Our Team
Sally Willan
Sally is a qualified and Accredited Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist (BABCP) with around 10 years experience of working with common mental health issues within NHS services. She is trained in both Low and High Intensity CBT and EMDR which means she has a wide range of evidence based tools at her disposal to support you and your difficulties within an evidence based framework. Sally attended specialist training in 2017 which focussed on using CBT to support people with long term health conditions such as Diabetes, Chronic Pain, Cancer, Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Medically Unexplained Symptoms (MUPS) and their associated mental health problems. Sally is passionate about her work and lives by its’ principles especially when it comes to the links between activity and good mental health. She is active in the gym on a regular basis and has a particular interest in water and snow sports, gaining her snowboard instructor qualification in 2019. In her spare time, she spends time with family and friends and likes to travel.
Leanne Alston
Leanne is a qualified and Accredited Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist (BABCP) with around 10 years experience of working in the NHS with common mental health issues. She is trained in both Low and High Intensity CBT, EMDR and currently undergoing training in the delivery of Couples Therapy for Depression, we hope to be able to offer this at Well Minds in the future. She has a wide range of skills to deliver the appropriate evidence-based interventions to best support the needs of her clients. Leanne has also completed specialist training in the delivery of CBT for long term health conditions such as Diabetes, Chronic Pain, Cancer, Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Medically Unexplained Symptoms and their associated mental health problems. Leanne is passionate about her work in mental health and always applies self-practice to the advice that she gives to others. In her personal life, Leanne enjoys spending time in nature and being active through hiking, kickboxing, snowboarding and paddleboarding. She is a keen gardener and likes to spend time travelling with friends.