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Dr Ladha is a Senior Lecturer and Research Supervisor on the Doctorate in Counselling Psychology (DCPsych) programme at Metanoia Institute, where she leads teaching and supports doctoral researchers in developing rigorous, reflective, and clinically meaningful research. She also contributes to research ethics review and academic supervision across the programme. Chnanis is an Integrative Psychotherapist, Senior Accredited member of the National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society (NCPS), and a registered clinical member of the UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP), bringing over a decade of experience across clinical practice, higher education, and research. Her clinical work is grounded in person-centred and psychodynamic principles and informed by trauma-aware and embodied approaches, with attention to both conscious and subconscious processes in facilitating therapeutic change. She holds a Doctorate in Health from the University of Bath, where her doctoral research explored psychotherapeutic interventions for mental health and wellbeing using mixed-methods. Her broader research interests include psychotherapy process and outcome, wellbeing and flourishing, positive psychology, psychosomatic and holistic health, embodiment, and the therapeutic relationship. Through her teaching, supervision, and scholarship, Chnanis aims to cultivate curiosity, critical thinking, and thoughtful engagement with research that informs practice and contributes to the advancement of counselling psychology and psychotherapy.