Our Team

Mandy joined Bayberry in 2012 and since then has driven the expansion of the organisation to include the flagship Bayberry Manor service, Bayberry Cottages...

As Director of Care, Dave is responsible for the wellbeing of all clients within our service and provides operational management of Bayberry’s clinics – including...

Mel is often the first point of contact for clients – liaising with individuals and their families when they first call the clinic. She’s...

Paula is Bayberry’s therapeutic lead and holds a Professional Doctorate in Counselling Psychology. She is skilled in person centred counselling, CBT, Psychodynamic therapy, Systemic therapy and EMDR. Based at Bayberry’s Manor facility,  Paula is our lead therapist for the psychotherapy team and works with the directors to develop and deliver our programmes.

Dr Kumar is a General Adult Psychiatrist and an Addiction Psychiatrist who has worked in Community/Crisis psychiatric services and Substance Misuse Services for many years. He has significant experience and expertise in treatment of various mental disorders including depression, bipolar disorder, anxiety disorders, obsessive compulsive disorders, ADHD and others. He has a special interest in treating patients with dual problems of drugs and alcohol misuse and...

Matthew is a highly experienced member of the team and manages his own team of support staff at Bayberry. He is very much involved in client care and programme delivery on a day to day basis and brings his wealth of experience, good humour and a calm outlook to the client journey at Bayberry.

Denise is our Senior Therapist and BACP qualified therapeutic supervisor, developing and managing our programmes across our locations. She is an experienced integrative counsellor and psychotherapist and therapeutic supervisor, and tailors her work to clients’ specific experiences. She is a friendly and personable therapist who believes that therapy is the opportunity for you to share your experience with someone...

Navneet is an Addiction Therapist with experience of working with co-morbidity, process, behaviour and substance addictions. Navneet has worked as programme director and lead therapist of an addictions’ clinic in India and as a part of multi-disciplinary team working in diverse settings in the UK.  As well as a certificate in addictions’ counselling, Navneet holds a foundation certificate in...

Steph is a BACP registered therapist, working with the therapy team at the Manor and Cottages. A long-term member of the therapy team, Steph brings a kind and empathic style of therapy to the service, with an ability to gently challenge harmful thought processes and encourage personal development, hope and self-discovery.