Meet the team

The Team

• Professor Chris Williams

  Director / Lead writer
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  Dr Chris Williams is Emeritus Professor of Psychosocial Psychiatry at the University of Glasgow, Scotland, UK and a Fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists. His main clinical and research interest is in the evaluation of educational self-help approaches based on the cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT)  approach

  He has researched various written and computer-based self-help treatments for anxiety, depression, anorexia and bulimia and has twice been President of the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies – the lead body for CBT in the United Kingdom.  He is Patron of the charity Triumph over Phobia and a Medical adviser to Anxiety UK. His research has focused on the evaluation CBT self-help interventions in low mood and anxiety, bulimia, anorexia, medically unexplained symptoms and with carers.

  Dr Williams is also Director of Five Areas Ltd which has developed this site and a wide range of widely recommended wellbeing resources. He is an award-winning author and his books and websites are widely used in the UK, Ireland, and North America.

  For Research/University work see:

  1. University of Glasgow: www.gla.ac.uk/schools/healthwellbeing/staff/index.html/staffcontact/person/4cd4efe08a92
  2. Researchgate: www.researchgate.net/profile/Chris-Williams-59
  3. Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5387-2863
• Theresa Kelly

  Training Development Lead
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  Theresa helps to:

  • Establish and co-ordinate community and schools-based pilot projects.
  • Assist Chris Williams (Director) with wider support on this and other projects.
  • Deliver training workshops and presentations.
  • Help report back and liaise on project progress.
• Sue Wood

  Developer & Trainer
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  Sue trained as a general nurse, and has worked within IAPT and University-based IAPT Training courses before moving to Five Areas Ltd.

• Donna Mackenzie

  Office Manager
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  Donna manages accommodation, equipment, human resources, procurement, information systems, Health and Safety. She also arranges internal and external training.

• Kathryn Mainprize

  License Support & Administration Assistant
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  Kathryn maintains data collection for licence renewals and liaises with licence holders to ensure timely collection of data.

Consultants / Contractors

• Karen Power

  Digital Marketing Consultant
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  Karen is responsible for content creation and strategic social media campaigns for the Living Life to the Full brand. Creation of campaigns which drive targeted traffic to website site, while simultaneously building and maintaining the company image and reputation.

• Kevin Gallagher

  Book Keeper
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  Kevin maintains records of financial transactions by establishing and maintaining accounts ensuring legal requirements are complied with.

• Dr Carrie-Anne McClay

  Consultant Researcher
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  Dr Carrie-Anne McClay is a consultant researcher with 12 years experience of carrying out community based mental health trials, specifically in the areas of depression, anxiety and eating disorders. She is committed to early intervention and the delivery and assessment of mental health interventions in the community that widen access to evidence-based, convenient to use resources.

Mirata IT Provision

• Ian Mayer

  Managing Director of Mirata Ltd
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  Ian first started working with Internet and Multimedia Learning Technologies in 1995. His key focus is about understanding people and how they behave in groups. Ian is a graduate in technology and as a qualified teacher, he has been involved in education and training since 1990. Ian has also worked for AQA, OCR, and WJEC and is a Fellow of the Institute of Training and Occupational Learning (ITOL).

• Mark Remde

  Technical Director
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  Mark has advanced technical and programming skills, which include Perl, JavaScript, Java, Servlets, Websphere, MySQL and PHP. Mark’s platform skills also extend to Unix – HPUX, AIX, Linux, IBM AS/400 – RPG/400, CL, Oracle Forms 4.5, and SQL. He is a graduate in Business Computing and has successfully implemented a number of high-level business IT applications such as Mail Order Systems, Retail Systems, Financial Reporting, EPOS Bar coding, PC Support and much more.

• Jonathan Gedleck

  Developer
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  Jonathan is a full stack developer who specialises in creating React Typescript based web applications, supplemented with PHP and MYSQL. Since graduating from Huddersfield University, Jonathan has continued to develop and update his skills, and has now worked on many cutting-edge projects with Mirata.