Ingeus

The ‘Working for Wellness’ facilitators are all qualified health professionals, within their respective fields and have substantial experience of supporting people with mental and physical health conditions.

Most of our facilitators currently work on Ingeus’ Pathways to Work programme, delivering a variety of Condition Management interventions - such as Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and musculoskeletal advice - to support people with mental and physical health conditions to move closer to finding suitable, lasting work.

Brief biographies of our facilitators are listed below:

Lead Facilitator

Kika Partakis, Psychologist



Kika is the Lead Facilitator and Project Designer for the ‘Working for Wellness’ courses. Kika has over 10 years’ experience in front-line mental health provision, designing and working on various community projects for public and private sector organisations. As a psychologist, Kika’s specialist areas are health psychology, adult mental health and mental health awareness in BME communities. Kika started her work in vocational rehabilitation as a Specialist Mental Health Advisor for Ingeus’ Pathways to Work programme.

Specialists in mental health

Lori van der Linde, Chartered Counselling Psychologist

Lori is currently working as a Specialist Mental Health Advisor for Ingeus. A large part of the role is psycho-education around health conditions as well as working with clients from Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Brief Solution Focused Therapy and Motivational Interviewing perspectives to empower them to manage their health better. Prior to working for Ingeus, Lori worked in Primary Care providing CBT to members of the local community, and also worked across two Community Mental Health Teams.

Liz Gray, Psychologist

Liz has a BSc in Psychology and has worked for Social Services as a Community Mental Health Officer and a Psychological Assistant with young male offenders, before moving on to supervise Psychological Assistants in their work. Whilst in this role, Liz completed an MSc degree in Forensic Psychology. She now supports clients with mental health issues on Ingeus' Condition Management Programme. Liz is now completing an Advanced Diploma in Counselling and Psychotherapy.

Specialists in physical health

Belinda Quinlan, Physiotherapist



Belinda has been a Physiotherapist for seven years. She has worked in forensic and community mental health services, occupational health physiotherapy, pain management programmes, and as physiotherapist for a Premier League football team. She has worked for Ingeus for over two years, delivering interventions including CBT-based educational workshops and physical exercise groups such as Pilates, circuit training and relaxation techniques.

Lisa Fitter, Physiotherapist

Lisa qualified in 2003 and has since worked in professional rugby union and youth academy football teams, in A&E assessing and treating acute musculoskeletal injuries, and in musculoskeletal outpatients and occupational health clinics. In a pain clinic she supported patients with long-term pain conditions, working closely with a team of Psychologists and addressing both the physical and psychological aspects on managing long-term pain. She has been working for Ingeus since 2008.

Eleanor Hall, Physiotherapist



Eleanor has been a physiotherapist for five years and has experience of working in the NHS as a Musculoskeletal and Community Physiotherapist, as well as for Ingeus. Through her work she sees an inextricable link between work, health and wellbeing, and seeks to achieve a positive balance of activities to improve people’s quality of life.