Who's Who
Community Services Manager - Charlotte Handley
Administrator – Laura Chandler
Salford cCBT Co-ordinator - Danny Hulme
Manchester cCBT Co-ordinator - Jack Merlo
Stockport cCBT Co-ordinator - Lydia Morris
Trafford cCBT Co-ordinator - Becky Jones
Trafford cCBT @ Home – Nina Kelsall
Oldham cCBT Co-ordinator - Ryan Fitzgerald
Volunteer Co-ordinator – Nina Kelsall
Data Co-ordinator – Damith Galappathie
Counselling & Brief Therapy - Maurcia Mitchell
Counselling & Brief Therapy - Rekha Tandon
Stockport Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner - Robyn Patterson
Stockport Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner - Natalie Resnick
Stockport Pyschological Wellbeing Practioners - Antonia Sless
Nicky Lidbetter
Nicky is the founder of Self Help Services. She is particularly interested in agoraphobia and panic disorder, and has a background in applied neuroscience.
Nicky has been a non executive director of Manchester Mental Health & Social Care NHS Trust (formerly Manchester Mental Health Partnership), a director of the company 'Anxiety Disorders Conference' and has recently been appointed as Chair of Manchester City Council's and NHS Manchester's 'Provider Forum'. She also holds the post of Chief Executive of a national anxiety disorders charity, Anxiety UK. Nicky has recently successfully completed an MSc in Applied Practice Interventions in Primary Mental Health Care at the University of Manchester.
Operations Manager
Jo joined Self Help Services in April 2010 as Operations Manager. Her background is 15 year’s corporate experience as primary contact to customers– responsible for creation and delivery of projects and services. Personal experience of depression and anxiety led Jo to change career direction and Jo is committed to working in mental health to help improve access to services, supporting service users and ‘helping people to help themselves. Jo is responsible for ensuring the effective and efficient running of the services we deliver - Community Services, Counselling & Brief Therapeutic Intervention and computerised CBT.
Community Services
Charlotte Handley
Charlotte recently joined Self Help Services as a drop-in self help group facilitator for the Wythenshawe Anxiety Gruop and as a cCBT support volunteer worker for Trafford. She is now the charity's Community Services Co-ordinator and has responsibility for the co-ordination of Self Help Services' Community Services (drop-in & structured groups & complementary therapy services). Charlotte has a background in mental health with a particular focus on bereavement. Charlotte has recently completed a Diploma in Counselling Skills.
cCBT Manager
Nic Seccombe
Nic has a scientific background and worked for five years as a researcher in experimental physics. Through his own experiences of anxiety and depression he became interested in mental health.
During a period of high anxiety he started attending many of the drop-in self-help groups run by Self Help Services, which he found to be crucial in facilitating his recovery. In 2007 Nick joined Self Help Services' staff team, coordinating a new computerised cognitive behavioural therapy (cCBT) service in the Zion Centre. He had personal experience of using CBT techniques in his own mental health self-management therefore feels that it is important to improve people's access to the therapy. The success of the Zion centre cCBT project led Self Help Services to be commissioned to establish, develop and manage additional cCBT services in other locations in Greater Manchester. Nick now has the role of cCBT manager, overseeing all of Self Help Services' cCBT operations, working closely with the coordinators of the individual services. Nick's interests include socialising, reading history books and watching baseball games.
cCBT Co-ordinators
Danny Hulme - Salford cCBT Co-ordinator
Danny recently joined the cCBT service as co-ordinator of our Salford cCBT service. He previously developed and co-ordinated a structured support group for individuals affected by social anxiety disorder and is currently a trustee of the national anxiety disorders charity - Anxiety UK.
Jack Merlo - Manchester cCBT co-ordinator
Jack co-ordinates our Manchester cCBT project which operates from the Zion Centre. Previously Jack co-ordinated our Salford cCBT service and also volunteered as a helpline volunteer at the national anxiety disorders charity- Anxiety UK.
Lydia Morris - Stockport cCBT co-ordinator
Lydia joined the cCBT service in March 2008 after previously working in a number of mental health support work and care assistant roles. She has volunteered in roles such as co- facilitating a self help group for Self Help Services and coordinating social activities for adults with learning difficulties. She has a psychology degree and some training in counselling.
Lydia now coordinates ourcCBT services throughout Stockport, working closely with Stockport PCT. This involves liaising with clients, processing referrals, liaising with GPs, assessing clients suitability for the services and also service/mental health promotion.