Danuta Lipinska

Danuta Lipinska, MA, RegMBACP (Accred), MColloT, Author of ‘Person-centerd counseling for People with Dementia: Making Sense of Self’ (Jessica Kingsley Publishers 2009) Danuta Lipinska has pioneered counseling with persons with dementia. A qualified nurse, she has a BA in Psychology and Master’s Degree in counseling from the University of New Hampshire, USA. Over thirty years and on two continents Danuta has created training programs and designed and run family support groups.

She has developed specializt counseling services for people with dementia and relatives and continues to be highly involved in this area of expertise, currently training and supervising counselors for a specializt dementia service at Suffolk MIND. Recently she was a tutor on the Post-graduate diploma in person-centerd counseling at the Norwich center for counseling. She is an Associate Dementia specializt, University of Worcester, and Patron of The Forget Me Nots, a Cognitive Stimulation Therapy Group in Norwich. She is a facilitator of the ‘My Home Life’ Leadership Support program for Care Home Managers based at City University, London.