WeGo Live with Dr Hermine Graham
We are extremely blessed to have Dr Hermine Graham for our WeGo Live segment this weekend, as we round up emotional and mental wellness month. Please don’t forget to invite friends and family!
About the Speaker
Dr Hermine Graham is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist with over 20 years’ experience who works in the NHS and Lecturer in Clinical Psychology course at the University of Birmingham, UK. She has led a programme of collaborative research and service innovation in the NHS focused on the integration of substance misuse treatment into mental health services. This innovation has been quoted as a model of good practice in Department of Health policy guidelines for the treatment of ‘dual diagnosis’ and has influenced NHS services.
Dr Graham works part time within Community mental health services providing specialist psychological input for long term, severe mental health and substance misuse problems and less acute issues. She is able to offer effective evidence based treatment for the full range of mental health difficulties including: anxiety, stress, depression, interpersonal problems, paranoia, psychosis, gambling, alcohol and drug use.
Dr Graham specialises in helping people manage their moods and behaviour and develop a range of healthy coping and interpersonal skills. She has been involved in the development and research of leading edge psychological treatments that have been implemented in the NHS.
Her recent research involved a RCT that evaluated a brief motivational intervention for substance misuse during a psychiatric admission. She has authored papers in academic peer reviewed journals, and is lead author of a prize winning edited book, 2 psychological treatment manuals and a number of book chapters. She has worked in the NHS for over 20 years and has provided psychology services within adult mental health and addiction services. She has specialist expertise in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT), the assessment and treatment of severe and common mental health problems and addiction. She has substantial national and international experience of providing staff training and consultancy.