Heather is a registered senior accredited psychotherapist, a senior lecturer in counselling and psychotherapy and author of the Churchill Core Competence Framework. She has many years of experience as a trainer, therapist and a supervisor. Heather has co-authored two books: Insight into Helping Survivors of Childhood Sexual Abuse and Insight into Shame and has published a number of articles in the accord journal of ACC. In her private clinical practice, she specialises in counselling adults who have experienced abuse in childhood. Her doctorate focussed on the creation of counselling training which integrates Christian faith with the theory and practice of counselling and psychotherapy.