As part of the ‘Better Together for Healthy Bone Marrow’ collaboration, the Emotional Wellbeing Team can offer specialist psychological support to members of the Better Together communities facing emotional challenges relating to their or their loved one’s medical condition.
Our emotional wellbeing support is overseen by Lesley Howells (Lead Clinical Psychologist).
Support topics can include, for example:
Lesley Howells is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist and the Lead Psychologist for the Better Together project.
She designed and leads on the Emotional Wellbeing Framework and Emotional Wellbeing Team. Lesley is Lead Psychologist for Maggie’s across the UK (maggies.org).
Maria Mullan is Maria is a Clinical Psychologist specialising in physical health, providing person-centred psychological support for patients and carers through diagnosis, treatment and beyond. She is running our brand new ‘Moving Forward: living the life that matters to you’ course, and our ‘Managing Stress & Uncertainty’ courses.
Steve Smith is a core teacher trainer for Breathworks, and a ‘Living Well’ Trainer and Supervisor. He runs our ‘Mindfulness for Stress’ courses.
Steven has lived experience of managing an ongoing chronic pain condition and uses the techniques he teaches on a daily basis to help manage pain and daily life.
Catarina Baptista is a Clinical Psychologist who has been working in health settings for the last 18 years and has vast experience in cancer care, fatigue and pain.
Catarina works with people who have been psychologically and emotionally impacted by these conditions. Catarina delivers our Managing Stress & Uncertainty courses.
Should you require more immediate support, please do not hesitate to contact your GP or out of hours support if necessary. In an emergency, please call 999.
There are also a number of national services supporting people in a crisis, such as:
the Samaritans https://www.samaritans.org/ (phone 116 123)
https://giveusashout.org/ (text ‘SHOUT’ to 85258).
For more information, visit:
https://www.mind.org.uk/information-support/guides-to-support-and-services/crisis-services/getting-help-in-a-crisis/
or
https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/feelings-symptoms-behaviours/behaviours/help-for-suicidal-thoughts/
For more general advice on finding the words to talk to your GP about your mental health, visit: https://www.mind.org.uk/findthewords See also: https://www.nhs.uk/mental-health/
We really value your feedback to help us learn how to improve as a service. If you have any concerns or complaints about the service you receive from the Psychologist, we encourage you to discuss those with them directly in the first instance. You may also contact the Better Together Project Manager, Claire Baggott cbaggott@theaat.org.uk.
