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Clinical Advisory Group

The Clinical Advisory Group advises Student Minds on the development of our mental health programmes and major strategic decisions about our work.

​Gareth Hughes

​Gareth Hughes is a psychotherapist and the Research Lead for Student Wellbeing at the University of Derby. His research interests focus on student mental wellbeing, student transition into university, academic anxiety and the relationship between wellbeing and learning. Gareth also teaches on Derby's psycho-education programme, is a tutor for the Human Givens College and a Fellow of the HEA.

Dr Dominique Thompson

Dr Dominique Thompson has been a GP since 2000, and was Director of the University of Bristol Students’ Health Service from 2010-17, having joined the practice in 2002. As Director she led an innovative drive to develop new services, particularly to support student mental health. These included a psychologist-led, DBT service for students with Emotionally Unstable Personality Disorder, in-house psychiatry clinics, and the original pilot for the now Bristol-wide, primary care eating disorders service (First Step). She was the GP member of the NICE Eating Disorders Guidelines Development Group 2015-17. She was named as one of five GP heroes, in a national survey of GPs, by Pulse magazine, in September 2014. In Pulse , in 2016, she was named a ‘Rising Star’ GP. The University Practice was named Bristol GP Practice of the Year 2016, and in 2017 Dominique was named Bristol Healthcare Professional of the Year. After 17 years as a GP, Dominique has now launched her own student health and wellbeing consultancy, to assist universities, the NHS and other organisations in improving their student support offer. Dominique writes frequently about young adult wellbeing, eating disorders and mental health in both the medical and non-medical press. Twitter @DrdomThompson. You can find out more, and contact her at www.buzzconsulting.co.uk

Dr Denise Meyer

Dr Denise Meyer, Chartered Counselling Psychologist, has worked in student wellbeing support for 22 years, in a variety of HE institutions, and is currently Head of Wellbeing at the University of Portsmouth, where she is also chairing a HEFCE-funded project aiming to harness the power of student peer leadership to tackle bullying and harassment. She was the originator and initial director of the award-winning Students Against Depression website, which also puts peer experience at the centre of its offer, and has been a longstanding supporter of the work of Student Minds

​Stuart Reid

​Stuart Reid is Community Programmes Manager at Mind, involved in developing and delivering community mental health programmes through the local Mind network, with a focus on resilience based initiatives. Recently he has also been working with the Policy & Campaigns team at Mind, looking at how local Minds are engaging with local Sustainability & Transformation Plans. Previously, Stuart worked for Oxfordshire Mind as Head of Community Services and was responsible for the development of the Oxfordshire Wellbeing Service. 

​Dr Katharine Rimes

​Dr Katharine Rimes is an NHS clinical psychologist and an academic researcher. She is the Academic Director of the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London. She has expertise in student mental health and LGBT+ mental health, and co-leads the LGBT+ Mental Health Research group at King’s College London. She investigates factors which contribute to the mental health of LGBT+ individuals and applies the findings to develop interventions to reduce distress. She also investigates psychological processes such as perfectionism and has conducted research using mindfulness-based approaches and compassion-focused therapy with university students.

Alice Wilson

Alice works at Birmingham City University as Head of Mental Health and Wellbeing Operations​ within Student Services. Alice completed a Psychology degree at the University of Birmingham back in 2003 and trained as a Cognitive Behavioural Therapist within the NHS in Oxford becoming fully accredited by the BABCP (British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies) in 2012. As part of her current role she also sits on the University Mental Health Adviser Network (UMHAN) committee as Development Worker Supervisor. Alice has a particular interest in Mindfulness and Compassion Focused Therapy.

Additional Advisors

Professor Janet Treasure PhD FRCP FRCPsych OBE

Professor Janet Treasure is a psychiatrist who has specialised in the treatment of eating disorders for more than 25 years.

She is currently director of the Eating Disorders Service at the South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust, a leading centre in the clinical management of eating disorders and training.

She has been active in research and has over 150 peer reviewed papers. 

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