UCL Lecturer and Unit Co-ordinator:
"Cathy and Sam have provided input to the UCL course for a few years now, visiting final year students and lecturing on various aspects of acquired communication disorders. The students really appreciate their experience and their readiness to discuss contemporary clinical issues and issues of clinical management. Student responses to their lectures this year included feedback such as excellent lectures, very interesting and practical and excellent handouts".


Ex-UCL student:
“I was a student on the MSC course at UCL and qualified in 2002. I have been fortunate enough to work with both Sam and Cathy in a number of different roles, having attended their lectures as part of my training, but also working with them as a student and a qualified therapist. The fact that I remember vividly the lectures they gave is testament to their style of presentation and delivery of information, where others have only vague representations in the recesses of my memory!

Cathy presented the always-riveting subject of clinical governance and developments within the NHS and, amazingly I was riveted! She had a way of taking a necessary but dull subject and making it interesting, meaningful and relevant to each person in the room. She was able to use examples and activities that made the audience really think about the issues being presented. I came away with a good grasp of a complex subject having been motivated enough to listen to the theory and think about how it applied to me and my future clients.

Sam presented the more clinically relevant topic of cognitive-communication disorders and I am still amazed that this topic was not given more airtime than one session. Sam was a truly flexible presenter, being aware of the needs of the audience and taking on their feedback immediately. She was armed with a variety of media from high tech video clips to drawn mind maps she had used with her clients. She was the first lecturer in my experience that ever admitted she had made a mistake with a client and the first to ingrain in me the importance of putting the client at the centre of things. This lecture was what I now feel all lectures should be, a chance to see key and important theoretical approaches backed up with real life examples. Sam knew the things we should go away and read, but also proved that what you read should also be used in practice.

Both Sam and Cathy made it clear that they were open to the needs of their audience, with non-didactic teaching styles and ways of making complex and meaty information meaningful and accessible. They were also real life clinicians and this clinical background made them open to questions and approachable. It is testament to their lecturing style that two years later I am able to remember clearly what set them apart and how much they influenced my future career.”

UCL Lecturer:
"Cathy and Sam have worked as clinical tutors as part of the final year professional studies team at UCL for the past few years. They bring their considerable clinical and supervisory experience to this process, providing excellent support to students and clinical supervisors during placement. They also contribute to the assessment of students' clinical and professional skills. Their commitment to students' professional learning and development is apparent in all that they do, and their professionalism and enthusiasm provide an excellent model to students nearing qualification."

Peggy Dalton (Personal Construct Psychology Education & Training):
‘I have known Cathy and her work for a number of years. She has a real flair for organising things. Her teaching style is precise, but easy-going and she will always listen to what those ‘learning’ from her have to say. She balances fact with imagination.”

Carolyn Cheasman, City Lit.
“Sam worked at City Lit for 6 years. She was an excellent group facilitator and brought great creativity to the programme here. Sam made a major contribution to our innovative 'Self-advocacy for people who stammer' course. She had the imagination to see how ideas that were developing in the aphasia therapy field could be relevant to stammering therapy and the self advocacy course was the result. Her input was inspirational. Sam is a great ideas and 'can do' person. She brings great enthusiasm to projects.”