Meet The Team

Born to support and create, I am hugely passionate about enabling young people to cope with the real and diverse challenges of life. Using kindness, compassion, empathy, honesty, gentleness, sensitivity, humility and fun to enhance the quality of their personal lives and show there is joy in living.​

To head Arts for Life Project and to make a difference to young people is my passion and joy and one that I couldn’t do without my incredible team.

I am passionate about enabling young people to be their authentic selves. I have lived experience of neurodivergency, and while on this continuous learning journey I want to share my experiences and knowledge to support and help our AFLP families with a listening ear, and space to just be.

Hi I’m Luke, a qualified hypnotherapist and life coach with a focus on resilience, confidence, and personal growth. I believe in helping people navigate challenges and find purpose through a practical, mindset-driven approach.

With over 20 years experience of supporting children with their individual and unique challenges, largely in school settings, I feel privileged to now be part of the wonderful AFLP family. I believe providing a safe and accepting environment that allows for freedom of expression helps young people build confidence, develop resilience, and learn to love themselves.

I found AFLP after many years as an area manager for a children’s drama school. I know, first hand, the importance and power of The Arts and I am a passionate about promoting confidence, self-esteem and development in young people. On a personal note, my brother has learning challenges and I wish our family had had access to this amazing project.

Empathic, warm and kind, I try to be innovative in my approach; to include a sense of fun and the joy of discovery; adapting my approach to each individual’s needs. I hope to increase young people’s emotional robustness by providing tools which allow then to realise that it is ok to feel and to have emotions that may seem overwhelming and all-engulfing. 

A highly qualified Integrative Child Adolescent Psychotherapist and Adult Counsellor, I am keen to ensure that all my CPD is up-to-date. My qualifications include: Level 6 Supervision, level 2 Working On-Line and Remotely, Diploma in Dyslexia, Autism and Mindfulness, Level 3 Autism, Level 2 Adverse Childhood Experiences, Diploma in Cognitive, Behavioural Therapy.

Offering a safe, accepting, non-judgemental space to the young people I work with, I use my creativity to engage and support them to explore their inner selves and the physical and emotional world they inhabit.

As AFLP’s Outreach Counsellor, I am based at the Southbank International School. For the past 15 years I have worked with a variety of people of all ages in my private practice and in a wide variety of settings and agencies in both voluntarily and paid-for roles. I hold a PG Diploma in Counselling and am a Registered Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.

At AFLP I am able to combine my experience of working as a primary school PE with my grounding as a teenage, semi-professional football player and coach, to help young people grow and learn. Using each child’s uniqueness an creative ideas I coach them to reach their goals and become ambitious young adults.

Three words to describe me would be fun, creative and patient.  Having volunteered with Arts for Life for the last four years, I am now delighted to be an official part of the team.  Each young person is unique and I love to find their 'special power' using the creative arts.  I love drama and have enjoyed bringing my passion and sharing my knowledge with our young people.

I have a passion for adventures and pushing myself out of my comfort zone.  At AFLP I love to use my skills as a life coach & mentor to help young people & adults to identify their life goals, to develop a plan for how they will get there and to support them in their journey. My best feeling comes from helping someone achieve something they never thought possible.

I am a father of three, one of whom was diagnosed as neurodivergent, so I’ve seen first-hand the ongoing challenges young people face - this journey awakened a passion in me to help others.

I have a diploma in hypnotherapy and basic counseling and am training for a Level 5 professional diploma in psychotherapeutic counseling. Previously I coached children’s football for several years and spent time as a charity trustee. I believe in trying to make a difference where I can and am grateful to get this opportunity with AFLP and contribute to their amazing work.