Guy Holmes Clinical Psychologist South Shrewsbury CMHT Winston Churchill Building Radbrook College Shrewsbury SY3 9BL Tel: 01743 254050	CV   Books	Training I've Received
		West Midlands Doctorate Course in Clinical Psychology. Philadelphia Association. Group Analysis North (Institute of Group Analysis)

Some training and research I have done		Research Publications 1995 - present day (by category):	People who have influenced my work
Medication Service user views of hospitals and day services Harmful services, treatments, theories,& attitudes Male victims of sexual abuse Using common sense and personal experience to help people Patients' Councils Psychology in the Real World: Understanding ourselves and others		Community Psychology; Evaluating Services; Mental health services, the Practice of Psychology and the Mental Health Act; Psychiatric medication and the Medicalisation of Human Distress; Sexual Abuse Or List all publications NEW BOOK 2010 -'Psychology in the Real World:Community-based groupwork' was recently launched at The Gateway, Shrewsbury, an event attended by over 80 people. The book includes chapters written by local people who have been members of and, alongside main author Guy Holmes, have co-facilitated Psychology in the Real World groups. The book has been favourably reviewed by nationally prominent psychologists and psychaitrists. It is written in every-day language and would be relevant to anyone has an interest in psychology, groups and groupwork	Auster, Paul Breggin, Peter Coleman, Ron Dick, Philip K Erikson, Erik Fanon, Frantz Gilbert, Paul Heidegger, Martin Ibsen, Henrik Johnstone, Lucy Kroese, Biza Laing, R.D. Masson, Jeffrey Newnes, Craig Orwell, George Plath, Sylvia Quixote, Don Rosenhan, David Szasz, Thomas Trotsky, Leon Ussher, Jane Vonnegut, Kurt Wolfensberger,Wolf X, Malcolm Yalom, Irvin Zelig
Courses		Reports and evaluations
The Black Dog: Understanding depression Toxic Mental Environments Thinking about Medication Walk and Talk Psychology in the Real World: Understanding yourself and others This is Madness Details of all the above are on the Psychology in the Real World page		Reports on all the groups/courses mentioned on the left can be found on the Psychology in the Real World page. Other: Report of referrals of young men to North Shrewsbury CMHT
My therapy and supervision interests		Leaflets
Alternatives to Psychiatry Group Psychotherapy Working with people who have had experiences labelled as psychotic Existential psychotherapy and meaning-making Collaborative Conversation		Why are so many people unhappy with the way they look? Anger & Aggression Coping with a personal trauma Becoming manic or high Food, Mood and Psychiatric Treatments Making difficult decisions What helps when you're depressed?