2026 Conference Speakers
Find out more about all our speakers who will be presenting at the 2026 Conference. You can view the full programme here.
Jo Baker
Jo Baker is a senior accredited HG psychotherapist with a specialist interest in sleep and its impact on mental and physical wellbeing. She is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA), and an assessor for the University Mental Health Charter, a national programme to support institutions to achieve a whole-university approach to mental health and wellbeing. Jo works across the education sector delivering mental health and wellbeing training, supervising student support teams within universities and consulting on clinical governance. She is also a senior tutor and assessor on the Human Givens Diploma in psychotherapy and co-head of supervision for Human Givens College.
Laurie Castelli-Gair
Laurie Castelli-Gair has been in private practice as an HG therapist since he qualified in 2019. He has a background in brand strategy and communication and, after several years working in the advertising industry, both in London and South America, now specialises in brand consultancy and developing film and photography projects for numerous well-known companies and organisations. From a therapeutic perspective, he has a particular interest in helping companies and individuals reduce work-life stress and avoid burn-out.
Annette Henry
Annette Henry is co-chair of the Registration and Professional Standards Committee (RPSC). She is also an HG wellbeing consultant and mediator, barrister and KC with specialist knowledge of mental health law within the criminal justice system.
Ezra Hewing
Ezra Hewing is head of education at the Suffolk branch of Mind. He holds postgraduate qualifications in human givens psychotherapy and an MSc in the psychology and neuroscience of mental health from King’s College, London, where he researched REM sleep and mental ill health, with a focus on the symptoms of schizophrenia.