Meet the Team

Michelle Hill

CEO

Michelle is the Chief Executive Officer and is passionate about supporting stronger relationships, tackling domestic abuse and encouraging healthy family life.

Anna Callaghan

Head of Domestic Abuse Services

Anna is responsible for our domestic abuse department.

Marian Mallery

Head of Business Services

Marian is responsible for managing the business and administration functions within TLC: Talk, Listen, Change.

Carter Portch

Clinical Lead

Carter is our Clinical Lead and is responsible for overseeing the structure, organisation and strategic approaches of our services from a clinical perspective. Carter has 38 years experience in the sector and is qualified to Masters level in Counselling and Couples therapy, with a PGDip in Family Therapy and a Certificate in Clinical Supervision.

Paige Hughes

Marketing Officer

 Paige manages the Marketing & Communications of the organisation. She works to develop strategies which cover all areas including; digital marketing, copywriting, advertising, agency management, partnership acquisition, design, internal comms, events, PR and Media opportunities.

Victoria Hill

Family Mediator

Victoria runs our Family Mediation service, through which separated or separating couples can make arrangements for their children and finances.

Emma Jones-Holding

Counselling Services Manager

Wey Goodman

Children and Young People's Counsellor

Laith Gibani

Domestic Abuse Prevention Worker

Sherish Aslam

Referral and Assessment Worker, Striving for Change

Sharon Doyle

STRIVE Coordinator

Sharon is our STRIVE Project Coordinator and has worked on the project for just over 18 months. Sharon began her role as a part-time member of staff, recruited and trained all volunteers and built relevant networks.

Nikki Bailey

STRIVE Officer

Nikki origionally joined TLC through the STRIVE project as one of the first volunteers in 2015. Finding a passion for the project, she worked her way up in the volunteer structure and was employed as the STRIVE Officer in May 2017.

Maisa Garcia-Fernandez

Relationship Counsellor & Counselling Supervisor

Jamie Carew

Business Administrator & Data Analyst

Emily Williams

Head of Development

Emily is our Head of Development and is responsible for bidding strategy, obtaining funding, managing contracts and oversees the development aspects of the charity.

Lisa Spencer

Operations Manager

Polly Sangar

Relationship Counsellor & Counselling Supervisor

Graduating with a First Class Psychology degree and developing her career as a Registered General Nurse, Polly’s practice is very focused on supporting others to achieve the best outcome possible.

Vicky Durkan

First Voice Team Leader

Tara Blois

Marketing Volunteer

Indhu Sharma

STRIVE Volunteer Coordinator

After an undergraduate in psychology and a masters in social research and evaluation, Indhu qualified with a doctorate in clinical psychologist. Following this, she developed her career in children’s mental health and early intervention.

Jade Morrison

STRIVE Volunteer Coordinator

Alex Sanderson-Shortt

Relationship Counsellor & LGBT Lead

Craig Hart

Children & Young People's Counsellor

TLC: Talk, Listen, Change

Children & Young People's Counsellor

Jacqueline has recently joined our team to support children who are affected by domestic abuse.