Eileen Pickard is Manager, Consultancy & Training at Roehampton University of Surrey and oversees the relationship with Hoskinson Associates and the modular EAP training. She is an experienced Chartered Counselling Psychologist, educator and trainer who has designed and delivered training programmes to meet varied levels and interests in a range of organisational, educational and cultural contexts. Her focus is employee and organisational development.

She has developed both long and short term programmes for employees of large organisations such as British Telecom, The Post Office, Portex UK and the Metropolitan Police. Recently she designed and developed the first UK post graduate training programme for EAP Professionals. Her programme design and delivery includes undergraduate, postgraduate and applied workplace programmes accredited by recognised academic and/or professional bodies. Her experience includes the assessment, accreditation and evaluation of a range of training and development programmes in the UK, Sweden, Kuwait, USA and South Africa.

As a member of the British Psychological Society’s Training Committee for Counselling Psychology she is active in the development and monitoring of standards nation wide. She steered the development of the BPS’s Diploma in Counselling Psychology, chaired its Examination and Accreditation Board and was a member of the NVQ Lead Body for Advice, Guidance, Counselling and Psychotherapy. She has advised the Association of Counselling at Work on training developments and accreditation and the IPD on their Counselling at Work statement.