Founded in 1994 by Dr Chris and Pauline Andrew, Deep Release has a growing team of personnel who help to run and support the organisation. Peruse below to find out more about our team.
 CHRIS ANDREW FFARCS MRCPsych Founder of Deep Release Chris trained as a medical doctor and practised in the fields of General Medicine, Anaesthetics, General Practice, Child Psychiatry and Adult Psychiatry before setting up a private practice in London in 1984. As a committed Christian he sought to combine his medical and psychological understanding with spiritual insight. His research brought him into contact with Dr Frank Lake and his interest in pre-and peri-natal trauma. Chris worked for some time with Wholeness Through Christ, then began to run training courses in the 1980s at Bedford and Scargill House in Yorkshire. His teaching covered areas such as Transactional Analysis, Gestalt Therapy, Inner Healing and Primal Integration Therapy, along with spiritual dynamics. He and Pauline went on to develop Deep Release in the 1990s. Chris currently runs a private practice in London and Essex and is a Consultant Psychotherapist for the NHS. He is a Supervisor and Life Coach and teaches on a number of Deep Release training courses, including Mental Health Issues, Coaching, Toxic Relationships and Principles & Practice of Deep Release. He is author of the Deep Release publications, A Fundamental Model towards Healing & Wholeness, Passionate Prayer and Relationships: Who Needs Them? Part II - From War To Peace. |
 LIBBI MACGREGOR Deep Release Team Member Libbi is a member of the Association of Christian Counsellors and is also accredited with them. She has a Diploma in Integrative Counselling and has been running a private practice since 2001 based in the Essex area. Over the last couple of years, she has been incorporating Creative Therapy into her practice. Libbi is a member of a Healing Prayer Team and one of her passions is ministering with song. She has been married to Ken for 12 years and has 2 step children. Libbi wants to help people find more meaningful ways of living life and moving forward. |
 FRED MERRITT Deep Release Management Team / Deep Release Trainer / Deep Release Regional Coordinator Fred holds Diplomas in both Integrative Counselling and Supervision and is part of the Deep Release training team. He is also Coordinator of the Essex 2 Regional Training Group. Fred is self-employed and works within the air conditioning industry as a technical support engineer and has travelled extensively throughout the UK and overseas with work. In between he fits in working for 2 counselling agencies in Kent as well as his own private practice, and his passion is to help clients realise their full potential. His claim to fame: when Fred was in the Merchant Navy he served on the same ship where Dr Chris Andrew was the ship?s doctor! They did not know one another at the time! |
 KAY CHOUDARY Deep Release Management Team Kay is a member of the Association of Christian Counsellors and has been counselling for 6 years. She holds two diplomas in counselling (Integrative Counselling and Trauma & Abuse) and another in Supervision (Level 5). Kay is a registered Deep Release counsellor and supervisor. She has missionary credentials and works at Newbold Christian College of Higher Education as their Marketing Manager. Kay has three children and three grandchildren and she enjoys photography, entertaining and travelling. |
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MICHELLE STONELEY Deep Release Management Team / Deep Release Trainer Michelle is part of the Deep Release Training Team and a registered Deep Release counsellor (Diploma). She is a member of the Association of Christian Counsellors. After many years of teaching PE, Michelle now works for the Parkinson's Disease Society. She loves living by the sea with her husband, John, and three daughters. She also enjoys her early morning cycle rides along the coast, culminating in a coffee overlooking the harbour! |
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 JULIA ACOTT Deep Release Team Member Julia lives and works in East London, and is the founder director of Alternatives Counselling Centre (www.altel.org.uk ) and the CareConfidential Helpline and Online Advisor Counselling Manager (www.careconfidential.com ) and a member of the CareConfidential Support Team. She has a Bsc in Integrative Counselling and a PG certificate in Pastoral Theology, is a member of the Association for Pre- and Per-inatal Psychology and Health and enjoys living and working in Newham and being part of her local church leadership team. Her interest in pre- and peri-natal trauma led to her involvement with Deep Release, and she has developed a Deep Release style of working within her own practice. Julia is married to Steve, and has four children and 2 grandchildren. She also loves playing and listening to music. |
 PAULINE ANDREW Founder and Director of Deep Release Pauline has an MA in Counselling & Psychotherapy and is a Supervisor (Diploma), and she is accredited in both roles with the Association of Christian Counsellors. Pauline runs regular Regional Training Days across the country for groups of counsellors, helping them increase their counselling skills and developing creative approaches to therapy. She is a highly experienced and popular trainer, both in the UK and Europe. Her relaxed, interactive and humorous style makes learning easy and the courses memorable. She is currently teaching the 2-year Counselling Diploma course and the Level 5 Intermediate Diploma in Supervision for Barnabas Training International at Pilgrim's Hall in Brentwood. Pauline has written most of the booklets in the Deep Release Publications series, including the two Handbooks of Creative Counselling. She is a member of the Association of Christian Counsellors, the British Association of Counsellors and Psychotherapists, the European Society for the Study of Dissociation, the Association of Pre- and Perinatal Psychology and Health, and the Trauma and Abuse Group (TAG). Pauline has previously been a translator, an I.T. trainer, a Tour Operator, a Marketing Manager and Conference Administrator. Chris and Pauline celebrated 25 years of marriage in July 2009. |
 SAMANTHA LYONS Deep Release Office Manager Sam was born and bred in London. Sam’s career in the capital as an Executive PA, Office Manager and Event Organiser has given her experience in many different sectors such as the Music Industry, Education, Finance, Property, Oil & Construction, Tourism, Charities, Local Government and Insurance. She has also worked as a Pastoral Leader for a church organising ministry training courses, as well as being the Musical Director for an edition of Songs of Praise. Combining her passions for music and opportunities for children from all backgrounds, she has organised major arts events for 6-18 year olds at venues such as The Royal Albert Hall, The Royal Festival Hall, and as a youth, had the privilege of playing in these, plus other venues while touring abroad in North America and Scandanavia as part of the London Schools’ Symphony Orchestra. Voluntary work has included helping to rehabilitate street children in Brazil, telephone counselling for the UK Charity ChildLine, being a pastoral and workshop leader at Youth Music Camps & Saturday Schools, and a helper with the Earl's Court Project. Among her likes she lists cats, laughter and olives, but dislikes being late, spaghetti hoops and cricket. |
 SUE CROSS Deep Release Management Team Sue is a qualified pharmacist, a counsellor (Diploma) and supervisor in private practice in Surrey. In the past few years she has worked primarily in the field of trauma and dissociation and is involved in training, research and course development with us in this important area. Sue has been involved with Deep Release since the late 1990s and the Surrey Regional Training Group meets at her home. |
