My Profile
I am a professional man in my 50’s who was diagnosed HepC+ two and half years ago. I have been married to Carol for 24 years and we have two grown-up sons, Ben and Phil.
Until recently I have actively worked as an independent management and organisational consultant in the not-for-profit and public sectors, working with a number of ‘household name’ charities. I have also been Chief Executive of a national charity, a senior manager for local authority social service departments, including Child Protection Co-ordinator, as well as a ‘troubleshooting’ manager in social service departments.
I have an MA from the Dept of Government at Brunel University, a qualification as a social worker and I trained in organisational development at the Tavistock Clinic. Neither Carol (who is also a qualified social worker) nor I have done direct social work for many years. Carol has gone on to become a complementary therapist.
When I was diagnosed HepC+ I decided to reduces the stress of my previous work life. I qualified as a counsellor therapist and trained in online counselling. I currently work part-time for an EAP (Employee Assistance Programme) doing assessments, arranging counselling for employees and managing cases. I also see a limited number of clients for face to face counselling. And I continue to work on a limited number of independent consultancy projects.