Author list

Claudio Naranjo, MD served his psychiatric residency under Matte-Blanco at the University of Chile Clinic and underwent training analysis at the Chilean Psychoanalytic Institute. He conducted extensive psychopharmacological and personality research and worked with Fritz Perls and Dr James Simkin in the early days of Gestalt therapy. Dr Naranjo authored many highly-esteemed therapy titles and was a keynote speaker for the American and European Associations for Humanistic Psychology, and at several national and international Gestalt conferences.

Psychologist and psychotherapist, Giorgio Nardone is Director of Centro di Terapia Strategica in Arezzo, Italy and Director of the School of Specialization in Brief Strategic Psychotherapy. He runs numerous conferences, seminars and workshops for professionals.

Dr. Neil Hawkes is an Oxford graduate and International Education Consultant. As Head Teacher of Kidlington Primary and Nursery School, Neil worked tirelessly with both the school and the community to devise and implement a unique system of Values-based Education, which has since been internationally recognised as the foundation of excellent school practice.

Former Prime Minister David Cameron endorses Values-based Education - watch video.

Read Dr Hawkes' interview with the Portsmouth News.

Read about the inspirational effect Dr Hawkes had on Ratton School, East Sussex.

Read Dr Hawkes' interview with The Shuttle.

Dr Hawkes is a Man on a Mission in his latest interview with The Yorkshire Post.

Listen to the summary of all Dr Hawkes radio appearances.

Lillian Nejad, PhD, is a clinical psychologist with over 20 years of experience in the assessment and treatment of individuals with mild to severe psychological issues and disorders. Lillian's broad range of experience in mental health and university settings has led to a number of specialist areas and interests including:

Cognitive Behavioural Treatment of anxiety and depressive disorders,

Dialectical Behaviour Treatment for borderline personality disorder,

and Relaxation and Mindfulness techniques to manage stress and enhance well-being.

Lillian is also a freelance writer, avid photographer, and having lived in Melbourne for 20 years, loves a good coffee!

Check out her blog: www.omnipsych.com and follow her on Twitter: OmnipsychCPS

Peter Nelmes has worked with children with challenging lives and challenging behaviour since 1990. As part of his endeavours to make sense of his professional world, he gained a doctorate in education ' the subject of which was the role of the emotions in teaching and learning. He has taught and researched in a variety of settings, and has also been an associate lecturer for the Open University.

Alan Newland spent forty years as a teacher, lecturer, head teacher and advisor at the Department for Education and the General Teaching Council for England. He now writes and speaks on ethics and professional values in teaching, and presents lectures to thousands of students each year at universities and school-centred initial teacher training (SCITT) providers across the country. Alan also runs the award-winning social media network newteacherstalk.com.

Click here to read Alan Newland’s blog.

Libby Nicholas is Chief Executive of the Reach4 Academy Trust. She was previously Regional Director ' South and West for the Academies Enterprise Trust. She has wide experience of headship and senior leadership in the independent and maintained sectors and across the full age range of schools.

Steve Oakes has over 20 years' of experience as a teacher and leader, and has been a Head of Sixth Form at two successful schools in the UK and the UAE. As a current Head of Sixth Form, he works closely with students to maximise levels of engagement and commitment, designing high-impact interventions and practical tools for improving academic performance.

Jarlath O'Brien has been a teacher for nearly two decades, working in comprehensive, independent, selective and special education – including in schools for children with social, emotional and behavioural issues and severe and profound and multiple learning difficulties. For the last eight years Jarlath has been a head teacher and executive head teacher.

Jarlath is also a behaviour columnist for TES, has written for The Guardian and for several other education publications and trains teachers on behaviour, school leadership and special educational needs.

Click here to listen in on Jarlath's podcast with Pivotal Education - How to be a great leader in a special school'.

Click here to read Jarlath's article in the Guardian in which he discusses how children with special needs are grossly over-represented in exclusion figures.

Click here to listen to Jarlath on Surrey Hills Community Radio's The SEND Show'.

Bill O'Hanlon MS is a Licensed Mental Health Professional, Certified Professional Counsellor, and a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. He has authored or co-authored 35 books. He is one of the developers of solution-oriented therapy, counselling people and organisations to help them determine what their goals are and to remove the barriers to their success. He has given over 3,500 seminars or workshops around the world.

Karen Olness MD is Professor of Pediatrics, Global Health and Infectious Diseases at Case Western Reserve University. She is past President of the International Society of Hypnosis, the American Society of Clinical Hypnosis, the Society for Clinical and Experimental Hypnosis and the Society for Developmental Behavioral Pediatrics.

Julie Silverthorn MS and John Overdurf CAC are highly respected international therapists and trainers of hypnotherapy and NLP, with over thirty years of combined experience. They are both certified Master Trainers of NLP and are the developers of Humanistic Neuro-Linguistic Psychology, which integrates hypnosis, neuro-linguistics, quantum theory and spirituality. Julie has a master's degree in clinical psychology, while John is a certified addictions counsellor and a former instructor of psychology.