the Psychosexual Diploma

Biography

Andrew is a psychosexual and relationship psychotherapist and has worked with couples for over 20 years. He is registered with the College of Sexual and Relationship Therapists (COSRT) and the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). Andrew is jointly responsible for the Diploma in Psychosexual Therapy and teaches on the Psychosexual Certificate in Psychosexual Studies. Andrew originally completed his clinical training at Relate. He also worked for Relate National for several years, where he managed and coordinated the clinical training. In 2013, he completed an MA in Relationship Therapy at the Relate Institute. He then furthered his skill set by completing an MSc in Psychosexual and Relationship Therapy in 2018 at Tavistock Relationships. He also worked at an NHS Psychosexual Service in Bedford and has continued his clinical work as a visiting clinician at TR. Andrew has also worked in the corporate world designing psychological and educational training programmes for various blue chips organisations. Some of these companies include British Airways, Heathrow Airport, Zurich Insurance, Network Rail, BT, and BP, to name but a few. Andrew has been in private practice since moving to a small town near Milton Keynes in 2013. He has a particular interest in the effects of male low sexual desire on couple relationships.

Clare Chisholm

Head of Operations & Business Transformation
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Clare Chisholm
Head of Operations & Business Transformation

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Elle Sidel

Psychodynamic Programme Lead, Head of Alumni
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Elle Sidel
Psychodynamic Programme Lead, Head of Alumni

Training

Supervisor, Couple Theory Seminar Leader, Tutor

Biography

Elle Sidel is a couple psychoanalytic psychotherapist, couple and individual psychodynamic therapist, and faculty staff member at Tavistock Relationships. She has responsibility for programming the Couple and Individual Psychodynamic Counselling and Psychotherapy (MA/PG Dip) training. Formerly the chair of Tavistock Relationships Association of Psychotherapists and Counsellors (TRAPC) and editor of its online membership publication, The Newsletter, Elle will continue to support the Association in her new role as Head of Alumni. She holds a PhD from Cornell University and has previously worked as an academic at UK universities. In addition to her work as a Senior Therapist in TR’s clinical services, Elle is an experienced training supervisor and has been teaching on WPF Therapy psychotherapy courses.

Gaynor Donaldson

Training Operations and EDI Manager
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Gaynor Donaldson
Training Operations and EDI Manager

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Alice Jacobs Waterfall

Head of TR Together
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Alice Jacobs Waterfall
Head of TR Together

Biography

Alice Jacobs Waterfall is a couple and individual psychodynamic trained therapist and faculty staff member at Tavistock Relationships. A former conference producer, she retrained at Tavistock Relationships, completing their diploma in Couple and Individual Psychodynamic Psychotherapy in 2015. She has responsibility for TR Together, a TR initiative created to extend and enhance the centre’s continuing professional development offer with a focus on developing new skills and deepening knowledge in community. As Content Director at Confer Alice enjoyed collaborating with many great practitioners across a wide range of modalities and themes and looks to incorporate these valuable insights in to the development of TR Together.

Richard Meier

Head of Strategy, Innovation & Impact
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Richard Meier
Head of Strategy, Innovation & Impact

Biography

Richard Meier has worked for Tavistock Relationships for more than a decade, originally focusing solely on policy. His role now covers comms, strategy, policy and digital development. He has an MA in Psychoanalytic Studies and is a published poet with Picador.

Aizetta Bande

Finance Manager
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Aizetta Bande
Finance Manager

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Robyn Hampson

Director of Finance & Resources
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Robyn Hampson
Director of Finance & Resources

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Robyn Hampson is an experienced finance professional with over 20 years of experience in a variety of sectors and roles. She holds an MSc in Finance and Strategy, as well as CIMA certification. As the Head of Finance & Resources, Robyn oversees finance, facilities, ICT, and HR, as well as supporting corporate governance and organisational strategy development activity in conjunction with the CEO and Board of Trustees, enabling stragey implementation through the establishment and review of operational process and policy. Robyn has previously worked in roles in New Zealand as Interim CFO for a high-tech Medical Device Company operating globally, GM Corporate Services for ChristchurchNZ Holdings, and as Business Analyst - Risk & Assurance for a listed company. In addition to her role with TR, Robyn acts as a portfolio CFO for H2 Optimal Limited working with pre-revenue start-up ventures that are currently capital raising and delivering Innovate UK grant projects. As a Director of H2 Optimal, Robyn has worked as a management consultant in New Zealand and Saudi Arabia and has a strong interest in the importance of integrated thinking and reporting in organisations.

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