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Conference 2005

Themed discussion

Leading experts will discuss the key issues facing organisations in terms of trauma support. The session will be chaired to facilitate interaction with delegates who will be encouraged to ask questions and share their own experiences. The panel consists of:

Chair: Professor Suzanna Rose

Professor Suzanna Rose leads an NHS specialist traumatic stress service and is the academic lead for research and development for Berkshire Healthcare NHS trust. She has lectured throughout the world and has published extensively. Suzanna is a Fellow of BACP.

Professor Simon Wessely

Simon Wessely is professor of epidemiological and liaison psychiatry at King’s College School of Medicine and the Institute of Psychiatry, and honorary consultant psychiatrist at King’s and Maudsley hospitals.

His main research interests are in the grey areas between medicine and psychiatry, clinical epidemiology and military health. He has a particular interest in chronic fatigue syndrome and has published on most aspects of the topic. He led the team that developed new treatments for this condition, and set up the first NHS only service for sufferers.

He is director of the King’s Centre for Military Health Research and civilian consultant advisor in psychiatry to the British Army. He is also director of the new clinical trials unit at the Maudsley hospital/IOP. He recently organised a NATO workshop on social and psychological consequences of chemical and biological terrorism, and is chair of a NATO advisory committee on the same subject.

Peter Jenkins

Peter Jenkins is a lecturer in counselling at the University of Salford, a BACP accredited counsellor trainer, and member of the BACP Professional Conduct Committee. He has written widely on legal aspects of counselling, and in particular on the law related to workplace counselling. He is the author of Psychotherapy and the Law (Whurr, 2004) with Vincent Keter and Julie Stone.

Dr Jo Rick

Dr Jo Rick is a chartered occupational psychologist and an associate fellow of the British Psychological Society. Jo has spent the last 15 years conducting research in the area of psychological health and work. Jo currently works at the Institute of Work Psychology at Sheffield University where she manages a programme of research into workplace mental health. Her main interests are in the management of trauma in the workplace, work and well being and work-life balance. She has published widely on the impact of work on well being. Jo is a regular presenter at conferences.

Mark Brayne

Mark Brayne served for 30 years as foreign correspondent and senior editor for Reuters and the BBC World Service, and is Director Europe for the Dart Centre for Journalism and Trauma. He is also working with the BBC on a new programme of trauma training and support for journalists and programme.

Mark Brayne hung up his reporter’s boots in 1992, and while continuing to work as a senior editor with the European language programmes of the BBC in London, he trained in his spare time as a transpersonal psychotherapist, graduating in 2000 with a Master’s degree in the personal experience of the foreign correspondent. He left BBC staff after 25 years service in November 2003 to pursue his work as a psychotherapist, and as a trainer and consultant in the field of journalism and trauma.

Tony Hutchinson

Tony Hutchinson is a BACP accredited counsellor and specialises in working with post-trauma clients particularly those involved in industrial accidents or other forms of violent and unplanned deaths. He debriefs personnel after accidents or incidents for a number of organisations. He worked as an Anglican prison chaplain for nine years and counsels church personnel, some of whom may have been subject to violence.

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