Tanja founded Creative Counsellors in 2017 with a clear vision to grow a movement that champions creativity in counselling and therapy spaces because she believed that often words alone are not enough. Since then, she has grown a team to meet the needs of the growing community. In 2018, Tanja was chosen to be part of the Facebook Community Leadership Program, collaborating with 114 inspiring leaders from around the world. Her true passion is in promoting a creative, and collaborative approach to counselling, while also helping to end counsellor isolation and burnout through the community projects that she oversees.
As an Integrative Counsellor, Therapeutic Coach, Clinical Supervisor, Business Mentor, and author, Tanja loves finding new ways to make therapy more engaging. She’s the author of the best-selling 'Creative Counselling' series, as well as the 'Therapeutic Doodling for Kids' series and is a registered member of the BACP. Tanja offers online counselling through her private practice and outdoor therapy in her local community. Before this, she worked as a counsellor within the NHS and Rape Crisis as well as running a busy private practice supporting neurodivergent young people & their families in Cheshire.
Alongside Creative Counsellors, Tanja runs Confident Hearts, a project that offers a variety of business and creative training programs. To find out more about her work and passions, you can visit www.tanjasharpe.com / www.restorativeintegrativecoaching.com.
Gaynor joined the team after meeting Tanja at a previous role supporting survivors of sexual violence. She joined the team soon after to help grow the movement and lead on community projects like our annual retreat in Snowdonia and our professional training programmes, including our eight day CPCAB endorsed Creative Counselling Pathway, our Clinical Supervision Training and our Therapeutic Groups Training. Gaynor is an Integrative Counsellor, Clay Therapist, Supervisor & Clinical Hypnotherapist. She is a registered member of the BACP and NCPS and has a private practice in Southport, where she offers one to one counselling online and in person. She has previously worked as a counsellor and assessment officer at a Rape Crisis Centre in Liverpool.
You can find our more about Gaynor's private work at www.startofthebeginning.co.uk
Eve Sharpe is the Membership Director at Creative Counsellors, Managing our membership experience, CPD programmes, workshops, and Ambassador team. She is passionate about creating high-quality, meaningful professional development spaces where counsellors and coaches feel supported, connected, and inspired.
Alongside her leadership role, Eve is a trauma-informed coach and integrative counsellor based in Chester. Her work is grounded in a body-up, nervous system-informed approach, specialising in nervous system dysregulation, burnout, and leadership development, in work, in life, and within the self. She is deeply committed to helping people move out of survival mode and into sustainable, embodied leadership.
Eve brings together clinical insight, somatic practice, and community building to ensure Creative Counsellors remains a space where practitioners can grow both professionally and personally.
Discover more about Eve’s private practice at www.evesharpe.com