I have extensive experience of chairing conferences, panels, and delivering talks and keynote sessions to a variety of professionals groups and audiences both in the UK and internationally.

I am the Vice-Chair of the MWBHE expert group at Advance HE, a past Chair of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) Universities & Colleges Division as well as the national group for Heads of University Counselling Services (HUCS), and the Chair of the Academic Committee of China-UK University Counselling Association.

I contribute regularly to professional, counselling and research journals.

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Publications
Editor of the Best Practice Guidelines for University Counselling Services - BACP UC 2017

Contributor and reviewer for BACP The Competences Required To Deliver Effective Counselling In Further And Higher Education (2016).

Assessment in Short-term Counselling in Higher Education (2015)
You can follow this link to a list of some of my publications (full list on request): https://tinyurl.com/wz9m7cnv

Research
My practice and expertise are underpinned by a strong commitment to using theory and practice that are evidence-based. As a result, I have made my own contributions to research in my field by being a founding member of two national research groups in student mental health:
http://www.scoreconsortium.group.shef.ac.uk/
Mindfulness Skills for Students
https://www.cambridgestudents.cam.ac.uk/welfare-and-wellbeing/mindfulness-cam/mindful-student-study

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Selected Conferences (full list on request)

2022

• Keynote The future of the mental health, counselling and wellbeing workforce in HE, MHWBHE conference – Advance HE and national meeting Heads of University Counselling Service Group (HUCS)

• Panel member spotlight session : Equity, diversity and inclusion & presenter: Is it just stigma? Why students do not seek mental health support and what to do about it – EAIE Conference (Barcelona)

• Boosting your resilience workshop (Antonine University, Lebanon)

•  Keynote Student Mental Wellbeing: Challenges and Guidance Open Forum Events

 

2021

• Chairing online panel for MHWBHE – Advance HE Nailing Jelly to a Wall: Providing Wellbeing Support in a Time of Uncertainty

2020

• Counselling in the Shadow of Coronavirus / AUCCCD (USA – online) with R. Millar

• Providing Culturally Competent Support Services / Westminster in Higher Education Forum

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2019

• Keynote – Models and Experiences of Psychological Crisis Prevention and Intervention

      Conferences at Tongji, Xian, and Jilin Universities and Chinese Association for Mental Health (Bejing)

• Counselling in UK Universities and Colleges: Gathering Outcome Measures for the Sector:

      Society for Psychotherapy Research (SPR)

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2018

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• Chairing BACP UC – Working with Research, Universities and Colleges Conference

• Chairing BACP UC – Working with Suicide, Universities and Colleges Conference

• Special Keynote –   Exploring the Role and Importance of Counselling in Effectively Supporting Students' Wellbeing New Gov

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2017

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• Next steps for Improving Mental Health Provision at University

      Westminster Higher Education Forum Seminar

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• Combatting Violence Against Women & Harassment on Campus

      Westminster Briefing

 

• Effectiveness of Providing a Mindfulness-Based Intervention to Increase Resilience to Stress in University Students: Results from a Pragmatic Randomised Controlled Trial 

      BACP research conference with J Galante

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