Bea Herbert Author

Chris Bagley started in education as a secondary school teacher and later trained as an Educational Psychologist. He mostly works with marginalised young people and families in school and community settings. Chris is a lecturer and research supervisor at University College London, Director of Research at States of Mind CIC and Co-Director at Square Peg CIC. His core interest is collaborating with young people, families, professionals and other innovators to build systems that support young people and those working with them to thrive.

Bea Herbert is a Psychosynthesis Psychologist and Founder of States of Mind CIC. Bea has spent her professional career working alongside young people to co-develop alternatives to the medicalised model of mental health care at an individual, community and systems level. Her work has included the development of Selfology, a therapeutic programme for young people in schools, supported housing and community contexts, together with the Wellbeing Ambassadors Programme, a whole school approach to designing psychological solutions into school settings. She is dedicated to the application of psychological theory and practice for the development of truly holistic and democratic approaches to systems change.