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Meet the Team


Staff

Anne Fry
Anne Fry
Chief Executive
I joined EDNE as Chief Executive in October 2022 from VONNE where I was the Deputy Chief Executive. I’m responsible for the overall delivery of EDNE’s services, our financial sustainability, and making sure staff, volunteers and service users operate in an environment where they can thrive.
Rachel Cowey
Rachel Cowey
Counselling Lead
I’m responsible for managing and developing EDNE’s counselling services and counselling team and ensuring a welcoming, safe, sensitive and confidential service that is responsive to people’s needs.
Sarah Lou Murray
Sarah Lou Murray
Education and Training Officer
I've worked in the community and voluntary sector for over 15 years with most of my experience being in youth work. I'm passionate about young people and wellbeing and look forward to working across the sectors to deliver awareness on eating distress.
Claire Wilkinson
Claire Wilkinson
Office Manager
I deal with initial enquiries for clinical and other support and information and register new clients to our services. I work with the management and board to ensure the charity complies with its legal obligations.
Sonia Tabassum
Sonia Tabassum
Counsellor
I am an Integrative Counsellor, which means as well as using the core foundation of Person-Centred Therapy I also use a variety of modalities including Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT), Gestalt and Transactional Analysis (TA).
Caroline Roberts
Caroline Roberts
Counsellor
I am an integrative therapist, meaning that I use a variety of therapeutic theories and methods to inform and guide my practice. In this way, I hope to meet every individual just as they are and work in a way that suits their particular needs.
Claire Taylor
Claire Taylor
Counsellor
I joined the EDNE team in April 2023 after working for Mind as a CYP counsellor. I am an integrative, person-centred counsellor who puts the client at the centre of the process and is led by their needs.
Erin Burton
Erin Burton
Counsellor
I joined EDNE in July 2023 from Northumbria University where I was a sessional counsellor for students.
Clair Cetin
Clair Cetin
Counsellor

Hi, my name is Clair, and I joined the EDNE team in August 2023.

I am an integrative counsellor which means that I use different therapeutic approaches to meet each client’s individual needs. By putting the client at the centre of the process I will provide you with a safe, accepting, and empathic space where you can express yourself, be heard and feel understood. Together we will work at your pace.

Prior to joining EDNE I worked therapeutically at a young people’s counselling service, with adult survivors of domestic abuse and with adopted children and their families.  Alongside this, I am a registered Social Worker with several years of experience of working with children in care.

Outside of work you will find me with my nose in good a book, dancing like no-one is watching or catching up with friends & family.

Milda Valutyte
Milda Valutyte
Counsellor

As an integrative psychotherapeutic counsellor, I believe in the idea that there are many ways in which human psychology can be explored and understood and that no one theory alone holds the answer. This means that I work to meet each person where they are and use elements of different therapy approaches to help you explore your thoughts and feelings in a safe space. At the centre of my practise, I hold the belief that every person needs to be considered as a whole and counselling techniques must be tailored to their individual needs and personal circumstances. I hope to help you feel heard and acknowledged, as we work to achieve what you need from our time together.Outside the counselling room, I love taking my Border Collie Willow on long walks as well as spending more relaxed time with his little sister, tabby cat, Nutmeg.

Toni Kurdi
Toni Kurdi
Counsellor

I work in a “person centred” way which attempts to work collaboratively with you, rather than advise you, on greater insights, understanding and awareness.

I work “integratively” which simply means I will adopt different approaches depending on your preference and need. I encourage you to engage with me and tell me what is working, and what is not, so we can adapt how we work together.  

Angus Mack
Angus Mack
Counsellor

Prior to working with EDNE I gained clinical experience at the charity Anxious Minds after volunteering as a Samaritans telephone listener. I am currently also a freelance counsellor at Tyneside and Northumberland Mind. I have extensive experience as a support working for adults with learning disabilities and Autism, as well as a personal care assistant for a university student in London.

I strongly believe in living a balanced life and am passionate about self-care, enjoying exercise and being outdoors (especially hiking and walking my golden retriever).

Lina Schuerholz
Lina Schuerholz
Counsellor

I joined EDNE in September 2023, previously having worked at a student counselling service and having supported clients with learning disabilities.I am a psychodynamic counsellor, which means I usually look at how past experiences, conflicts, or trauma impact on your current distress. We might explore underlying issues of your eating distress, look at self-esteem, or introduce new coping strategies if you find this useful. First and foremost, I put the client counsellor relationship at heart, offering a non-judgemental, safe space where you can explore whatever you need. 

In my spare time, I enjoy being in nature, a sea dip, yoga, and travelling.

Eva-Liis Reile
Eva-Liis Reile
Group Worker

I joined EDNE as a Group Worker in September 2023 after working as a Sessional Worker for Changing Lives, where I worked supporting people struggling with homelessness. Alongside this, I am continuing my role as an Integrative Counsellor working in other organisations in the wider area.


Trustees

Kay Jones
Kay Jones
Chair of the Board of Trustees
Kay is an experienced Non-Executive Director, with a proven track record of business transformation and culture change and brings a wealth of experience from multiple sectors and roles to the EDNE Board.
Lauren Patterson
Lauren Patterson
Trustee
I work as Café Coordinator for Café Beam run by Smile for Life Children’s Charity. The café offers young people with learning difficulties and disabilities with a work placement to learn skills and develop confidence so that they are ready for the world of work. The young people are supported by dedicated volunteers
Radha Sharma
Radha Sharma
Trustee
I was keen to join the trustee team as eating distress has also affected those close to me and I wanted to ensure I could support this invaluable work. I heard about Eating Distress North East through the Community Foundation Tyne and Wear as a part of their Trustee Match Scheme
Emily Harkness
Emily Harkness
Trustee
Emily joined the EDNE Board in 2022. Having lived experience of eating distress, she wanted to use her skills and expertise in profile raising and strategic planning to support EDNE in their vision of getting the right support to people struggling with eating disorders or eating distress.
Jo Wheatley
Jo Wheatley
Treasurer
Jo joined EDNE Board as a Trustee in May 2023 and has recently been appointed Treasurer.
Callum Robson-Port
Callum Robson-Port
Trustee
Callum, an experienced data architect and engineer with 15 years of expertise in the tech sector, joined the EDNE Board of Trustees in May 2023.
Sarah Bentley
Sarah Bentley
Trustee

Sarah has worked in the not-for-profit sector for 23 years and is the Chief Executive of Tandem (formerly Morrison Trust), a Darlington charity providing support with employment, training, skills and personal development. Sarah joined the EDNE Board in September 2023.

Caron Deans
Caron Deans
Trustee

Caron Joined EDNE in sept 2023. Being close to someone who has experienced eating distress brings home the importance of EDNE and the deeply valuable services it offers to service users and families.

What you say

Testimonials

You think you’re the only person in the world. Now I’ve found out I’m not the only one.

Testimonials

The counselling sessions were absolutely amazing and life-changing.

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I used to block out feeling with food, it’s not like that now’

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Once I got through the door it was easy. They didn’t judge. EDNE helped me to get to be this new person. The old one never looked up and never spoke.

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The EDNE counsellor’s the only person who has helped me.. the big high walls have come down

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It has literally changed the quality of my life.

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Eating distress ..is such a secretive thing. This has been the first time I didn’t feel alone with it.

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The counselling has been a big turning point and the support from EDNE has been amazing.

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‘..has given me life-changing help. They’ve helped me overcome the barriers. It’s been about unravelling decades.

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EDNE started me thinking about what resilience is and how I could manage day to day and have strategies’

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EDNE was friendly welcoming and flexible

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‘I couldn’t have managed without coming here. I genuinely think this place has kept me alive. I have a sense of hope now.’

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..entire process has been incredibly supportive and empathetic, giving me the support I needed to move forwards.

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‘It was not just putting a plaster over something, it was about healing it. I can’t describe how it feels to have switched my mindset, after 50 years it is mind-blowing’

Testimonials

I was given permission to feel. Instead of being a person with an eating disorder, I was a person who could feel feelings’

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I’ve really appreciated the help I’ve been given at EDNE, I didn’t feel like I was just there as a client who just needed to get to the end of their sessions. I actually felt heard and understood.

Maudsley Course Testimonials

The course exceeded my expectations ! ..Excellent practical examples.. Feels empowering to have these tools…

Maudsley Course Testimonials

I would thoroughly recommend this course to other carers wherever they are on their journey of supporting a loved one with and ED. Thank you EDNE.

Maudsley Course Testimonials

your unerring positivity, your calmness.. your skill, your knowledge and true EMPATHY(!) lifted the darkness and I am sure made everyone feel SO much better. I feel more positive today than I have for ages.

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