Our Team

Our Therapists

Our team of therapists is led by Karen Stowe who started working as a volunteer for the charity when it was founded in 2014. She was appointed as Clinical Lead in 2023. Karen is an experienced energy and integrative psychotherapist and a member of the UK Council for Psychotherapists (all of our therapists are accredited with professional therapy organisations). She is a member of ACEP (Association For Comprehensive Energy Psychology) and holds an MA and Advanced Diploma from the Minster Centre, London.

Karen Stowe, therapist

Our Trustees

Our board of trustees is chaired by Deborah Humphrey who bring 25 years experience as a mental health Clinical Lead for NHS Oxfordshire with expertise in service development and change. Today, she is a writer, community writing facilitator and trauma informed somatic coach.

Our other trustees include treasurer, Toby Low, who has 15 years experience as a financial journalist and 12 years as partner at one of the world's leading financial communications agencies. Toby now runs his own financial communications consultancy. Nancy Browner MA is a psychotherapist with over 25 years clinical experience, a UKCP supervisor and course leader at the Minster Centre. Jo Black brings her invaluable experience of being a former Metta Centre client. Jo went on to train as a psychotherapist and has now joined our therapy team. Among her many qualifications, Jo hold advanced diplomas in Neurosomatic Psychotherapy and Energy Therapy and is an accredited EFT practitioner.

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The Metta Centre for Trauma Therapy, 43 St Giles, Oxford , OX1 3LW

Charity no. 1182200

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