The Sherwood Psychotherapy Training Institute recognises the significant achievement of its students and regularly makes awards for outstanding contribution and research excellence.
The Elaine Marren Award
Elaine Marren was Office Manager at SPTI for 30 years. She was a font of knowledge, a kind, compassionate and no-nonsense colleague. She took care of all of the staff team and our student and graduate community over many years who she cared deeply about. Elaine was a determined, tenacious, and incredibly committed member of SPTI. She sadly passed away not long after taking her retirement in 2018.
The Elaine Marren award is given annually in her honour to a student who has shown a deep commitment to their training journey.
Previous winners of the Elaine Marren Award:
2025 – Faith Brewster (BSc Counselling & Psychotherapy)
2023 – Rebecca Mason (MSc Integrative Psychotherapy)
2022 – Anthony Bedward (BSc Counselling & Psychotherapy)
The Lorna Goree Awards
Lorna Goree was a well-loved, valued colleague and facilitator at SPTI. Teaching on the Masters Integrative Programme for 8 years. She had a real impact on those she taught, particularly in the field of Research, which she loved to teach and which she had a keen passion for. One of her main contributions to teaching was supporting and inspiring students to develop their own research projects. Lorna also contributed to the success of previous Research Showcases.
Each year Lorna’s family make two awards as a memorial to Lorna to graduates who have made a significant research contribution.
The financial contributions from Lorna’s family are to support Continuing Professional Development.
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Previous winners of the Lorna Goree Awards:
2024-25 – Research Project: Carolyn Kempster
2023-24 – Research Project: Jo Gibson
2021-22 – Research Project: Janette Welsh
2024-25 – Research Dissertation – Ruth Stephen
2023-24 – Research Dissertation – Rajan Rai
2021-22 – Research Dissertation – Abigail Graves
The Mairi Evans Awards
Historical awards existed at SPTI given in memory of one of its founders; Psychotherapist and member of the teaching team Mairi Evans who passed away in 1999. Mairi Evans was a prominent figure in the fields of psychotherapy, supervision, and adult education, best known for her specialized work as a Transactional Analyst and her publication on psychotherapy supervision a relational developmental approach. These awards were given each year in the 2000s for ‘Outstanding Achievement’ and ‘Applied Research’.