Stephanie Hill

Stephanie has twenty years’ experience as a training facilitator working both internationally and in the UK with global institutions including the United Nations and The International Red Cross to Local Authorities and Housing Associations in the UK and medium/small voluntary organisations.

Her interest in emotional resilience stemmed from a combination of both personal and professional experience. In 2004, Steph was a Psychology graduate, teaching and backpacking across South East Asia, when the Boxing Day Tsunami hit; leaving her with life-threatening injuries and killing her partner.

Suffering with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), Steph was offered medication and an 18 month waiting list for counselling when she approached her GP for help on return to the UK. Not wishing to settle for either option, she decided to take charge of her own recovery and embark on a journey which built on her existing knowledge of psychology, with tools and techniques from Mindfulness, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Neuro-Linguistic Programming and Positive Psychology.

Since recovering from PTSD Steph’s career has enabled her to further explore ‘resilience’ from different perspectives. After studying an MSc in Disaster Management and Sustainable Development, Stephanie worked with NGO's and UN Organisations across the International Development and Humanitarian sectors; and Health and Social Care charities and public sector organisations in the UK.

A common theme across all of these sectors is that the need to support emotional resilience amongst staff and service users is now widely recognised, especially amongst the caregiving professions.