Colin Lago was Director of the Counselling Service at the University of Sheffield from 1987 to 2003.

He now works as an accredited independent counsellor, trainer, supervisor and consultant. He is a Fellow of the BACP.

Deeply committed to transcultural concerns he has had articles, videos and books published, including Race, Culture and Counselling: The Ongoing Challenge, and Carl Rogers Counsels a Black Client - Race and Culture in Person Centred Counselling (Eds. Moodley, R. & Talahite, A., 2004).