Speaker Group: Conference 2023

Aisling Butler and Darcy Gasson are occupational therapists (OTs) who work for Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. Both have experience of working as occupational therapists on acute mental health wards, and working specifically with adults with learning disabilities and/or an autism diagnosis. As occupational therapists, they have a particular interest in how people experience their… Read more »

Aisling Butler and Darcy Gasson are occupational therapists (OTs) who work for Sussex Partnership NHS Foundation Trust. Both have experience of working as occupational therapists on acute mental health wards, and working specifically with adults with learning disabilities and/or an autism diagnosis. As occupational therapists, they have a particular interest in how people experience their… Read more »

Matthew is a Chartered Landscape Architect with over 16 years’ experience. He is currently the Technical Director of Iteriad, a landscape architecture practice specialising in the design of outdoor spaces for mental healthcare and healthcare environments. Matthew’s particular skills are the design, visualisation and development of mental health projects from feasibility through to delivery. He… Read more »

Karen is a Chartered Landscape Architect with over 35 years’ experience. She is currently Managing Director of Iteriad, a landscape architecture practice specialising in the design of outdoor spaces for mental healthcare and healthcare environments. Karen’s particular expertise is creating sensory spaces that focus on touching nature and that capture a special sense of place… Read more »

Andrea Harman MSc. is Concept Developer for Healthcare for Saint-Gobain Ecophon, manufacturers and developers of acoustic solutions that contribute to improving interior environments. She has worked in the field of room acoustics for over twenty-five years helping to create spaces that acoustically link design to both the needs of users and the activity taking place…. Read more »

Nick Richards (Project Officer and Lived Patient Experience Lead) has worked for the NHS for 8 years in Information Technology Roles having previously worked in the private sector. Joined the Programme Delivery team to be the voice of those with both physical and mental health needs.

Professor Reavey’s research is concerned with the relationship between psychological processes (namely memory, emotion, mental health), cultural practice and environments. For the past 20 years, she has conducted research in a variety of inpatient and community mental health settings, across general and secure psychiatric environments, and has worked as part of interdisciplinary research and clinical… Read more »

Francis Murdock Pitts is widely recognized as one of the world’s leading planners and designers of psychiatric facilities and as a leader in the development of an evidence-based design practice culture in North America He has consulted on more than 150 projects involving well over 20,000 mental health beds in clinical settings located in in all… Read more »

Richard is the founder of IBI TH!NK. An advocate of evidence-based design, Richard creates innovations that positively impact on specific patient groups. Sense Sensitive Design, Emotional Mapping, the Design Prescription, Sensory Plans and Design Heals are a few of the models that he has successfully pioneered. Richard gains great satisfaction from translating holistic ideas into… Read more »