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In addition to details of the faculty's executive committee (below), we have also produced a map showing the approximate location of consultants in our specialty.

Executive committee

Member Year of joining Position
Dr Josephine O'Reilly 2022 Chair
Dr Rachel Gibbons 2022 (E) Vice Chair
Dr Mark Morris 2018 (E) Financial Officer
Dr Daniela Almeida Borges 2022 PTC Rep
Dr Anthony Ang Wee Kiat 2012 (RRO) Regional Representative
Dr Sophie Atwood 2020 (E) Committee Member
Dr Abul Awal 2021 (C) Regional Representative
Dr Daniel Beales 2021 (C) Regional Representative
Dr William Burbridge-James 2022 (E) Committee Member
Mr James Cooke 2020 (A) Committee Member
Dr Anne Cooper 2020 (E) Committee Member
Dr Alasdair Forrest 2022 (A) Scotland
Dr Thomas Hillen 2020 (E) Committee Member
Dr Swapna Kongara 2021 (RRO) Regional Representative
Dr Haroula Konstantinidou 2022 (E) Committee Member
Dr Alice Levinson 2022 (E) Committee Member
Dr Emma Lewington 2021 (C) Scotland
Dr Vikram Luthra 2020 (E) Committee Member
Dr Vikram Luthra 2020 (RRO) Committee Member
Dr Neil MacFarlane 2022 (E) Committee Member
Dr Sarah Markham 2022 (C) Patient/Carer Representative
Dr Caroline McCurrie 2018 (RRO) Regional Representative
Dr Miomir Milovanovic 2020 (E) Committee Member
Dr Philip Osborne 2020 (RRO) Regional Representative
Dr Pamela Peters 2020 (E) Committee Member
Dr Beena Rajkumar 2022 (C) Regional Representative
Dr Sophie Stokes 2022 Committee Member
Dr Joanne Stubley 2022 Committee Member
Dr Elizabeth Venables 2022 (C) Committee Member
Dr Andy Williams 2021 (C) Scotland
Miss Grace Wood 2020 (A) Committee Member
Dr Jessica Yakeley 2022 Committee Member

  • 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.

We will advance these aims by:

We are committed to furthering understanding of, and advancing appropriate psychological treatment for, diverse forms of human distress and disorder.

The approach to understanding people and the systems within which they are located integrates biological, psychological and social levels of explanation, and pays special attention to the significance of relationships in a lifespan developmental perspective. This is an approach to understanding and promoting wellbeing, as well as shaping and informing interventions for ill-health and social dysfunction. We recognise the potential significance of trauma and transitions in mental illness and of resilience in mental health.

We seek to teach and disseminate this perspective both within and outside the College, and to ensure it is embedded in the training and practice of psychiatry. We encourage and support research in psychotherapy and related fields. We are committed to raising public awareness of the profound importance of relationships throughout development and in treatment.

In all this we work collaboratively with our patients and with their families and friends, respecting their privacy and dignity, as well as with other colleagues, professions and organisations.

We support clinicians to deliver this approach across a range of settings including:

  1. The direct delivery of clinical care to individuals to promote their recovery from mental distress
  2. The targeting of psychological and social interventions to reduce distress in families, in communities, and in the broader systems in which an individual lives
  3. The provision of clinical supervision to raise the quality of health care
  4. The provision of robust clinical governance frameworks for psychological therapy services
  5. The training of undergraduate and postgraduate medical staff
  6. The development and maintenance of psychological, social and cultural health in
    institutions
  7. The promotion of public understanding of mental health.

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