Who We Are

The team was formed in 2016, with Bee Tussaud (a psychotherapist), Jet Shenkman (a grief counsellor) and their very first volunteer - a trainee psychotherapist who shared the founders’ vision to provide affordable counselling and therapy to those in need.

Today we have over 30 volunteer psychotherapists and life coaches. They are supported by a small team of highly qualified Supervisors who work closely with our volunteers to ensure the best possible care for their clients. We are privileged to work with a network of highly respected therapists and coaches (many of them ex-volunteers themselves) who work closely with us to provide quality specialist training. 

Without our team we are nowhere. Together we form a strong, supportive community of people who are passionate about making good mental health support accessible to all.  

Meet the Founders

  • Bee Tussaud

    FOUNDER & PSYCHOTHERAPIST

  • Jet Shenkman

    FOUNDER & GRIEF COUNSELLOR

Our Partners & Benefactors

Our Board of Trustees

  • Bee Tussaud

    CHAIR

  • Father Julian Large

    PROVOST

  • Jet Shenkman

  • Dr Clare Hornsby

  • Father Rupert McHardy

Our Services

  • 1 to 1 Psychotherapy

    Through psychotherapy and CBT we support individuals, couples and parents who are going through challenges such as anxiety, grief, depression, inability to cope with daily life, relationship issues and bereavement.

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  • 1 to 1 Life Coaching for Organisations

    Through our life coaching service, we support individuals within partner organisations to boost performance, feel more in control, able to move forward with purpose and achieve their goals.

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  • Workshops & Training

    We work with schools and organisations to deliver impactful workshops and mental health training, enabling stronger, supportive communities.

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  • “The communication and relationship between the school and Time to Talk is excellent and the regular meetings and feedback regarding the service means that the tweaking and adapting to the needs of the school are timely and effective. We have now built the foundations of an exciting service that will expand, change and develop over the coming years.”

    Andrew Bull, Headmaster, Cardinal Newman School

  • “I felt very lost a few years ago and knew that my problems were too much for my friends. I needed proper support but I didn’t know where to start until I stumbled upon [Wilfrid’s House]. I’ve since dug deep, done a lot of thinking and learnt so much about myself - it’s been an amazing process and ultimately, it’s enabled me to turn my life around.”

    Rose

  • "I write this with not only a heavy heart but a heart with love and hope and acceptance of a different reality. A reality without one of our precious boys. My husband and I have begun work on our shared and individual grief with counsellors from [Wilfrid’s House] after the drowning of our son. With their gentle encouragement and understanding, these trained counsellors have walked us through the precarious unknown “space of loss” with loving hands and understanding, and guided us through this void into a new acceptance. We are most grateful for the work of these dedicated counsellors."

    Debbie

  • "The team is hugely respected within our school culture. They are flexible, knowledgeable and most importantly so giving and kind."

    George Webb, Deputy Head, Christ Church Primary School, Chelsea

  • “In terms of model, cost, value added – and impact – I think the service is dynamic, tailored, integrated, forward thinking and peerless and unlike any other service I have seen (or know of) in 3 previous outstanding schools, whether state or private.”

    Dan Wright, London Oratory School