About us - Faculty of Medical Psychotherapy
Objectives
 To
advance both within and without the college all modalities of
psychotherapy (cognitive behavioural, psychodynamic and systemic)
as an integral part of psychiatry.- To improve public knowledge of psychotherapy in the treatment
of mental illness.
- To increase theoretical and clinical knowledge of psychotherapy
in the training of psychiatrists.
- To promote research in psychotherapy.
The psychotherapy faculty advances these aims
by:
- Fostering the establishment of
Consultant Medical Psychotherapy posts, and development of
psychotherapy departments in all Mental Health units.
- Ensuring representatives are on appropriate committees in the
College.
- Having an active psychotherapy training committee developing
and monitoring standards of psychotherapy training.
- Responding to documents of relevance to psychotherapy, for
example from the Department of Health.
- Working with other organisations involved in the development of
psychological treatments such as the British Psychological Society
and the British Association for Behavioural and
Cognitive Psychotherapies.
- Arranging annual conferences on topics of interest.
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Executive Committee
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The work of the Faculty is led by the
Executive Committee. The committee includes 12 members elected by
College membership including the chair, the vice-chair and
financial officer. Elections are run by the Electoral Reform
Society and only members of the College may vote or hold office. A
number of members are co-opted to the Executive Committee; these
include representatives from national jurisdictions, trainees and
experts by experience. The roles of Academic Secretary, Public
Education Officer, Newsletter Editor and Website Editor are held by
both elected and co-opted members. The Executive Committee meets
four times a year and holds Residential/Academic meetings and
formal business meetings for all members.
| Member |
Year of
joining |
Position |
| Dr Kevin Healy |
2010 |
Chair |
| Dr Janice Birtle |
2012 |
Vice Chair |
| Dr Mark Morris |
2012 |
Financial Officer |
| Dr Daniel Anderson |
2012 |
Representative for RC Psych in Wales |
| Dr William Burbridge-James |
2010 |
Academic Lead |
| Dr Rosemary Clarke |
2010 |
Elected committee member and public engagement
lead |
| Miss Helen Gill |
2012 |
Co-opted committee member |
| Dr Nora Gribbin |
2011 |
Co-opted committee member |
| Ms Celeste Ingram |
2012 |
Co-opted committee member |
| Dr Mark Evans |
2013 |
Co-opted committee member |
| Dr James Johnston |
2008 |
Faculty Education and Curriculum Committee
lead |
| Dr Mary Staines |
2009 |
Representative from the Irish College |
| Dr Kate Lockwood |
2012 |
Elected committee member |
| Dr Lawrence Martean |
2012 |
Psychiatric Trainee
Committee representative |
| Dr Anuradha Menon |
2012 |
Trainee representative |
| Dr Heather Mills |
2010 |
Representative for RC Psych in
Northern Ireland |
| Dr Jo O'Reilly |
2012 |
Elected committee member |
| Dr Matteo Pizzo |
2012 |
Trainee representative |
| Dr Jon Patrick |
2012 |
Elected committee member |
| Dr Padakkar Saju |
2012 |
Elected committee member |
| Dr Joanne Stubley |
2012 |
Elected committee member |
| Dr Alison Summers |
2012 |
Elected committee member |
| Dr Svetlin Vrabtchev |
2013 |
Co-opted committee member |
| Dr Andrea Williams |
2012 |
Representative for RC Psych in
Scotland |
| Dr Ben Wright |
2012 |
Elected committee member |
| Dr Jessica Yakeley |
2012 |
Elected committee member |
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*Should you require a copy of any previous newsletters not
currently available on the website, please contact Francis Maunze – the
College Archivist.
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