Sally Lumsdaine is a Lecturer in Counselling within the Department of Health, Sport and Wellbeing. She serves as Subject Lead for Counselling and is Programme Tutor for both the MSc in Counselling and the MSc in Counselling and Psychotherapy Studies. She also acts as the link tutor for counselling partnership programmes in Scotland and internationally.

A Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, Sally holds an undergraduate degree in Psychology from the University of Aberdeen and an MSc in Counselling from Abertay University. Her research interests centre on counselling training, and her work maintains a strong practitioner focus. She is additionally engaged in research on inclusivity in counselling and has published on topics including physical disability, mental health, and the role of disability sport as a cultural resource.

Sally is a qualified counsellor and counselling supervisor and manages the Tayside Centre for Counselling, a research clinic based at Abertay University.

Within the MSc programmes, Sally leads practice-focused modules and, as a Certified Cyber Therapist, delivers the OPT content across the Counselling curriculum.