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S.M.I.L.E. Schools

St Margaret's Academy

S.M.I.L.E. works in partnership with St Margaret’s Academy to support young people with their mental health and emotional wellbeing.

If you’d like to make a referral to join the waiting list for school counselling, please speak with your Pupil Support team or contact the school directly on 01506 280590.

Our counselling team work within the school on a regular basis and are here to provide a safe, supportive space for young people to talk things through.

Counsellors based at St Margaret’s Academy:
– Mandy Boyce
– Emma Keeling

Schools counsellor

Laura Dougall
MANDY BOYCE (BSc Hons, MSc, PgDip)

Mandy is a qualified person-centred counsellor and believes in supporting people to move towards what matters to them. She believes that counselling can be one way for people to tap into all the strengths they have that will help them to live their life in the way they want to. 

Mandy has spent the last twenty years working in the field of mental health as a practitioner, researcher, teacher and trainer. Within S.M.I.L.E. Mandy is based at St. Margaret’s Academy. She also currently works in a perinatal service and teaches at The Open University. 

Mandy loves spending time with her family and friends, live music, films, fantasy fiction books, climbing and anything outdoorsy. 

Schools counsellor

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EMMA KEELING (MSc)
Emma completed her music therapy training at Queen Margaret University after moving to Edinburgh from Birmingham and is a Young Persons Counsellor at S.M.I.L.E. 
 
Emma has worked in schools and youth work settings since 2011 and has always enjoyed being involved with music and drama groups. She is passionate about working with children and young people and helping them with their mental health and wellbeing. Emma feels strongly that each person has great potential and enjoys using different therapeutic approaches, including music therapy when appropriate, to help them realise their own strengths. She is a firm believer that communicating a need either verbally or non-verbally is a brave and powerful action and that being creative can positively impact counselling spaces.
 
In terms of music, Emma is a keen piano player and likes to dabble in as many other instruments as possible. In her spare time, she enjoys reading, cooking,  hill-walking and watching her two cats get up to all sorts of mischief! Emma also loves spending time with family and friends, often whilst playing a board game or chatting over good food.

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