Lisa Thomson

Lisa works as a mental health trainer for the Schools & Families Programme delivering the Psychological Perspectives in Education and Primary Care training across Berkshire. PPEPCare is fully funded by a collaboration between the NHS and the Charlie Waller Trust.

Lisa has had a long career in a variety of mental health settings within the NHS. She originally trained and registered as a mental health nurse in 1990 and subsequently worked in inpatient and community settings with adults, children, young people and their families. Lisa completed a Masters in Family and Systemic Psychotherapy at the Tavistock and Portman NHS Trust and is a UKCP registered psychotherapist. Lisa completed a postgraduate diploma in Evidence Based Practice leading to qualifying as a Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist in 2015. Lisa works part time in clinical practice in a specialist CAMHs team for Berkshire Healthcare Foundation Trust as a Family Therapist and part time as the Strategic Lead for PPEPCare training in Berkshire, as part of a Thames Valley wide project delivering training to frontline professionals in evidence-based approaches in children and young people’s mental health. This project delivers training and trains and supports other CAMHs professionals to deliver evidence-based training in mental health to frontline professionals and foster carers in Berkshire.