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Uruj Anjum

Uruj Anjum

Momentum Level 7
January 2027 - July 2027
Tuesday 9:30 - 15:00
Uruj is a BACP Accredited Psychotherapist, former NHS Genetic Counsellor, supervisor, speaker and educator. She runs an online private practice offering attachment-based psychotherapy, supervision and specialist support for individuals, couples and families navigating attachment, grief, trauma, perinatal experiences and genetic diagnoses.
Her therapeutic and educational approach is rooted in the belief that healing and learning happen through relationships. With almost a decade of experience working within NHS clinical genetics, alongside years of psychotherapy practice, teaching and supervision, she brings a research-informed, trauma-informed and relational lens to all her work.
Uruj is deeply passionate about attachment theory and its ability to illuminate how early relationships shape our sense of self, our experiences of parenting, our connections with others, and our capacity to navigate uncertainty, loss and change. She also recognises the wider systems that influence emotional wellbeing, including family dynamics, culture, identity, neurodiversity and inherited experiences.
Teaching on the CPCAB Level 7 Attachment-Focused Psychotherapeutic Pathway to Clinical Mastery is a role she values deeply. She creates a collaborative and reflective learning environment where experienced therapists are encouraged to deepen their clinical thinking, integrate theory with practice, and develop confidence in working with complexity.
Alongside teaching, Uruj delivers workshops, conference presentations and CPD across the UK, sharing her expertise in attachment, genetics and relational psychotherapy with therapists and healthcare professionals.
Outside of her professional life, Uruj is a mother of two. She enjoys nature walks and playing badminton and is continually engaged in learning—about herself, others, and the transformative power of human relationships.
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Joanne Kay

Joanne Kay

Momentum Level 6
January 2027 - July 2027
Friday 9:00 - 14:30
Joanne is a psychodynamic counsellor and supervisor who works primarily with adults, with a particular focus on depression and the deeper emotional patterns that often underlie it. Alongside their client work, they have long held a deep interest in how we use verbal, non-verbal, and even pre-verbal language to make sense of ourselves and our relationships. This fascination naturally led to a specialism in attachment-based therapy.
Before becoming a counsellor, Joanne spent time teaching adults and facilitating learning in a wide range of settings—from origami workshops to poetry seminars. This diverse educational background, combined with a longstanding academic interest in communication and human development, informs both her therapeutic and teaching styles. Joanne believes that learning is most impactful when it is collaborative, reflective, and rooted in real-life experience.
A lifelong learner herself, Joanne views teaching as a natural extension of curiosity and passion for growth. Within the course environment, she sees her role as a facilitator—someone who delivers rich, well-informed content while also nurturing the learning that emerges organically from the group. Joanne values shared reflections, clinical insights, and varied experiences that each participant brings, seeing these contributions as integral to the depth and richness of the training.
Whether learners are newly qualified counsellors continuing their development or experienced therapists exploring new relational frameworks, Joanne’s aim is to foster an open, inclusive, and supportive space. Focusing on helping practitioners from all modalities deepen their theoretical understanding and feel confident applying it meaningfully in their clinical work.
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Lauren Jordan

Lauren Jordan

Momentum Level 6
January 2027 - July 2027
Wednesday 9:30 - 15:00
Lauren is an attachment-based psychotherapist and BACP-registered counsellor in private practice in Surrey, and has worked with both young people and adults across mental health agencies and private practice.
She works with a wide range of clients and presenting issues, with attachment theory at the heart of her practice. For Lauren, attachment offers a way of understanding whatever brings someone to therapy, whether that’s relationship difficulties, anxiety, low self-worth or stress, by making sense of patterns that often began long before the presenting issue. Her work focuses on helping clients understand and repair relationships, including the one they have with themselves. It’s this lens she’s excited to share with students, and to help you bring confidently into your own client work.
Before training as a therapist, Lauren spent her career in corporate HR and leadership, supporting people to learn, develop and grow into new roles. That experience shapes how she teaches: she knows that training can feel exposing, and she’s committed to creating a space where you feel supported to take risks, ask questions and find your own way of working.
She’s especially passionate about creative approaches to therapy, building and adapting resources for the moments when words aren’t enough. Expect the same in the training room: practical, hands-on and grounded in real client work, so you leave with tools you can use, not just theory.
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