Meet the team

Alicia is passionate about providing evidence-based advice to parents, teachers and all those looking after children and young people, so they can be proactive in supporting the mental health and wellbeing of those in their care.

Alicia is a BACP accredited therapist, parenting expert, sought after keynote speaker, member of the All Party Parliamentary Group for a Fit and Healthy Childhood, author and a mother. She is regularly asked for her expert opinion by the media.

Having worked with schools across the UK for more than a decade delivering webinars, talks and workshops to parents, carers, staff, and pupils; in 2020 Alicia created The Wellbeing Hub. This award-winning platform provides a whole school, proactive approach to the mental health and wellbeing of young people.

Katie spent 15 years in sponsorship and events working with a number of sports governing bodies and large corporate businesses before starting her own social business, Huddl in 2017. After four years of successfully building this business, The Wellbeing Hub has purchased Huddl and welcomed Katie as part of the growing team.

Katie has three young children of her own and is passionate about early intervention; empowering parents with tools and knowledge so that they can help their children through the bumpy path to adulthood. As Head of Business Development Katie is looking to work with organisations that share similar aims to create real impact, transforming the lives of as many children as possible.

Rebecca is responsible for the day to day running of things at The Wellbeing Hub. Rebecca is also our digital marketing guru and is your go to for social media marketing and for booking talks for your school community.

Charley is senior account manager and head of international business development at The Wellbeing Hub. She’s been part of our lovely team for over two years and is responsible for bringing international schools onboard The Wellbeing Hub and ensuring their school communities get the most out of the wealth of resources available. Charley is committed to improving the mental health and wellbeing of young people and helping to shape the landscape for future generations. 

Amy joined us as an Account Manager for The Wellbeing Hub in December 2023, bringing extensive experience from her roles in supporting Primary Care for NHS England and developing award-winning training programmes for General Practice Leaders. Her diverse background fuels her excitement to integrate a proactive approach to young people’s mental health and wellbeing within The Wellbeing Hub. Amy is passionate about supporting schools, parents and carers in nurturing the wellbeing of children and young people.

Following 15 years of experience in account management for the environmental sector Jo has joined us at The Wellbeing Hub. She brings with her Toffee, our regular office dog. Outside of work Jo keeps herself busy with family life, yoga, making superfood dog biscuits and singing in a couple of bands.

Eliza is senior content manager at The Wellbeing Hub and has been working as part of the team for four years. Eliza is responsible for the wealth of content in The Wellbeing Hub and for nurturing our valued content partnerships. With a background in child and adolescent psychology, Eliza aims to create meaningful content that resonates with The Wellbeing Hub’s audience.

Eliza is committed to improving the mental health and wellbeing of young people and helping to shape the landscape for future generations. 

Tess is responsible for the everyday running of The Wellbeing Hub and the wealth of content it provides for our pupil members. With a background in writing and content creation, and a degree in Journalism, Tess aims to create meaningful content that resonates with The Wellbeing Hub’s audience. Her passion for mental health advocacy shines through as she works to improve and prevent mental health issues among young people.

Jane is our safeguarding lead. She develops resources and content for The Wellbeing Hub and oversees the quality of all PSHE resources and lesson plans. Jane has considerable experience in school leadership and is particularly keen to develop the skills of pastoral tutors and their awareness of the elements that contribute to pupil wellbeing.

Alicia Drummond is a BACP accredited therapist, parent coach, speaker, author, mother and the founder of Teen Tips and The Wellbeing Hub. For the past 12 years Alicia has been working in over 220 UK and international schools as well as businesses, and the NHS. She is the in- house mental health expert for School Notices; the in-house parenting specialist for CQC clinic Esher Groves; she is a popular speaker at conferences, regularly appears in the press and is the author of “Why Every Teenager Needs a Parrot”.

Tamara is an experienced chartered clinical psychologist with over 15 years of clinical experience in the NHS. Tamara is registered with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) and is a chartered member of the British Psychological Society (BPS). She specialises in working with children, young people and their families and is passionate about building resilience and wellbeing in young people.

Julia is qualified in both executive coaching and psychology and combines these skills with her experience as a parent to offer coaching, tools and techniques so that parents can help their children navigate the school years with confidence.  Her particular area of expertise is resilience – how to create environments that develop resilience in children, as well as building resilience and resourcefulness in both parents and children.  The key characteristics of Julia’s coaching style are her warmth, insight and solutions-focus.  Parents also appreciate her sense of humour – the topics can often be serious, but the coaching doesn’t have to be.

Elizabeth offers education consultancy for families trying to access SEND support (i.e. EHCPs) and for adults accessing reasonable adjustments at University or in the workplace. She also offers specialist coaching for neurodivergent children and young people (with / awaiting diagnosis of ADHD, ASD, OCD and dyslexia). Coaching sessions may be delivered alongside education consultancy for families to help navigate the complexities of the special educational needs (SEND) systems. Elizabeth’s experience draws upon her professional expertise from over 20 years as a qualified teacher including 15 years as SENDCo (CELTA, NASENCo qualified), leadership of mainstream secondary schools and headship of a special school. A lifelong learner, after completing her MA Modern Languages, Elizabeth pursued her passion and successfully completed her MSc Psychology. Elizabeth’s professional expertise couples with lived experience disentangling the complex health and SEND systems for her own child and herself as a neurodivergent adult.

Dr Maryhan; Psychologist, Parenting Expert and Host of the How Not To Screw Up Your Kids Podcast. She is passionate advocate of positive mental health, not only for children but parents and adults too. For over 20 years Dr Maryhan has been supporting children with anxiety and helping parents raise confident, resilient children.
Her practical approach has been hailed by parents, schools and organisations and earned her a reputation for straight-talking, non-judgemental, real advice.

Julie has over 20 years’ skills, qualifications and experience regarding the intervention and prevention for vulnerable children and young people, including the delivery of professional and parent training workshops for the Permanent Secretaries of Barbados, Anguilla, and St Lucia.

Her qualifications include Domestic Violence Crisis Counsellor, CEOP Ambassador, Conflict Resolution Mediator, Safeguarding Level 3, and Professional Certificate in Teaching Practice.

Julie provides pupils, parents and professionals with a comprehensive, ‘The 5 Steps’ solution focused, home and school support programme, with a range of practical tools and techniques to enhance life skills and ensure robust leaders for the future. From temper tantrums to bedwetting, bullying or anger, Julie tailor makes, step by step programmes to raise confidence, resilience, and self-esteem for all tricky modern-day scenarios.

Kate’s training as a Montessori teacher led her to become a dyslexia specialist. She has postgraduate diplomas in Dyslexia and DCD/ADHD, combined with training across many other difficulties such as ASD, dyscalculia, sensory processing disorder and play therapy. Her breadth of training and experience on the things that impact on learning, enable her to make links and see past labels. Kate now works as an independent consultant guiding teachers, tutors and parents to empower learners on their educational journey. Kate also helps parents to understand clinical reports, breaking down labels, with a focus on the individual. Practical recommendations and strategies enable effective support and intervention, working on the current challenges and building towards the next stage of the educational journey.