81. From the Forces to Free Counselling with Chris Sanders

What do you do when the system that was supposed to help you fails completely — and you decide to build something better yourself? Chris Sanders served in the British Army, left in 2004, and spent years battling PTSD, alcohol addiction and homelessness before finding his way to counselling — first as a client, then as a trainee. Now, alongside fellow counsellor Rosanna Douglas, he is building RDCS, a community interest company with a simple but radical mission: to provide free counselling to ...