Sally Aldridge is now in her fourth career as Head of Accreditation at the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP), a post she took up in 1999. She began work as a teacher of African history in Zambia and returned to the UK to train as a counsellor. Sally then spent a period working as a counsellor and Director of Student Services at Staffordshire University, and taught counselling skills and counsellor training courses at the University of Keele. At Staffordshire she set up the University Harassment and Bullying Network. She is an accredited counsellor and Fellow of BACP.