About our Trainers

Nicky Lock, Course Coordinator

Nicky has been working in the counselling field for over 20 years and manages a counselling centre on the Northern Beaches of Sydney. She first worked in tertiary education nearly 30 years ago as a university lecturer at Dar as Salaam Medical school in Tanzania, and has been involved in adult education as an adjunct to her counselling work ever since. Nicky co-developed the St Marks RTO courses in Christian Counselling in 2003 with Helen Miller, and has been involved in training and coordinating courses in Sydney, Darwin and the Central Coast. She says she is passionate about training counsellors who are personally integrated, and who are able to integrate knowledge and skills with their faith and personal experience in their pastoral and clinical work

Nicola Lock BSc(Hons) Grad Dip EFT MAPC PACFA reg Cert IV WAAT

Helen Blake, Trainer

Helen is a counsellor who works with individuals and couples in Strathfield in Sydney. She also lectures in Pastoral Care and Counselling subjects in the St Mark's School of Theology. She is completing an M Min which is further developing her integration of counselling work and faith. Helen is passionate about counselling training, recognising the rich opportunity to prepare students for the skilled, reflective practice which is vital for helping people in the community.

Helen Blake BA, B Couns, Grad Dip EFT, Dip Bibl Stud, Cert IV WAAT, MAPC, PACFA reg

Zoe Broomhead, Trainer, Melbourne

Zoe is a clinically accredited counsellor who has spent 12 years working in community based counselling centres. Since 2006 Zoe has worked in her own practice as well as teaching counselling skills at tertiary level institutions. In 2004 Zoe initiated a series of workshops and groups called ‘Living life’ series www.livinglife.net.au promoting community education, providing support groups and educative short term workshops in the community. Zoe along with her business partner are currently bringing their long-term dreams together with the purchase and renovation of a property in Ringwood in the South Eastern suburbs of Melbourne to be opened in late 2009. This development shall see a professional faith based counselling practice within the local community.

Zoe Broomhead B.A. (Min) Counselling PACFA CMCCA

Genevieve Cribb

Genevieve’s original training was in social work and she has been working as a counsellor ever since graduating in 1995. She received further training in Christian Counselling at the Anglican Counselling Centre.

Her early work was with refugee survivors of torture in Western Sydney and she furthered her specialty in trauma counselling in the UK where she coordinated a residential treatment program for survivors of severe abuse. On returning to Sydney she has an ongoing commitment to survivors of sexual assault, as an after hours Sexual Assault Counsellor with Westmead Hospital.

Geneveive began working at The Cottage Counselling Centre in 2004 and in 2009 was appointed Director of the service. She has a passion for providing high quality professional Christian counselling to those who most need it and can least afford it and most of her clients are survivors of abuse. She also provides clinical supervision and training.

In addition to her counselling work in Sydney Genevieve has been to Rwanda where she was trained local church people in caring for survivors of the genocide. Genevieve has trained with St Marks since 2007 and loves to see curious people develop into capable and passionate Christian counsellors and pastoral workers.

Genevieve Cribb BSW MHA MMASW (Acc)

Sue Dangerfield, Trainer, Victoria

Sue has had three strands to her career: teaching, counselling and ministry. She began her career as a volunteer teacher in Kenya, before coming to Australia in 1975. Then Sue did training with Marriage Guidance Council of Victoria (now Relationships Australia) before going back to teaching in secondary school. During that time she enjoyed begin involved in Pastoral Care of students and tried to assist struggling students to engage with learning, creating programmes to facilitate this. Following this period of time, Sue worked with young unemployed people helping them find work, return to education or begin some form of other training. Since then Sue transitioned into formal counselling and for ten years she worked as an Industrial Chaplain. In 2002 Sue began training counsellors and supervisors in tertiary institutions. Sue still maintains a small private practice in counselling and supervising counsellors using rooms in Lower Plenty and in Carlton. In 2008, Sue joined the team of people training students in the Cert IV in Christian Counselling and Communication in Melbourne. At this stage in her life she loves being able to pass on the baton to the next generation of counsellors!

Sue Dangerfield, BSc (Hons); Grad Dip Ed; Grad Dip Career Ed; Grad Dip Pastoral Counselling; M Counselling; Cert IV Assessment and Workplace Training. Clinical Member of NALAG and APC; Associate Member of CCAA (Vic); Member of ISTSS.

Ruth Dougall, Trainer

Ruth comes from a nursing background, a field in which she worked until emigrating from Scotland in 1985. After working in hospital chaplaincy, she decided to commence counsellor training. She gained a Diploma in Christian Couselling from Tanglewood Ministries and more recently undertook further study at UWS. She is drawn to working in an Emotionally Focused framework, and has been studying at the Institute for Emotionally Focused Therapy. Ruth has until recently worked in a counselling agency as an individual and couple counsellor. As part of her role there she presented marriage enrichment workshops. She also co-facilitates a support group run by the Suicide Support Network. She is currently training the Cert IV group at Sutherland.

Ruth has been married for 23yrs and has two teenagers, a dog and a cockateil! She is actively involved in her local church and has a passion for women's ministry.

Ruth Dougall, Dip C.C., Grad Dip Applied Counselling, MAPC.

Marguerite Schultz, Trainer

Marguerite immigrated to Australia with her husband, after studying in both South Africa and London. She completed her Masters degree in Counselling Psychology at Macquarie University and currently works 4 days per week in private practice on the Central Coast, seeing clients who present with a range of concerns.

Marguerite’s previous work experience includes work as a K-12 School Counsellor , a Counsellor for women and children who have experienced domestic violence, and work in a Psychiatric inpatient unit. She has previously lectured in a Bible School, as a tutorial Psychology Honours lecturer, and now enjoys working as a Trainer with the St Mark's team, where she has enjoyed participating in a course where theory meets practice in a biblical learning framework.

Susan Taylor, Trainer

Susan Taylor first became interested in counselling through the Lifeline Telephone Counselling Training Course 15 years ago. Since then Susan has completed the Masters of Christian Counselling at Wesley Institute, and finds training with St Marks for the past three years at Kincumber a great way to keep her communication and counselling skills real. She considers passing these tools onto trainees and clients to have had a far-reaching impact on personal and family lives.

Susan has counselled youth in Sydney and the Central Coast in a variety of settings, including residential homes, semi-supported accommodation, churches, schools and youth centres. Susan's interests include (Holy) spirit-led, emotionally-focussed, family systems therapy and counselling in a cross-cultural context.

Bevan Walls, Trainer

Bevan has been working in the counselling field for the last 7 years and works at Hills St (Gosford) and the Cottage (Narrabeen) Christian Counselling Centres. He first worked as a Professional Engineer in the electricity industry in country NSW. About 30 years ago he became interested in counselling and ran emotional growth groups within in his local church using material from the Burlingame Christian Counselling Centre in California. More recently he has run groups based on the Boundaries and Recovery. As an Engineer he taught at TAFE and in-house courses for clients. He has taught at the St Mark’s course at both the Cert IV and Advanced Diploma level at the Central Coast over the last 15 months and has presented workshops on grief to other organizations. Bevan says he draws strongly on his own life experiences and therapy as well as his professional training and in training others. He is also passionate about the integration of his faith in counselling.

Bevan Walls ASTC B Couns (UNE) MAPC

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updated: February 2, 2010