Our Associates: Expert Trainers in Safeguarding, Trauma and Criminal Justice

Reflect Training works with a carefully selected network of associates who bring deep frontline experience, specialist knowledge and real-world credibility to our training programmes.

Our associates are not generic facilitators. They are experienced practitioners, consultants and specialists who have worked directly with vulnerable children, adults and communities across safeguarding, criminal justice, mental health, substance use, exploitation and complex needs. This ensures our training is grounded in reality, evidence-informed, and immediately applicable to professional practice.

Together, our associates support organisations across the UK to strengthen safeguarding, reduce risk, respond to trauma and deliver safer, more effective services.

What Our Associates Bring

Our associates collectively deliver training and consultancy across:

  • Safeguarding children and adults

  • Trauma-informed practice

  • Criminal justice, serious violence and exploitation

  • County lines, CSE and criminal exploitation

  • Domestic abuse and coercive control

  • Substance use, harm reduction and complex needs

  • Neurodiversity, mental health and forensic psychology

  • Leadership, risk management and multi-agency working

Each associate is selected for their professional expertise, ethical practice and ability to translate complex issues into practical learning for frontline staff and leaders.

Andy Cribbin

Andy Cribbin is a former Detective Superintendent and served as Head of Major Crime for Lancashire Police, overseeing all homicide and major crime investigations across the force. He retired in 2021 after 30 years of frontline policing, including extensive experience as a Senior Investigating Officer (SIO) leading complex and high-profile murder enquiries.

Andy is an accredited Independent Domestic Homicide Review (DHR) Chair and brings deep expertise in:

  • major crime investigation

  • risk and threat assessment

  • leadership under pressure

  • multi-agency decision-making

  • safeguarding and serious violence

Since retiring from policing, Andy has developed leadership and professional development programmes focused on effective decision-making, communication, and collaborative working. His training draws directly on real-world operational experience and is highly relevant to professionals working across criminal justice, safeguarding, senior leadership and risk management.

Amanda Tooth

Amanda is a highly experienced consultant, trainer, facilitator and coach specialising in criminal justice, homelessness and system change. Her most recent substantive role was with London Probation, where she served as Partnership Manager for Housing and Homelessness, commissioning and reviewing services and leading complex multi-agency partnerships.

Amanda has extensive experience across:

  • probation and criminal justice systems

  • homelessness commissioning and service delivery

  • multi-agency safeguarding

  • organisational and cultural change

  • trauma-informed leadership

She recently completed a large-scale national project for the central MAPPA team, further strengthening her expertise in risk management and inter-agency working.

Amanda is particularly passionate about Motivational Interviewing (MI) as a tool for meaningful engagement with both staff and service users. She supports organisations to develop psychologically informed environments (PIE), agile learning cultures and sustainable, person-centred trauma-informed practice through coaching and Action Learning Sets (ALS).

Karen Tinsley

Karen Tinsley is a fully qualified Autism and ADHD assessor with specialist expertise in neurodevelopmental assessment across children, young people and adults. She is trained in ADOS-2 and ADI-R assessment tools for autism and has in-depth knowledge of Pathological Demand Avoidance (PDA). Her ADHD assessment experience includes Qb, Creyos and ACE tools.

Karen is a Chartered Graduate Member of the British Psychological Society (BPS) and holds qualifications in:

  • Psychology

  • Psychotherapy and Counselling

  • Forensic Psychology (Master’s level)

Her professional background includes work within the police service, prison service, NHS and private practice, as well as experience as a Forensic Psychologist in training supporting children in specialist educational provisions.

Karen has also worked as a supervising practitioner, training and supervising Educational Mental Health Practitioners (EMHPs) within Mental Health Support Teams (MHSTs). She currently works as a neurodevelopmental assessment specialist for both NHS and private services, supporting trauma-informed and evidence-based practice.

Jenny McAuliffe

Jenny McAuliffe is a highly experienced trainer and the founder of Peppr Training, delivering engaging, inclusive and practical learning solutions both online and in person. She is a QQI-qualified trainer and accomplished emotions coach, with a strong focus on real-world skill development.

Jenny’s training expertise includes:

  • Workplace Safety & Wellbeing
    Prevention and Management of Violence and Aggression, Managing Challenging Behaviour, Mental Health First Aid at Work

  • First Aid Training
    PHECC FAR/CFR, Paediatric First Aid, Sports First Aid, Seizure Awareness

  • Occupational Skills
    Manual Handling, Fire Warden and Fire Safety

  • Professional Development
    Interview Skills, Team Building, Leadership and Confidence Building

Jenny’s dynamic and inclusive approach ensures participants gain practical, immediately applicable skills, while fostering psychologically safe and supportive learning environments.

Katy Anthony

Katy Anthony leads the organisation and delivery of Reflect Training’s programmes and events, ensuring high-quality experiences from initial planning through to delivery. With a background in frontline support work, administration, event coordination and customer service, Katy plays a central role in maintaining Reflect Training’s professional standards and reputation.

Her expertise includes:

  • training and event coordination

  • operational delivery

  • client relationships

  • frontline support environments

Katy’s attention to detail, organisational skill and commitment to Reflect Training’s mission ensure that programmes run smoothly and effectively for professionals working across safeguarding, health, social care and criminal justice.

Sara Shepherd

Sara Shepherd

Sara Shepherd is a lived-experience-led practitioner and systems change advocate, whose work is shaped by personal experience of addiction recovery and mental health challenges, alongside extensive frontline practice across recovery, homelessness and complex needs services.

Sara’s work is grounded in:

  • trauma-informed practice

  • peer-led and lived experience approaches

  • dignity-based and person-centred support

  • recovery-focused systems change

She is a passionate advocate for lived experience leadership, believing that self-directed, compassionate support can create more humane, inclusive and effective communities. Sara works with organisations to embed trauma-informed awareness and cultural change that genuinely supports recovery and long-term wellbeing.

Working With Our Associates

Reflect Training’s associates deliver:

  • in-person and online training

  • bespoke workshops and programmes

  • consultancy and systems support

  • reflective practice and learning sessions

All training is evidence-informed, trauma-aware and grounded in professional practice, supporting organisations to meet safeguarding responsibilities and improve outcomes.

Get in Touch

If you would like to work with one of our associates or explore bespoke training for your organisation, we’d be happy to help.

Contact Reflect Training to discuss your requirements and find the right expertise for your team.