About Christopher ScanlonDr Christopher Scanlon (DPhil) is an independent psycho-social Researcher/Consultant; Consultant Adult and Forensic Psychotherapist; Training Group Analyst at the Institute of Group Analysis (UK) and at the Irish Group Analytic Society (Dublin); a senior associate at the Tavistock Institute for Human Relations (TIHR); an associate lecturer in Psychosocial and Organisational Studies on the Integrated Professional Doctorate (IPD), Tavistock Centre/University of Essex, a member of Organisation for the Promotion of the Understanding of Society (OPUS), and a Principal Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy (PFHEA).He worked for 40 years as a practitioner and educator in NHS - including 15 years as an NHS Consultant Psychotherapist in a range of general adult and forensic mental health settings – specialising in Therapeutic Community practice, complex multiple exclusion, trauma-informed reflective practice and organisational consultancy - and has acted as expert advisor/consultant to a range of agencies including the NHS England, Department of Health, Ministry of Justice, Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG), National Offender Management Services (NOMS) as well as a wide range of organisations and agencies working in the field. https://www.linkedin.com/in/cscanlon/He is a founder member and Board member of the Association for Psychosocial Studies (APS) is an associate editor of ‘Journal of Psychosocial Studies’, ‘Psychoanalysis, Culture and Society’ and the ‘British Journal of Psychotherapy’ and has published widely in the field and his his most recent publication (with John Adlam) ‘Psychosocial explorations of trauma, exclusion and violence’ was published by Routledge 2022: https://www.routledge.com/Psycho-social-Explorations-of-Trauma-Exclusion-and-Violence-Un-housed/Scanlon-Adlam/p/book/9780367893316