Meet our team
Meet the compassionate and dedicated team behind Go Deep Scotland, a charity committed to strengthening community connections
ELAINE BOYD
I am a fun loving, outgoing person who lives in Edinburgh. I have lived with a disability since birth, and as a result have a unique view of the world and a strong belief that nothing is impossible.
I am an athlete, competing internationally on my frame runner Luna, and an artist who paints with her feet and digitally with her mouth.
I love working with people and am able to connect with almost everyone I meet. My daily life means that I need assistance with many everyday tasks this requires ingenuity, persistence, creativity and an ability to get on with people.
I believe that people need each other and regardless of our
differences we are better together.
In my work with Go Deep I have worked with people from diverse backgrounds and we have always been able to establish common ground and learn from each other.
KIM WARD
Hello, my name is Kim.
I am an experienced Process Work psychotherapist and facilitator, working with people of all ages and social backgrounds in a variety of settings and recently set up my own private practise.
Since qualifying as a process worker in 2009, I have worked as a psychotherapist and facilitator in the LGBTQ+ centre in Edinburgh, and continue to work with LGBTQ+ adults and young people. I worked 8 years at the Wellspring counselling and psychotherapy centre which offers therapy for people on different economical incomes. Within the children in need’ project, I was pleased to work with kids in schools as I had been a teacher for over 15 years, and very happy to see the counselling cultures in the school context.
I got invited to take part in a Go Deep community building event and feel a new life in working in innovative ways for bringing more creativity and collaboration into our lives. In a world of greater violence and polarities it is important to find spaces to explore our concerns for the environment and social inequalities with a sense of fun and discovery in our collective abilities.
I like my creativity, in singing at choir, writing poetry and enjoy my garden, and walking through the hills.
PAT BLACK
Pat is a processworkUK diplomate who lives in Edinburgh and usually works in Scotland.
She has co-founded and/or supported many innovative social care and inclusion projects over the last 25+ years including Diversity Matters, Neighbourhood Networks, Everyone Together, Inclusion Glasgow, Gettalife and more.
Currently she manages a small charity called Go Deep Scotland who use process work theory alongside community activities to have fun as well as increase capacity and build resilience in individuals, groups, teams and communities Go Deep are working in the North East of Scotland with a particular focus on climate
change.
Pat also works as a therapist, mentor, facilitator and facilitator trainer. She has a particular interest in, and in depth experience of working with people from marginalised communities including people with disabilities; people who are refugees or asylum seekers; and people who are homeless .
In her spare time she enjoys walking, cycling, swimming in the North sea and spending time with her friends daughters and grandchildren.
