Jude Boyles is a BACP Senior Accredited Psychological Therapist. She has been practising as a therapist for the last 24 years. Prior to qualifying, Jude worked within the women’s movement in a Rape Crisis Centre and in Women’s Aid refuges. Jude qualified as a therapist and worked in a mental health crisis service for 11 years, before establishing the Freedom from Torture North West Centre in Manchester. Jude has carried a caseload of torture survivors and managed the North West centre for the last 14 years. Nathalie Talbot used to be a bilingual assistant at the Ethnic Diversity Service in Stockport, helping refugee children in primary schools. She is currently teaching the Ascentis Level 3 course in Community Interpreting. Nathalie has worked as an interpreter and trainer with Freedom from Torture North West since 2003.