Make content about: Pepe counsels young people in custody
Pepe spent nearly two decades running a catering business before retraining to counsel young people in custody.
This story
After working as a hospital secretary and raising a family, Pepe ran a catering business for nearly 20 years. With support from a mentoring scheme for trainee therapists, she qualified as a counsellor. She now works as a practitioner supporting young people in custody and volunteers with a bereavement charity.
Where you could take it
Sit down with Pepe as she cares for her plants to talk through what it took to switch careers.
Where it happens
England
The charity
- Charity: British Association For Counselling And Psychotherapy
- Registration number: 298361
- Based in: Chester