About SCTUK

Goal & values

Who we are

Our goal

Our goal is to make Systems-Centered theory, methods and techniques accessible to a wide range of people, organisations and communities. Through this we aim to build inclusive, resilient and creative systems that can resolve conflicts and use differences as resources for growth and development.

Our values

Respect for all living systems, and for the dignity and worth of all human beings, recognising our similarities and valuing our diversity and our differences
Commitment to develop a systems-centered environment where differences are discriminated and integrated
Empowering all system levels to take up their authority in context
Organisational integrity: communicating thoughts, feelings and concerns openly and hearing others’ differences
Transparent decision-making using the core SCT method of functional subgrouping to achieve consensus
Using feedback to inform us of the validity of our theory and the effectiveness of our interventions
Commitment to work progressively in an environmentally sustainable way

Madeline O'Carroll, MSc, PGDip, RMN.

Madeline is a Senior Lecturer in Mental Health Nursing with post graduate training in Health Psychology and Higher Education. She has thirty years’ experience in mental health as a clinician and educator; designing, developing, delivering and leading educational and training programmes. Her groupwork experience includes facilitating therapy groups for people with psychosis and groups to support mental health nursing students process the impact of their work. She has been a member of Systems-Centered Training and Research Institute since 2004 and has facilitated SCT training groups in the UK and US. Madeline is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Rowena Davis, MSc.

Rowena Davis is an organizational consultant working with public, private and not-for-profit organizations in the UK and internationally. Her work combines coaching individuals and teams; facilitation; strategic marketing and planning; mapping systems; and running SCT and SAVI trainings in the US and Europe. She is a licensed Systems-Centered practitioner, a certified SAVI trainer and a member of the Systems-Centered Training and Research Institute Board. She holds an MSc in Change Agent Skills & Strategies (Distinction) from the University of Surrey, a Dott. in Sociologia from the University of Trento, Italy, and a BSc (Econ) from the London School of Economics. She speaks fluent Italian and reasonable French. Rowena is based in London.

Ray Haddock, MBChB, M.MedSc, FRCPsych

Ray is a Licensed Systems-Centered Practitioner and member of the Systems-Centered Training and Research Institute Board. Also a member of the Institute of Group Analysis, he sits on the International Association of Group Psychotherapy Board. He leads SCT training groups and workshops in UK and internationally. Trained as a medical doctor, psychiatrist and psychotherapist, he was a Consultant Medical Psychotherapist in the NHS for over 25 years, where he occupied several management roles, including whole system service development, and taught trainees in psychiatry and psychotherapy. He uses SCT clinically in individual and group therapy and the Theory of Living Human Systems in day-to-day organisational work, consultation, mentoring and leadership development.

Juliet Koprowska, MSW, CQSW, DipHE Couns

Juliet Koprowska is a Licensed Systems-Centered Practitioner and is a member of the Systems-Centered Training and Research Institute Board. She co-leads Systems-Centered groups and offers individual and group mentoring. A Senior Lecturer in Social Work at the University of York until 2018, she is a registered social worker, author of Communication and Interpersonal Skills for Social Work, published by Sage Learning Matters and Chair of GAPS, an organisation promoting psychotherapeutic, systemic and relationship-based social work. She is a member of (DANASWAC: Discourse and Narrative Approaches to Social Work and Counselling) an international group whose work explores the relationship between discourse, policy and practice in health and social care. She can communicate effectively in Italian.

Annie MacIver. MA BA CQSW

Annie MacIver is a Licensed Systems-Centered practitioner, has an MA in Consultation and the Organisation from UEL and the Tavistock Institute and is a qualified social worker. She has worked primarily within local government contexts, latterly as Director of Children’s Services. Annie has a particular interest in child protection work and adoption and fostering; she is specifically interested in developing interventions and building workforce skills to address the impact of developmental trauma on children and carers. Working in senior leadership roles over the last 20 years in large organisations has enabled Annie to develop a deep understanding of the challenges of delivering services and outcomes in contexts which are under significant pressure and stress. Applying SCT she has built effective teams and partnerships enabling them to deliver high quality outcomes. Through coaching and mentoring she has built the confidence and resilience of individuals and teams thereby releasing their energy and creativity to find solutions and meet the system goals.

Ros Wood, BSc(Hons), MBChB, MRCPsych

Ros Wood is a Consultant Psychiatrist and Licensed Systems-Centered Practitioner. She trained as a doctor and worked in the NHS in general psychiatry for over 20 years. She led a team caring for adults with complex non-psychotic conditions including severe depression, complex PTSD and Dissociative Identity Disorder. She has a particular interest in the impact of childhood trauma on adult mental health. She was responsible for the training and education of junior doctors, and the training and supervision of the multi-disciplinary team. She led groups to help trainee doctors and other colleagues process the impact of the emotionally challenging work they were doing, helping them to see systems and not take the interpersonal dynamics of their work just personally She has been a member of the Systems-Centered Training and Research Institute since 2011 and has led SCT trainings and workshops at the SCTRI Annual Conference.. She is now retired from the NHS and uses SCT in her daily life as well as her work, offering therapy, coaching and consultation.