Meet The team

Clemy Gilmore (MA)

Clemy is the founder of Restore CN which she set up in response to multiple requests for help and support by church leaders, trustees, counsellors and doctors. Clemy’s professional background is in Counselling, Counselling Supervision and Training as well as church leadership.

Over the years, she has enabled and facilitated the setting up of a number of successful counselling centres using the Restore model and continues to support and enable many existing centres to develop and thrive. The Restore organisational model, developed by Clemy, is focused on relationships. She says: “I passionately believe that our relationships should not come under pressure because of the task, but rather that the task is enabled and becomes fruitful because of strong healthy relationships.” She has also developed a working model for the relationship between the counselling centre management and trustees/church leaders which can often develop unhelpful tensions.

Mental Health is a growing and very current concern for our nation. Clemy’s vision for Restore CN is to be a resource for counsellors/mental health professionals, charitable organisations and faith groups in any context, that want to provide and sustain affordable counselling in their local communities. This can be either setting up a counselling provision or support for any existing counselling provision. 

Jung Khang

Jung is passionate about human flourishing in every sphere of life: working with people to thrive in every environment, whether that is leaders transforming their organisations by breaking through personal barriers to success, or with individuals to communicate better at home. Convinced that we all have to become leaders of our lives by investing in personal growth that ultimately impacts families, organisations and ultimately nations.

She is excited to be working with Clemy to roll out the Restore model of sustainable counselling not only with faith communities but more widely, sharing the vision for a network of heart-led counselling provision that addresses the whole person wherever they find themselves. Jung trained as an Executive Coach and Mentor in 2007 and has worked since then on an executive portfolio basis with professionals within both complex organisations and start-up situations.

Her previous background in the management of change during the early foundations of the internet with leading retailers and financial sector was underpinned by her strategic organisational analysis within commercial realities, a passion that she brings to Restore Network.
Jung seeks to help clients find joy, truth, freedom and satisfaction in life, adopting a holistic approach to the whole person, believing that life lived mindfully and intentionally has potential to unleash creativity for the benefit of both individuals and society at large.

Kate Mendez

Kate is Network Manager at Restore, where she oversees and supports our community of counselling service managers from across the UK. An accredited psychotherapist with both BACP and ACC and the Founder and CEO of a community counselling service in Kent, Kate has wide-ranging experience across clinical practice, organisational leadership, and service development. This breadth of experience has equipped her with a deep understanding of both the opportunities and the challenges faced by those leading counselling services.

As our Network Manager, Kate now brings this expertise to supporting our Members. She is passionate about peer support and championing leaders in their vital work. Her focus is on creating space for managers to connect, share best practice and find renewal in the values and faith that guide them. Through encouragement and connection, Kate fosters a supportive community where leaders feel restored, inspired and confident to thrive.

Volunteers

Rachel Honeyford

Network Assistant
Joined September 2021

Rachel is passionate about Psychology and did her Psychology degree at London University as a mature student studying part-time while bringing up her children. She was Head of Social Studies, at a secondary school for many years and continues to work as an A Level Psychology Teacher. She is an Integrative Counsellor having gained her qualification from Northampton University and now divides her time working as an A level Psychology Teacher and Professional Counsellor; She is also the Manager of New Directions Counselling, Leighton Buzzard and aspires to setting up an affordable counselling service in her community where she lives in Houghton Regis with her husband. She has two grown-up children and four grandchildren. Rachel is excited about joining the Restore Team and working with the network of counselling service managers.

Our Story

In 2011, three years after having set up Caterham Counselling Centre, Clemy was invited to attend a forum for doctors and local support charities. This was organised by the Surrey Volunteer Association to help alleviate some of the pressures that doctors surgeries were under to provide longer term patient support. The aim was to introduce and connect the doctors to the agencies that were in the community offering the extra support to patients. At the meeting it was noticed that mental health services were hugely underrepresented.

Following this, and in response to requests from various professionals both in the medical field and counselling sector, Clemy set up ‘Restore Counselling Network’ with the aim of assisting professionals and not-for-profit groups such as churches, to set up counselling centres in their communities.  She went on to enable the setting up of a further three counselling services in the area and has continued to offer her support to encourage sustainable practice. Restore Counselling Network has grown to now include consultancy for existing counselling services and a substantial network of counselling service managers that meet regularly for peer support and encouragement.