Skills Tutor/Group Facilitator 

Derek holds a B.Sc. in Counselling and Psychotherapy and an LL.M in Human Rights, along with qualifications in youth work and adult education. Derek’s post-graduate training includes somatic experiencing, family therapy, EMDR, leadership, coaching, polyvagal theory, Internal Family Systems, and organisational development.

Derek works as an organisational and personal change consultant specialising in team dynamics, strategy, training, relational (team & individual) coaching, and healing trauma. His purpose is to support staff to thrive by focusing on culture, leadership, and wellbeing.

With a portfolio career across multiple sectors, as a leader, collaborative innovator, trainer, and frontline worker, Derek has gained insight into how people show up in organisations and what gets in the way of the work.

Derek’s approach helps people tap into their innate wisdom, stay connected, and find the courage to address relational and organisational challenges they may have previously avoided.

Derek works as an integrative therapist with a body-focused approach, combining somatic experiencing, polyvagal theory, and systems theory to support meaningful change while navigating complex dynamics. Derek is currently pursuing a PhD in Organisational Change, exploring the impact of belonging and stereotype threat on leadership through action research.