Esmeralda Abad
About Esmeralda Abad
Esmeralda Abad is a Clinical Supervisor with extensive experience in mental health services, currently working at Mind and Teladoc Health. She has held various roles in counseling and supervision since 2014, focusing on promoting mental health and ensuring clinical outcomes in educational and community settings.
Current Role at Mind
Esmeralda Abad serves as a Clinical Supervisor at Mind, a prominent mental health charity in the United Kingdom. She has held this position since 2022, where she oversees clinical supervision and management for team members involved in recruit to train placements in Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT). Her role includes ensuring that clinical outcomes and service access data are reported into the NHS Digital’s Mental Health Services Data Set (MHSDS). Additionally, she monitors and tracks progress against access targets for her personal caseload and that of her team members.
Previous Experience in Mental Health
Before her current role, Esmeralda Abad worked at several organizations in the mental health sector. She was a Counsellor and Psychotherapist at The Awareness Centre from 2014 to 2017. Following that, she served as the Lead Counsellor and Clinical Supervisor at The Mix Charity from 2020 to 2021. She also worked as a Clinical Counsellor Supervisor at Faces In Focus UK from 2019 to 2022. In addition, she held the position of Health and Wellbeing Advisor at APM from 2018 to 2019.
Educational Background
Esmeralda Abad has a diverse educational background in counseling and supervision. She studied at Lambeth College, where she completed a Level 5 Diploma in Counseling Studies/CBT from 2009 to 2015. She furthered her education at City and Islington College, achieving a Diploma in Counseling Supervision from 2018 to 2020. Earlier in her academic career, she attended Universidad San Francisco de Quito, specializing in English and Tourism from 1998 to 1999.
Clinical Contributions and Initiatives
In her current and previous roles, Esmeralda Abad has contributed significantly to mental health initiatives. She supports the screening process for children and young people referred to the Mental Health Support Team (MHST) and promotes mental and emotional health in educational settings through clinical interventions. Her work emphasizes the importance of evidence-based practices in CBT and the mental well-being of young individuals.