Liz Cairns is a Psychodynamic Counsellor and Play Therapist who specialises in working with young people and their families.
She leads the Counsellor training at HDS ( www.hds.scot ) and provides clinical supervision.
Liz originally trained as a teacher changing direction after 12 years to work full time as a Counsellor initially in Social Work and then in the NHS.
Over a period of 13 years she developed and managed the successful Youth Counselling Service for NHS Lanarkshire (CAMHS) before leaving to set up her own company. The YCS in Lanarkshire was the first to secure a Counsellor in every secondary school in the 40 plus secondary schools across North and South Lanarkshire.
