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In every NHS Trust hospital, you will find a chapel and a team of chaplains providing multi-faith spiritual, religious and pastoral care to staff, patients and carers. At South Tyneside and Sunderland NHS Foundation Trust, the Lead Chaplain is Reverend Canon Remi Omole. He is also a psychotherapeutic counsellor. Remi talks to Nicola Banning about his work leading the chaplaincy team. BACP Workplace, April 2024

Disappointment as Extended Schools Programme becomes latest casualty of Department of Education cuts

“We’ll continue fighting for future funding and to ensure children and their families receive vital counselling support"

In the first in our new debate series, Paul Hurst argues the case for a new Universal Pastoral Care model, centred around the principles of counselling ethics rather than faith-based considerations. Thresholds, October 2020

Open article: We have an ethical responsibility to address systemic prejudice and discrimination, including monoracism, wherever it appears, advocates Mary-Claire Wilson. Private Practice, September 2025.

Open article: Donna Taylor knows what it’s like to suffer a mental breakdown and spend time in a psychiatric hospital. She talks to the journal about her experience. Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal, April 2025.