Our Greenwood Team
At Greenwood, our tutors bring professional expertise, real-world experience, and a genuine passion to the classroom. We're love watching those lightbulb moments go off for you, and are likely to recommend a book from our library when we notice your excitement too.
To ensure absolutely integrity all of our tutors are fully qualified counsellors who are actively working in private practice. We're living what we're teaching you and staying up-to-date with all the industry developments.
Our tutor team also work in complementary helping professions, showing that counselling skills are valuable beyond the therapy room. Guided by our passions and respect for confidentiality, we share honest, real-life insights in our courses. Put simply, we practise what we teach.
The who's who...
Meet Sarah
Name: Sarah Henry
Role at Greenwood: Director and tutor
Courses: CSKL2, CSTL3, TCL4 and PCL5
Counselling interest: Race and racial identity
About my work:
Sarah is the founder and director of Greenwood Counselling Academy. Since beginning her journey as a counselling tutor in 2019, Sarah has dedicated herself to creating a training experience that is rigorous, inspiring, and rooted in integrity. She founded Greenwood to bring her wealth of experience to a space where future counsellors can grow personally and professionally, developing the skills, confidence, and ethical grounding needed to make a meaningful difference.
Alongside leading Greenwood’s day-to-day operations, Sarah works as the Race and Training Correspondent for Counselling Tutor, with a regular feature on their podcast. She is also a published author, contributing to People Not Pathology (2023) and a forthcoming book for counselling tutors, due September 2026.
Sarah maintains a private counselling practice, believing that living the practice herself allows her to bring authenticity, insight, and practical experience to her teaching. She also works as a consultant on race and racial identity, helping organisations develop awareness, DEI strategies, and stronger relationships across diverse teams. These are skills she brings into her teaching of relationship-focused work.
Sarah has delivered workshops and spoken at conferences for BACP, CPCAB, Counselling Tutor, OnlinEvents, BAATN, Roehampton University, Loughborough University, and numerous private counselling organisations. Her vision for Greenwood is clear: to raise the standards of counselling training and support students to build meaningful, successful careers.
Outside of working, I love...being out in my garden. growing dahlias and peonies with a cup of tea very close by.
Meet Sam
Name: Sam Brien
Role at Greenwood: Tutor
Courses: CSKL2 and CSTL3
Counselling interest: Criminal justice rehabilitation
About my work:
Sam is a Greenwood tutor and a practising Person-Centred counsellor. With a natural talent for listening and empathy, counselling felt like a calling, and she brings her whole self to every client and student interaction. She is passionate about building relationships that are safe, growthful, and grounded in respect and unconditional positive regard.
Beyond counselling, Sam works as a Personal Wellbeing Advisor, supporting men in the probation system and those recently released from prison. In this role, she provides emotional support and psycho-education to help people navigate significant challenges, applying the same empathy, insight, and professional skills developed through her counselling practice.
Her approach reflects Greenwood’s ethos: seeing people for who they are, nurturing potential, and fostering environments in which individuals can grow with confidence.
Outside of working, I love... hiking, climbing, reading fiction and of course hanging out with my 3 kids and encouraging the adventurous spirits in them.
Meet Stacey
Name: Stacey Holt
Role at Greenwood: Tutor
Courses: CSKL2, CSTL3, TCL4 and PCL5
Counselling interest: Politics and social justice
About my work:
Stacey is a Greenwood tutor and Person-Centred counsellor with a passion for teaching, learning, and community engagement. She believes that counselling is a lifelong journey of growth, and she brings her experience and curiosity to every classroom, inspiring students to develop the skills and confidence to thrive.
Committed to social justice, ethics, and the power of connection, Stacey has applied her counselling expertise in diverse community projects. She helped establish a counselling agency serving a deprived local area and sixth-form college students, volunteers for a bereavement charity, and serves as a school governor advocating for children’s mental wellbeing.
Stacey also has a keen interest in politics, particularly in areas that intersect with mental health, equality, and community wellbeing. Her understanding of societal structures and advocacy informs her teaching and ensures that Greenwood students are encouraged to think broadly about the role of counselling in creating positive social change.
Her work reflects Greenwood’s ethos of combining professional excellence with meaningful impact, fostering an environment where students are supported to grow as both practitioners and individuals.
Outside of working, I love... stories! Whether it be in the form of a good book or film or listening to someone’s adventures. I also love cups of tea and exploring new places.
Meet Hannah
Name: Hannah Hopkins
Role at Greenwood: Tutor
Courses: CSKL2
Counselling interest: Children and Young People
About my work:
Hannah is a Greenwood tutor and a Person-Centred counsellor who embodies and embraces the authenticity. When it comes to counselling studies, Hannah is passionate about supporting students to authentically be themselves alongside their developing skills. She see's this as a vital part of building genuine connections in the classroom and with clients.
Outside of Greenwood, Hannah is a counsellor who supports children and young people in an Additional Provision School. This experience has deepened her passion for Person-Centred approach and how it facilitates growth and changes for children and young people. In addition, Hannah manages her own private practice and will bring all of this rich experience to Greenwood classrooms from September 2026.
Outside of working, I love... Music and Film. Both are my passion and have a huge range depending on my mood. My spare room is full of Lego from Star Wars, Marvel, Flowers and a cheeky Friends set in there.
Meet Cathi
Name: Cathi Young
Role at Greenwood: Admin Manager
Counselling interest: Quality and standards
About my work:
Cathi is a trained Person Centred counsellor and is the lead for processes and administration at Greenwood.
With decades of experience in education Cathi brings a wealth of knowledge and understanding of what is takes to create a rich learning environment. She factors this into everything behind the scenes at Greenwood, ensuring our students have a seamless experience with us.
Cathi also maintains our quality standards, working to ensure that our verification and qualifications meet our awarding body's standards.
Outside of working, I love... art! I've been a lifelong artist and love spending time creating personalised at pieces in my home studio. I also love being out in my garden and spending time with my mischievous cat, Giz.