About
Kerese Collins is a Lecturer in Counselling & Psychotherapy at the School of Medicine, Keele University. She joined the faculty in 2020 and holds a Chevening Scholarship from Keele (2016). Her work focuses on community mental health resilience, character development, and international health initiatives. She has led a participatory action research project on Community Mental Health Resilience in Guyana (2018–2020), funded by the British Academy. A member of the British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy (BACP), she also served as a part-time Dissertation Supervisor for MSc and BSc counselling programs at Keele and taught at the University of Guyana.
- Research: Community Mental Health Resilience, Global Health Equity
- Teaching: Undergraduate, Graduate Certificate, and MSc counselling courses
- Awards: KPA Bob Beattie Award (2017), Chevening Scholarship (2016)
Her professional activities include designing workshops and camps in the Caribbean, Latin America, and the USA to foster youth character development. She balances academic roles with therapeutic practice, emphasizing ethical integrity and societal impact in her work.
