Partnership Working
At Our Promise, we believe that exceptional care is built through strong partnerships and a commitment to continuous learning. To ensure every young person receives the highest quality of support, we work closely with experienced clinical psychologists, offer professional coaching to our teams, and engage in regular external supervision. These collaborations strengthen our therapeutic approach, enhance the wellbeing of our staff, and create a consistent, reflective environment where young people can thrive.
Dr Marie- Louise Holmes
We are delighted to work in partnership with Dr Marie-Louise Holmes (BSc, MSc, DClinPsych, CPsychol, HCPC), a Consultant Clinical Psychologist with over 20 years of experience across a wide range of clinical settings. Her involvement brings thoughtful insight and emotional depth to our service, through trauma and attachment informed staff training, case consultation, and systemic formulation. She has a longstanding commitment to residential childcare and is particularly skilled at translating complex psychological ideas into clear, usable approaches that support both the young people and the adults around them.
Her work is grounded in attachment, trauma, and neurodevelopmental understanding, but also in the realities of day-to-day care. She is passionate about closing the gap between theory and practice. This helps teams make sense of not just behaviour, but the emotions behind the behaviour, which reduces overwhelm and helps them stay grounded when things feel difficult. Her reflective spaces are designed to support the team’s capacity to care for the child, through the cohesion generated by shared sense making. This dual focus supports the emotional resilience of the team as a unit. This helps staff remain connected with their core purpose: to build safe, attuned, and lasting relationships with the children in their care.
She is a lover of art and incorporates image making into therapeutic work. She also has a lifelong passion for horses, previously trained in equine assisted psychotherapy and is probably happiest wearing wellies in the mud. She also drinks a lot of tea.
Roots & Wings Social Care - Arlene Kyle
We are delighted to work in partnership with Roots & Wings Social Care.
Arlene is an experienced and accomplished Director with over 15 years’ experience leading complex health and social care service operations from inception to successful conclusion. She has demonstrable expertise in building, mentoring and coaching top performing teams.
Before founding Roots & Wings Social Care, Arlene was Managing Director for a residential childcare company that supported children and young people affected by trauma, abuse and neglect. She was responsible for 18 residential children’s homes and two schools across Scotland. Prior to this, Arlene worked for 10 years for one of Scotland’s leading social care charities, predominantly in children, young people and families services.
Her health and social care career began in Northern Ireland where Arlene was a Care Assistant working in residential care and hospitals, including psychiatric hospitals. She moved to Scotland in 2001 to study Psychology and gained a BSc in Psychology and an MSc in Forensic Psychology from Glasgow Caledonian University.
Arlene is a Coaching Psychologist undertaking Chartership status with the BPS, she has completed a Life Coaching Diploma, is a certified Coach with the Clique Academy, is a trained and certified Coach in the Eight Tensions (TM) Coaching framework. Arlene has a Diploma in Cross Professional Supervision with the Institute of Pastoral Supervision and Reflective Practice. Arlene is currently undertaking undertaking a specialist qualification in Somatic Trauma Coaching and Leadership.
Arlene lives near Glasgow with her husband Euan and their two young children.
Arlene is registered with the British Psychological Society and adheres to the International Coaching Federation Code of Ethics and Regulatory Standards. Career Coach / Online Coach / One to one Coaching.
External Supervisions and Coaching - Heather Foster
Heather is an experienced Teacher with 15 years’ experience within the mainstream and severe and complex needs sectors. She has worked alongside management to develop School Improvement Priorities / plans and has led on a variety of different projects and curricular areas during this time. She is passionate about the development of literacy in young people and has played a pivotal role in developing literacy programmes, for a variety of different year groups and needs. Heather has experience and interest in AAC (Augmentative and Alternative Communication) and creating Total Communication environments.
She has discovered the benefits of supervision in her professional and personal life and is using the cross professional supervision model through her work in social care and outwith to help others unlock their potential and take control of their life choices. Heather is focused on bringing about positive change in the lives of anyone she works with and this is reflective in her Coaching and Supervision styles.
Before beginning her career in Teaching, Heather studied for a Bachelor of Arts in Social Studies, majoring in Psychology, at Glasgow Caledonian University. Heather then went on to achieve a PGDE Certificate in Primary Teaching, with a Merit in Teaching. Heather has successfully completed a Diploma in Life Coaching and is undertaking a Mindfulness Diploma too. Heather has also completed a Certificate in Essential Supervision Skills in Clinical Supervision, which is approved by the British Psychological Society and a Certificate in Cross Professional Supervision with the Institute of Pastoral Supervision and Reflective Practice. Heather is currently undertaking Mental Health First Aid training to further enhance her work around wellbeing and undertaking a specialist qualification in Somatic Trauma Coaching and Leadership.
Heather adheres to the International Coaching Federation Code of Ethics and Regulatory Standards. Career Coach/Online Coach/One to one Coaching.