Our advisory panel

Michael O'Sullivan

Founder of the Register of Trauma Specialists Michael is a former Special Forces Soldier with two decades of experience of working with trauma.  Currently undertaking research into the latest developments in both understanding and treating PTSD.  Michaels role with the Register is administrative and he is the first point of contact with any queries.

Shelagh Clayton

Shelagh Clayton has been a qualified trauma therapist for over 20 years and has written prolifically on the latest developments in trauma therapy.

She has a particular interest in trauma to women and the problems they experience after having undergone a traumatic experience.

Dr Chris Forester

Dr Chris Forester graduated with a First from Oxford in Philosophy and Theology, before completing an Oxford doctorate in analytical psychology and spirituality. He is a Fellow of the Royal Geographical Society and of the Royal Society of Health. A former University Lecturer, Chris left academia on retraining as a psychotherapist and hypnotherapist.

Chris has chaired the Hypnotherapy Society, edited professional journals, and lectured widely in the U.K. and U.S. He is Principal of Chrysalis, a prominent U.K. training school.
 

William Broom

Sue Daniels

Sue Daniels is an experienced professional counsellor. With over a decade of working in the counselling arena both in and during her training, voluntary work and private practice, her specialist areas include working with trauma, including families of murder, suicide, targets of rape, sexual violence and adult survivors of childhood rape and sexual abuse.

Sue is the founder and owner of Jigsaw Counselling & Consultancy Services, a professional counselling consultancy practice based in Louth Lincolnshire - view entry on the register
 

Morris qualified as a hypnotherapist and psychotherapist in the early 1980s and trained in metaphor therapy for trauma, abuse and "healing the wounded child within" with the late David Grove. In addition he has a special interest in helping ex-members of new religious movements, and attended a course in NRMs at the Centre for New Religious Movements, King’s College London.  Morris is qualified as a Life Coach, Master NLP Practitioner, Dip. in EFT, and is an Accredited member of the Counselling Society and a Fellow of the Hypnotherapy Society. He now provides coaching, counselling, metaphor work and flower essence consultations working solely by internet, phone and Skype - View entry on the register