Further Information:  Mike is Director of REM State Limited.  Based in the South West of England, REM State Limited provides therapeutic interventions and services (based on the human givens approach) for a broad range of mental health issues, and also provides specialist training for health and education professionals (both special needs and mainstream education) throughout the UK.  Mike also works with a broad range of organisations in developing emotional and mental health at a policy (as well as individual) level.  In addition, Mike is Director of Therapeutic Services for TheSPACE; based in the North West of England, TheSPACE is developing the human givens approach to work within a residential educational setting for young people aged between 8 and 18 years, alongside the development of human givens-based therapeutic practice within the community through TheSPACE/Human Givens Consultancy.

Mike previously worked as part of the Personal, Social and Health Education team within the Devon Local Education Authority, where his work focussed on the development and delivery of training for health and education professionals working with vulnerable children.  He has previous experience of working within the Criminal Justice Service and at a strategic level within the Connexions service.

Mike is a tutor for MindFields College and is an Associate Trainer for (and consultant to) the National Eating Disorders Association, also lecturing on aspects of emotional and mental health as part of Devon Curriculum Services Teaching Assistant Induction training and for the University of Plymouth. He also teaches as part of Exeter, East & Mid Devon’s Hospiscare training programme.

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