MEET THE TEAM
All staff at the Youth Intervention Centre have Enhanced DBS checks and work professionally, following the most up-to date safeguarding training at all times.
Mollie James
Psychotherapist
Mollie is the Co-Founder of Youth Intervention Centre. She is also a qualified psychotherapist. Within YIC she works as a therapist, intervention worker and one of the safeguarding team.
About Mollie:
Previous to setting up YIC I worked at a local alternative provision school in Dartington. While I was there I created and delivered specialist therapeutic interventions to students aged 5 – 16 to allow them to feel nurtured, listened to and understood. I'm a big believer in the power of relationship, so it was my job to help build caring and stable relationships with young people who may not have experienced that before.
Prior to that, I also worked as the Autism Specialist at a large mainstream school in Newton Abbot where I learnt a great deal about SEND needs and supportive interventions.
While training as a counsellor I also had a placement at City College Plymouth which allowed me to expand my experience on working with young people by seeing clients who were aged 16 and above.
When I'm not working I love to spend time looking after myself and focusing on self-care. I love to paint and spend time in nature, but I equally love relaxing, watching films and playing games!
Kerry James
Counsellor, Clay Conversations Practioner & Practice Manager
Kerry is the Co-Founder of the Youth Intervention Centre. Kerry is a qualified counsellor and clay conversations practioner. She also runs the day to day management of YIC and is a member of the safeguarding team.
About Kerry:
Before starting YIC with Mollie in 2018, I worked as the Exams Officer for a local alternative education provider. Working there gave me a real passion for helping young people to achieve the best they can regardless of their circumstances. This and my own lived experience of the struggles that life can throw at us led me to my training as a counsellor and I qualified in April 2022. I spent my training and placement hours working in a local hospice, offering support to people receiving palliative care or dealing with bereavement and loss. I also worked in a local secondary school, increasing my knowledge and experience of the difficulties faced by our young people and supporting them through these. My heart lies with the relationships I foster with all ages and seeing the empowerment and confidence that often comes from having someone sit beside you and listen deeply to your story.
When I'm not working at YIC, I like to play with clay! I find clay very mindful and a real outlet for stress. It's very therapeutic and having recently become a qualified clay conversations practitioner I love seeing the benefits others find from its use. I also enjoy gardening (soil & clay, there's a theme here!) and walking around the gorgeous South Devon countryside, coastline and particularly Dartmoor. You'd probably be surprised to hear that I also love gaming and I'm not averse to binge watching a good Netflix series!