Who we are Our team Board Board Meet our Board of Trustees who voluntarily provide their expertise to support the effective governance of Human Development Scotland (HDS). Lindsay Shrubsole, Chair & CAP/TWCYP Training Committee Chair Now retired from the NHS, Lindsay trained first as a Clinical Psychologist and then as a Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist. She has extensive clinical experience, spanning nearly forty years, of working in the NHS and in a small private practice, specialising in the treatment and management of severe personality disorder. In addition, she provided teaching, training, supervision and consultancy, both within and beyond the NHS, to postgraduate students, qualified clinicians from various disciplines as well as managers and non-clinical staff. Lindsay has an enduring interest in promoting the values and understanding of psychoanalytic thinking in all aspects of mental health provision. You are welcome to contact the Chair of the Board of Trustees: [email protected] Mary MacCallum Sullivan, HRC Training Committee Chair Mary's background is in psychotherapy and counselling education and training, at post-graduate level, as teacher, team leader and manager. She is an experienced practitioner working with a wide range of clients. Co-author with Harriett Goldenberg of Cradling the Chrysalis: Teaching/Learning Psychotherapy (2015) UKCP/Karnac, editor of Unconscious Communication In Practice (1999) Open University Press, and co-editor with Bernard Burgoyne of The Klein-Lacan Dialogues (1997) Rebus Press. Mhairi Rae, Treasurer Mhairi is a Chartered Accountant who has worked for 15 years across practice and industry, as well as having previous experience as a charity trustee and independent examiner. Her aim as treasurer is to ensure that HDS has a stable financial base from which to deliver and expand its valuable services. Alison Brown Alison's current work focus is management of Third Sector counselling services, alongside teaching and supervision of counsellors. She trained in counselling at the University of Edinburgh and has a particular interest in applying a psychodynamic approach in short term work and the relationship between psychodynamic and trauma-informed approaches. She worked for many years in legal/social policy research and evaluation in universities, government andThird Sector organisations, including evaluation of criminal justice, housing and human rights policies and initiatives. Pauline Brown Pauline has practised as a Psychotherapist for over 30 years, working with statutory organisations, in private practice, and the NHS. She spent 30 years with Relationship Scotland as a Relationship Psychotherapist, trainer and Supervisor. For 25 years, Pauline also worked as an Equality and Diversity Consultant with Police Scotland; The Scottish Government; the NHS; local authorities in Scotland; JP Morgan; Royal Bank of Scotland, and many other statutory and voluntary organisations. Pauline also trained as an historian and her MA on Glasgow’s Slave Trade has been published in a variety of historical magazines. She looks forward to contributing to HDS as a Trustee. Jonathan Delafield-Butt Jonathan is Professor of Child Neurodevelopment and Autism and Director of the Laboratory for Innovation in Autism at the University of Strathclyde. His research examines infant and child development for gains in care and education of children. His scholarship examines the origins of conscious experience, with attention to the early development of intentionality and its contribution to the embodied foundations of mind. Jonathan trained pre-clinically in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, is a member of the World Association for Infant Mental Health, the International Society for Autism Research, the American Psychological Association, and the Gillberg Neuropsychiatry Centre. He serves on University Court at Strathclyde, and is delighted to advance HDS aims for psychological health in Scotland. Debbie Hindle Dr Debbie Hindle is a consultant child and adolescent psychotherapist, trained at the Tavistock Clinic. For 10 years, she was Head of the Clinical Training in Child Psychotherapy at the Scottish Institute of Human Relations in Edinburgh and worked clinically in a specialist Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service in Glasgow for children who were fostered or adopted. She has written extensively, including 3 co-edited books – Personality Development: A Psychoanalytic Perspective (1999); The Emotional Experience of Adoption: A Psychoanalytic Perspective (2008);and Sibling Matters: A Psychoanalytic, Developmental and Systemic Approach (2014). Now retired from the NHS, she continues to teach, supervise and lecture. Elaine Ogg Elaine trained as a general practitioner 30 years ago but very quickly became interested in mental health, therefore moved to specialist training in Psychiatry. She worked for 20 years as a consultant Psychiatrist. Elaine's psychiatry has always included talking therapy and a psychodynamic understanding of her patients’ difficulties and she trained in Psychoanalytical Psychotherapy. Elaine is now semi-retired from the NHS but into her second year as a private practitioner in psychotherapy. Her experience has shown her the value of psychotherapy and Elaine is passionate about supporting HDS in its aims. Michael Smith Dr Michael Smith (MD, FRCPsych) is a Consultant Psychiatrist and Honorary Clinical Associate Professor at the Institute of Health & Wellbeing at the University of Glasgow. Until he retired from the NHS in June 2021, he was Associate Medical Director for Mental Health & Addiction Services in NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde. His research interests are in depression, public mental health, and the influence of attachment and adverse childhood experiences. He was a founding member of the ‘see me’ antistigma campaign, the multi-agency Scottish Adverse Childhood Experiences Hub, and a member of the National Suicide Prevention Leadership Group until retirement. If you are interested in a trustee role, please contact us at [email protected] Manage Cookie Preferences