Depression, Anxiety and Stress Management

Rae Farmer is the Director/CEO at Gangster of Light and Next Steps - Learning for Life Ltd, UK. She uses a mix of person-centred therapies including Reiki to support individuals and groups to move forward with their goals to find a place where they are able to bounce forward from traumatic experiences, taking the lessons of those experiences and moulding themselves into a new chapter. She has 23-years experiences of supporting children, young people and adults to find a safer space to be. Her career includes: developing a City-wide early intervention programme for CAMHS, creating ‘Urban Education’ an off-site education facility for children who were excluded from mainstream educational settings, developing well-being programmes for primary school’s children who are used throughout Newcastle and Gateshead. She is also a qualified independent domestic and sexual violence Adviser with 4 years experiences of being Operations Manager for a domestic violence charity prior to setting up her own Social Enterprise, Next Steps – Learning for Life Ltd and a community interest company called ‘Gangsters of Light’.