Helen Jones Clinical Psychologist 130 Abbey Foregate, Chaddeslode House, Port Cabins/The Greenhouse, Shrewsbury SY2 6AX 01743 341914 email

Training: BA (Hons) Philosophy/Psychology (1986) MSc Clinical Psychology (Leicester) 1989 MSc Psychotherapy (Warwick) 1992 PGCHPE (Staffs) 2008 Currently studying for a Post Qualification Doctorate in Clinical Psychology

I work in the Liaison Mental Health service for half the week as a Clinical Health Psychologist. This includes seeing people for brief psychological work (up to 4 sessions) following a referral from the clinical nurse specialists assessing people at the Princess Royal Hospital. I am also involved in developments with the acute hospitals about access to psychological care when women are attending the hospital during the perinatal period. As part of this, I take referrals from midwives and obstetricians, often seeing people at the Royal Shrewsbury Hospital or at Chaddeslode House. Read here my write-up of a conference I attended in 2007 run by the BPS' Perinatal Psychologists Special Interest Group.	For the rest of the week, I work as a Clinical Tutor for the Shrops/Staffs Doctoral Clinical Psychology programme which is with Keele and Staffordshire University. This involves helping trainees in Shropshire have good work placements, and supporting their supervisors. See our Training page.
Previous research projects: Books on Prescription pilot project in Telford & Wrekin Harmful experiences of psychotherapy Self-help literature for sleep problems and benzodiazepine withdrawal Views of self-control about eating problems	Recent publications: Newnes, C. & Jones, H. (2005) More on writing. Clinical Psychology, 46, 10-12 Jones, H. & Gelsthorpe, S. (Eds) (2005) Special Issue: Short Stories. Clinical Psychology 45 Jones, H. & Lewis, V. (Eds) (1999) Special Issue: Training ourselves and Others 2. Clinical Psychology Forum, 123

I came to Shropshire in 1995, having worked for 5 years in Central Nottinghamshire in Primary Care and Acute Psychiatry services. Since then I have worked with 2 Wrekin Community Mental Health Teams and the Substance Misuse Service in Telford & Wrekin before taking up my current post in the Liaison Mental Health Service in April 2007.

I am the 'Webmaster/mistress' (!) for this website, and I was also on the Steering Group for the local (Shropshire) mental health service user website - Well-Scrambled - when it was created.