Research Supervision: My bio / statement is as follows –

Simon currently works as a Deputy Course Leader, running a doctoral training progamme for Counselling Psychologists. He completed his PhD with the Open University and his DCPsych with the New School of Psychotherapy and Counselling. He is retired from a career in NHS Community Mental Health Service. He worked in these services for thirty years, managing community teams for twenty years. He worked as a counsellor at diploma level for several years and took on roles in the voluntary sector. Research interests have ranged from ‘social inclusion,’ to ‘decision-making in mental healthcare’ and more recently ‘resilience.’ He has published articles and book chapters on; the design and implementation of secondary mental health services; managing mental health conditions such as bi-polar and psychosis. He has also published on homelessness, the use of a hermeneutic phenomenological research methodologies, and the application of different philosophies in therapeutic practice.

I am providing supervision to students through the New School of Psychotherapy and Counselling. However, I would take on other work where there is a shared interest.