About 2 — Making Changes

Our Facilities

At Making Changes, we believe in providing a safe and nurturing space in which confidentiality can be maintained and where learners can grow and reach their full potential. Class sizes are kept deliberately small for all our groups so that self development can flourish in a safe space.

We will continue to run the L2 and L3 courses on Zoom. Both these courses are held in real time with full tutor participation.

The Level 4 courses are face to face at our Centre in Ellesmere Port.

Our Centre is adapted to provide this nurturing environment and consists of a classroom, four counselling rooms/break-out rooms, a lending library, a large space which is multi-functional and can be used for larger groups and continued professional development workshops.

Our kitchen is always fully stocked with refreshments and biscuits. Our bathroom is designed to be accessible for disabled users.

Our centre is on one level and has full disabled access. We are conveniently located just off the M53 and have train and bus routes close by. There is ample free parking with designated disabled parking bays.

About Us

Making Changes consists of a team of competent, committed and experienced tutors and counsellors. Allow us to introduce ourselves: We are Jan, Barb and Lisa.

Jan Yii and Barb Smith previously delivered the CPCAB courses in an FE environment before founding Making Changes Counselling and Training in 2015. They firmly believe that these courses are a niche area and, as such, each student benefits from the specialist, private and dedicated teaching environment found at Making Changes.

This has been evidenced by the number of successful candidates who have walked through our doors and gone on to find employment following qualification. We thoroughly prepare our candidates for real world working.

As a team and individually, we have practiced as counsellors and trainers for many thousands of hours. We all continue to work as counsellors and counselling supervisors alongside delivering the CPCAB courses. We are all still as passionate about the work as when we ourselves were training.

Jan is the Lead Tutor at Making Changes, having worked as a Counselling Tutor for many years. She brings and shares her experience in every session. Her knowledge of trauma work and safeguarding issues is an invaluable resource that all students benefit from and take forward into their own work.

Barb has been a Counselling Tutor for many years. Alongside this, she continues to run her own private counselling and supervision practice and has experience in many areas, particularly in bereavement, couples counselling, and trauma work.

Our Team

All teaching is in real time and with full tutor participation at all times

Jan Yii
Tutor
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Barb Smith
Tutor