Now You’re Talking Therapy, the newest commercial venture from one of the UK’s leading domestic abuse, separation and counselling charities, TLC: Talk, Listen, Change, has appointed Helen Stuart as Managing Director.
Helen brings a wealth of experience with more than ten years in the social care and voluntary sector both operationally and strategically. She has played an integral role with TLC: Talk, Listen, Change for more than five years as Head of Domestic Abuse for Children and Young People’s Services.
In Helen’s new role she will lead the team to provide reliable income to support TLC: Talk, Listen, Change’s wider work and to ensure that it continues to help those in need for many years to come.
Helen’s appointment came when she was eight months pregnant and preparing to go on maternity leave. It was of huge importance to TLC: Talk, Listen, Change, to appoint the right person for the job and so they have taken steps to cover Helen’s role while she’s on maternity leave and support her when she returns so she can give her best to both her career as well as her growing family.
Now You’re Talking Therapy, is a paid-for counselling service which will be available for individuals and businesses, with profit generated being fed back into TLC: Talk, Listen, Change to help offer support for domestic abuse, mental health, separation and other issues.
Its remit will also include counselling and psychotherapy, relationship counselling, sex therapy, and children and young people’s counselling.
Helen said: “I am absolutely delighted to have been appointed as Managing Director for Now You’re Talking Therapy.
“Good mental health and access to mental health is something I am extremely passionate about and a topic close to my heart for many reasons. Accessing good mental health services is getting harder and harder for people, particularly for the most marginalised individuals in our community. I am so passionate about creating a socially responsible business for good, enabling us to contribute to TLC’s mission as a charity and extend our support to more people.
“As a woman, being appointed managing director feels incredible. But what feels more incredible is that I am 8 months pregnant, about to take a career break to raise another little human. I have always known that TLC is a visionary organisation and seeks to find the best for both the people we support and the organisation, but to be given this opportunity at the life point I am at really feels true to all that TLC is about.
“I am pleased we have continued to progress as a society when it comes to women’s careers, I don’t think we are there yet but organisations like TLC make that feel like we are doing our best to get there”
Now You’re Talking Therapy launches nationally both online and in-person in this month.
https://nowyouretalkingtherapy.co.uk/
