Charity founder Garry Botterill (CF 2015) launched a new national network of wellbeing and trauma support dogs this month that provide mental health support to police forces across the UK. Garry's Fellowship explored how specially trained assistance dogs can support PTSD sufferers.
Psychologist Erica McInnis contributed learnings gathered during her Fellowship to a new book, Racism in Psychology, which was published this month. Erica’s Fellowship explored models of African-centred psychotherapy for wellbeing.
By Erica McInnis,
Equality campaigner Patrick Vernon (CF 2018) presented at an online event hosted by the British Association of Art Therapists on 21 May. Patrick discussed international examinations of anti-oppressive art therapy and art responses that address anti-colonialism.
By Patrick Vernon,
Clinical psychologist Katherine Taylor (CF 2017) contributed to A Social Glue this month, a project in Greater Manchester that promotes the use of arts and culture in healthcare. Kat contributed findings from her Fellowship, which explored initiatives for embedding the arts in health care.
By Katherine Taylor,
Christian Wiggin (CF 2019), Vinny Romano (CF 2019) and Jo Mildenhall (CF 2019) presented learnings from their three Fellowships, at the College of Paramedics National Conference on 13 May. Together they discussed mental health support for emergency services personnel and critical care.
By Christian Wiggin,
