Helen Jones Clinical Health 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

I work in the Liaison Mental Health service for half the week. 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/mental health assessments when women are attending the hospital during the perinatal period. Read here my write-up of a recent conference I attended 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... I recently completed a PGCHPE (lecturer training for Higher Education and Professional Education) with Staffordshire University.
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 am also on the Steering Group for the local (Shropshire) mental health service user website - Well-Scrambled - along with with the service users who run it.