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Authors and Experts
Nip in the Bud is produced by skilled etc with advice from experts and stories from real people. Here they all are.
Dr Bruce Clark
Dr Bruce Clark joined the National and Specialist OCD, BDD and Related Disorders Clinic at The Maudsley Hospital, London in 2013. He is a consultant child and adolescent psychiatrist with an interest…
Lisa Tills
Lisa has been a teaching assistant, a higher-level teaching assistant, a tutor and a supervisor. In her time in schools, she has taught whole classes, as well as intervention strategies to groups and …
Vanessa Longley
An experienced leader in the Health Sector nonprofit world, skilled in combining strategic insight with hands-on execution to drive organisational growth. A collaborative partner who works closely wit…
Sarah Evans
Sarah was raised between London and Lagos, Nigeria, and is now based in Kent. Through her socially engaged creative practice and critical pedagogy Sarah’s passion for teaching and learning opens spa…
Samantha Wrightson
Samantha Wrightson is an Executive Producer of film and television. She has produced and directed over 100 hours of documentaries and factual entertainment for BBC, ITV, Channel 4, The History Channel…
Neil Bonner
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Lauren Whitaker
Lauren has worked with neurodiverse children and their families for years. Supporting them by seeing and meeting their unique needs, helping them to feel nurtured in school, and guiding them, and thos…
Alis Rocca
Alis has a passion for physical and mental health and wellbeing, connected to personal and organisational leadership development. She is a qualified life and performance coach, and has worked in the e…
Dr Matt Woolgar
Dr Matt Woolgar is a consultant clinical psychologist in the NHS and currently leads the psychology services in the National Adoption & Fostering Clinic and the National Conduct Problems Clinic at the…
Professor Emily Simonoff
Emily Simonoff is Professor of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry in the Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) Neuropsychiatry Service, head of the Child and Adolescent Psychiatry departmen…
Kitty Nabarro
Kitty co-founded Nip in the Bud together with her husband Daniel in 2015 and is the Chair and administrator of the charity.
Dr Miriam Bindman
Dr Miriam Bindman has worked with children with a variety of conditions and learning profiles, including general and specific learning difficulties (including dyslexia), visual impairment, autism spec…
Dr Gordana Milavic
Dr Milavić is a Consultant Child and Adolescent Psychiatrist at the Maudsley Hospital, London. Dr Milavić specialized in child and adolescent psychiatry at Guy’s and St Thomas Hospitals in London. She…
Rachel Adams-Constantine
A SENCO with professional and personal experience of working with children with additional needs shares valuable information. Rachel is a SENCO at a London primary school.
Dr Sian Williams
Chartered NHS Psychologist. Host of BBC R4 Life Changing and R3 Unwind on BBC Sounds. Book 'Rise: Surviving and Thriving after Trauma'.
Dr Bettina Hohnen
Dr Bettina Hohnen specialises in supporting parents and families in the context of neurodiversity. She helps parents, teachers, and professionals create environments where young pe…
Dr Ken Greaves
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Dr. Ken Greaves is a health practitioner, registered consultant, chartered psychologist and scientist who has been practising since 1989. He has worked extensively with children, young people…
Dr Lisa Honeyman
Dr Lisa Honeyman is a Chartered Clinical Psychologist who has been working with children, adolescents and families for the past 30 years. She is qualified to assess and treat a wide range of social, e…
Dr Celia McElwee
Dr Lisa Honeyman is a Chartered Clinical Psychologist who has been working with children, adolescents and families for the past 30 years. She is qualified to assess and treat a wide range of social…
Professor Barry Carpenter
Barry Carpenter is the UK’s first Professor in Mental Health in Education, a Chair created for him at Oxford Brookes University. He is Honorary Professor at universities in the UK, Ireland, Germany an…