SPEAKERS AND AUTHORS
Over the years Confer has worked with some of the greatest thinkers, writers and practitioners in the field of mental health. These speakers have educated and entertained us in everything from lectures, seminars, one day conferences to online modules. The gift of their learning has been passed onto us and we grateful to list them below.
Adam Dant
Adam Phillips
Alan Mulhern
Alessandra di Montezemolo
Alex Drummond
Alexander C. Morgan, MD
Alexandra Richman
Amanda McIntyre
Amanda Middleton
Amber Jeffrey
Amrita Bhohi
Amy Cox
Amy Stoddard Ajayi
Amy Weintraub
Anastasia Patrikiou
Anastasia Piatakhina Giré
Andrea Marzi
Andrea Oskis
Andrea Sabbadini
Andrew Balfour
Andy Fisher
Andy Hardie
Andy Metcalf
Ann Chalmers
Ann Hardy
Ann Murphy
Ann Shearer
Ann Ulanov
Anna Chesner
Anna Motz
Anna Randall
Anna Santamouris
Annabel Dover
Anne Aiyegbusi
Anne Power
Anne-Marie Sandler
Annie Spencer
Anouchka Grose
Anthea Benjamin
Anthea Millar
Anthony Bass
Anthony Howell
Antiqu’e Kwakye-Ampomah
Antonino Ferro
Antonio de Rienzo
Antony Haynes
Ashok Bedi
Audrey Kavka, MD
Avi Shmueli
Avner Bergstein
Babette Rothschild
Batya Shoshani
Bayo Akomolafe
Begum Maitra
Ben Cove
Benjamin Fry
Berna O’Brien
Bernadette Divilly
Bernadette Hawkes
Bernadka Dubicka
Beth Collier
Bill Cornell
Bob Harris
Brendan Staunton SJ
Brian Anderson
Bridgette Rickett
Bruce Reis, PhD
Cabby Laffy
Camila Batmanghelidjh
Canon Beaumont Stevenson
Carl Honoré
Carlos Remotti-Breton
Carlyn Kilpatrick
Carmen Joanne Ablack
Carola Mathers
Caroline Brazier
Caroline Frizell
Caroline Hickman
Catherine Cox
Catherine Holland
Catherine Knibbs
Catherine Lucas
Cathy Rentzenbrink
Charles Brown
Charlie Blowers
Charlotte Hastings
Charlotte McEvoy
Chris Cleave
Chris Oakley
Chris Packham
Chris Robertson
Chris Scanlon
Christa Mackinnon
Christiane Sanderson
Ciaran Benson
Cinzia Trimboli
Claire O’Dowda
Clover Stroud
Colin Lago
Corrina Gould
Damian McCann
Danielle Redland
Danuta Lipinska
David Feinstein
David Henderson, Ph.D
David Key
David Lock
David Mann
David Millar
David Nutt DM
David O’Driscoll
David Richards
Dawson Church
Dearbhail Conlon
Deb Dana
Derek Williams
Dermot Bolger
Diane Glover
Dick Blackwell
Dominic Davies
Donna Jackson Nakazawa
Dorothy Judd
Dorothy Judd
Dr Aaron Balick
Dr Aaron Denham
Dr Adah Sachs
Dr Addila Khan
Dr Adrian Harris
Dr Adrienne Baker
Dr Adrienne Harris
Dr Agneta Schreurs
Dr Aida Alayarian
Dr Aileen Alleyne
Dr Aisling McMahon
Dr Akshi Singh
Dr Alan Corbett
Dr Alan Watkins
Dr Alastair McIntosh
Dr Alex Richardson
Dr Alexandra Dent
Dr Allan Schore
Dr Alon Reshef
Dr Amanda Jones
Dr Amita Sehgal
Dr Andrea Celenza
Dr Andrew Fellows
Dr Angela Cotter
Dr Anita Avramides
Dr Anna Harvey
Dr Anne Alvarez
Dr Anne-Marie Daly
Dr Anthony McCarthy
Dr Anton Hart
Dr Arlene Vetere
Dr Arne Rubinstein
Dr Arnon Bentovim
Dr Arthur Aron
Dr Arthur G. O’Malley
Dr Asaf Rolef Ben-Shahar
Dr Avril Maddrell
Dr B.N. Gangadhar
Dr Barbara Dowds
Dr Barnaby B. Barratt
Dr Beatrice Allegranti
Dr Bernard Barnett
Dr Bernard Ratigan
Dr Bessel van der Kolk
Dr Beverley Costa
Dr Bonnie Meekums
Dr Brandon Hamber
Dr Brian Davis
Dr Brian Martindale
Dr Briana S. Nelson Goff
Dr Calum Neill
Dr Candace Orcutt
Dr Carine Minne
Dr Cathal Morgan
Dr Cathy Urwin
Dr Catriona Mellor
Dr Celia Taylor
Dr Charlynn Small
Dr Cherionna Menzam-Sills
Dr Chess Denman
Dr Ching Li
Dr Chip Chimera
Dr Chris Johnstone
Dr Chris Streeter
Dr Christine Dunkley
Dr Christopher Arnold
Dr Christopher Clulow
Dr Claire Asherson Bartram
Dr Claire Craig
Dr Clara Mucci
Dr Colin Campbell
Dr Dan Hughes
Dr Dan Siegel
Dr Daniel Glaser
Dr Daniela Sieff
Dr Danielle Knafo
Dr David Beales
Dr David Celani
Dr David Erritzoe
Dr David Hewison
Dr David J. Wallin
Dr David Lukoff
Dr Dawn Edge
Dr Dele Olajide
Dr Dhwani Shah
Dr Diana Diamond
Dr Diana Shmukler
Dr Diane Hammersley
Dr Dianne Campbell Lefevre
Dr Dianne Newbury
Dr Donnel Stern
Dr Dori Laub
Dr Doris Brothers
Dr Dwight Turner
Dr Edward Harcourt
Dr Elaine Arnold
Dr Elaine Aron
Dr Elaine Hunter
Dr Elisabeth Philipps
Dr Elizabeth Visceglia
Dr Elya Steinberg MD
Dr Elya Steinberg MD
Dr Eoin Galavan
Dr Estela Welldon
Dr Eyal Rozmarin
Dr Farkhondeh Farsimadan
Dr Fay Bound Alberti
Dr Felicity de Zulueta
Dr Frances LaBarre
Dr Francis McGivern
Dr Françoise Davoine
Dr Fredrike Bannink
Dr Gabor Maté
Dr Galit Atlas
Dr Geraldine Akerman
Dr Gillian Isaacs Russell
Dr Giuliana Mieli
Dr Giuseppe Civitarese
Dr Graham Music
Dr Greg Madison
Dr Gwen Adshead
Dr Haydée Faimberg
Dr Heinrich Deserno
Dr Helena Hargaden
Dr Holger Cramer
Dr Iain McGilchrist
Dr Isha Mckenzie-Mavinga
Dr Jaak Panksepp
Dr Jack Saul
Dr James McDonald
Dr Jamie Bennett
Dr Janet Feigenbaum
Dr Janina Fisher
Dr Janine Sternberg
Dr Jay Greenberg
Dr Jay Watts
Dr Jean Knox
Dr Jemma Hockley
Dr Jessica Benjamin
Dr Jessica Yakeley
Dr Jill Salberg
Dr Jill Scharff
Dr Jo O’Reilly
Dr Joel Oberstar
Dr Johannes Roessler
Dr John Andrew Armour
Dr John Andrew Miller PhD
Dr John O’Connor
Dr John Rowan
Dr Joseph Schwartz
Dr Judith Edwards
Dr Judith Pickering
Dr Judith Woodhead
Dr Judy Gammelgaard
Dr Julie Sutton
Dr Justine Huxley
Dr Kami L. Schwerdtfeger
Dr Kate Hamilton-West
Dr Katerina Fotopolou
Dr Kathrin Stauffer
Dr Kim Brown
Dr Kim Innes
Dr Lesley Caldwell
Dr Lisa Kaley-Isley
Dr Liz Hall
Dr Lorenzo Cohen
Dr Lorraine Price
Dr Luciano Bernardi
Dr Lucy Carter
Dr Lucy Clarke
Dr Lucy Selman
Dr Maggie Turp
Dr Marco Chiesa
Dr Margaret Altemus
Dr Margot Sunderland
Dr Maria Leahy
Dr Maria Luca
Dr Maria Pozzi Monzo
Dr Marianne Eberhard-Kaechele
Dr Marie Adams
Dr Marilyn Sanders
Dr Mario Marrone
Dr Martin Milton
Dr Mary Hepworth
Dr Matthew Hagger
Dr Matthew Parrott
Dr Mazella Fuller
Dr Meg-John Barker
Dr Merav Roth
Dr Merav Roth
Dr Michael O’Loughlin
Dr Michael Pluess
Dr Michael Yellow Bird
Dr Mick Collins
Dr Mike Crawford
Dr Miltiades Hadjiosif
Dr Mona DeKoven Fishbane
Dr Muriel Dimen
Dr Murray Stein
Dr Nancy McWilliams
Dr Neil Altman
Dr Neil Brener
Dr Neil Harrison
Dr Nessa Carey
Dr Nicholas Straiton
Dr Nicola Kimber-Rogal
Dr Noreen Giffney
Dr Nuri Gene Cos PhD, L.M.C., M.R.C. Psych.
Dr Olga Cox Cameron
Dr Oliver James
Dr Pamela Alexander
Dr Paramabandhu Groves
Dr Pat Ogden
Dr Patricia Gerbarg
Dr Peter Heinl
Dr Phil Mollon
Dr Pierre Cachia DCplPsych
Dr Poul Rohleder
Dr Rae Johnson
Dr Reenee Singh
Dr Riccardo Draghi-Lorenz
Dr Richard Geist
Dr Richard Gipps
Dr Richard Grove
Dr Richard Sherry
Dr Robert Cutler
Dr Robert Stolorow
Dr Robin Monro
Dr Roger Grimshaw
Dr Ronald Doctor
Dr Rosaleen McElvaney
Dr Rosalind Watts
Dr Rupert Sheldrake
Dr Russ Vince
Dr Ruth Lanius
Dr Ruth Sewell
Dr Saadia Muzaffar
Dr Sandi Radomski
Dr Sandra Evans
Dr Sandra M Grant, FRCPsych, OBE
Dr Sara Lazar
Dr Sarah Eagger
Dr Sharon Blackie
Dr Sharon Lewis
Dr Sharon Stanley
Dr Sousan Abadian
Dr Stephen Harding
Dr Stephen Seligman
Dr Stephen Setterberg
Dr Steven Kuchuck
Dr Stirling Moorey
Dr Susan Mizen
Dr Susie Orbach
Dr Syed Azmatullah
Dr Tamara Feldman
Dr Tamara Russell
Dr Tanya M. Cassidy
Dr Terry Marks-Tarlow
Dr Thaddeus Birchard
Dr Tim Baker
Dr Tim Read
Dr Victoria Bream Oldfield
Dr Vincent Felitti
Dr Yael Danieli
Dr Yorai Sella
Dr Yorai Sella
Dr Yuriko Sato
Dr Zack Eleftheriadou
Dr. Eduardo Peres, MD
Dr. Jacqui Dyer, MBE
Dr. Richard P. Brown
Ebinehita Iyere
Edward Fellows
Elaine Martin
Elena Molinari
Elisabetta Pasini
Elizabeth Crawford
Elizabeth Wilde McCormick
Ella Jones
Ellen O’Malley-Dunlop
Ellert R S Nijenhuis PhD
Elouise Mayall
Elspeth Morley
Em Farrell
Emily Samuel
Emily Speed
Emma Palmer
Erene Hadjiioannou
Erin Stevens
Eugene Ellis
Eva Hoffman
Fabiano Culora
Fajariah Saban
Fay Ballard
Fern Smith
Fiddy Abraham
Fiona Palmer Barnes
fogel
Foluke Taylor
Franca Fubini
Frances Hawxwell
Frances Sommer Anderson, PhD, SEP
Frances Thomson-Salo
Francis Grier
Frank Bock
Frank Lachmann
Franklyn Sills
Fulvio Mazzacane
Gabrielle Brown
Gabrielle Rifkind
Gail Lewis
George Marshall
George Taxidis
Georgie Oldfield MCSP
Geraldine Godsil
Gill McGauley
Gillie Gilbert
Gina Miller
Goran Boll
Graham Game
Graham Shulman
Gretchen Faust
Guillermo Julio Montero, PhD
Guy Dargert
Harriet Parsons
Harriet Sams
Hartmut Wuebbeler
Hayley Lock
Hayley Marshall
Heather Churchill, PsyD
Heather Mason
Heather Moore
Heather Redington
Heba Zaphiriou-Zarifi
Helen Gibson
Helen Morgan
Helen Stokes
Helena Norberg-Hodge
Henry J. Whitfield
Henry Strick van Linschoten
Hilary Kennedy
Hilary Prentice
Holli Rubin
Howard Evans
Ian Miller
Ilany Kogan
Isabel Clarke
Isobel Pick
J.F. Miller
Jack Nathan
Jackie Gerrard
James Barnes
James Davies
James Ogilvie
Jane Catherine Severn
Jane Czyzselska
Jane Haberlin
Jane Ryan
Janice Hartley
Janice Hiller
Janine de Peyer, LCSW
Jason Hepple
Jason Thompson
Jay Griffiths
Jean-Max Gaudillière
Jeff Lane
Jelena Watkins
Jennifer Uchendu
Jenny Archard
Jenny Jarvis
Jenny Riddell
Jeremy Saffran
Jessica Collier
Jill Carey
Jill Martin
Jo Haigh
Jo Hamilton
Jo Manuel
Jo McAndrews
Jo Roberts
Joanna Macy
Joanna Tucker
Joanna Wise
Joanne Hanrahan
Jocelyn Chaplin
Jocelyne Quennell
Joe Cambray
Joe Hinds
Joel Simpson
John Banville
John Beveridge
John Bunzl
John Gordon
John Killick
John Simmonds
Jon Blend MA
Jon Sletvold
Jonathan M. Code BA, MEd., PGCAP, FHEA
Jonathon Tomlinson
Jonny Martell
Joseph Falkner
Josh Cohen
Joshua Engelman
Joyce Slochower
Judit Szekacs-Weisz
Judith Anderson
Judith Blackstone
Judith Rees
Judith Swack
Judy K. Eekhoff
Judy Ryde
Judy Yellin
Julia Samuel MBE
Julia Segal
Julianne Appel-Opper
Julie Selwyn
Julie Verhoeven
Juliet Rosenfeld
Justin Hibbs
Justine Moss
Karen Carberry
Karen Densham
Karen Maroda
Karlen Lyons-Ruth, PhD
Katarina Horrox
Kate Anthony
Kate Barrows
Kate Robertson
Kate Thompson
Kate White
Katharine Lewis
Kathy Steele
Katie Rowan
Katya Orrell
Kay Ferritter
Keith Silvester
Kelvin Hall
Kerri ní Dochartaigh
Kerrie Jones
Kim Upton
Koya Cassandra Conteh
Kristina Schellinski, M.A.
Laila Tara H
Laura Prins
Laurie Slade
Leah Davidson
Lennox Thomas
Lennox Thomas (1952-2020)
Leroy Logan
Les Lancaster
Letticia Banton
Lewis Chamberlain
Lewis Mehl-Madrona
Linda Chapman
Linda Cundy
Linda Graham, MFT
Linda Grant
Linda Hanlon
Linda Wallis
Lisa Appignanesi
Lisa Forrell
Lisa-Marie Harris
Liz Hamlin
Lora DeVore
Lord Gurjit Singh Basi
Lori Beth Bisbey
Lori C Bohm
Louisa Adjoa Parker
Louisa Rodriguez
Louise Allnutt
Louise O’Neill
Lucy Biven
Lucy Hill
Lucy Johnstone
Lucy O’Hagan
Lucy Voelcker
Luise Eichenbaum
Lynette Harborne
Maimunah Mosli
Maktuno Suit
Malcolm Peterson
Malcolm Rushton
Mannie Sher
Marcus Evans
Marcus West
Marcy McCall
Margaret Landale
Margaret Wilkinson
Maria Grazia Calzà
Maria Lazopoulou
Maria McGrane
Maria Papaspyrou
Marian Dunlea
Marian O’Connor
Marianne Adams
Marie-Helene Dalila-Boyle
Marilyn A F Mathew
Marilyn Lawrence
Marina Robb
Marion Green
Mark Linington
Mark Smalley
Marlene French Mullen
Marsha Nodelman
Martin Weegmann
Mary Haley
Mary Kay O’Neil
Mary Morgan
Mary Tennes
Mary Watkins
Mary-Jayne Rust
Matthew Henson
Maura Sills
Maureen Slattery-Marsh
Max Girardeau
Maya Jacobs-Wallfisch
Meg Harris Williams
Melanie Shepherd
Melissa Harrison
Meredith Little
Mi Yu, MD, PhD
Michael Ash
Michael Boyle
Michael Knight
Michael Meade
Michael Shoshani
Michael Soth
Michele Fletcher
Michelle Ross
Mike Delaney
Mike Morgan
Mike Worrall
Mimei Thompson
Minna Daum
Mira Mehta
Monty Moncrieff
Morgan Stebbins
Morit Heitzler
Mpume Mpofu
Nadia Bruschweiler-Stern, MD
Nadina Al-Jarrah
Nailah Husbands
Natalie Vickers
Natasa Mavronicola
Neville Symington
Nick Duffell
Nick Midgley
Nick Totton
Nick Tree
Nigel Wellings
Nina Parker
Noemi Lakmaier
Nora Bateson
Nuala Ní Dhomhnaill
Orit Badouk Epstein
Ozichi Brewster
Pam Schweitzer
Pamela Gawler-Wright
Panu Pihkala
Patricia Fitzgerald
Patricia Townsend
Patrick Casement
Paul Atkinson
Paul Croal
Paul Harris
Paul Maiteny
Paul Newham
Paul Renn
Penny Garner
Phil Frampton
Philip M. Bromberg
Philip Stevens
Philippa Vick
Phoenix Smith
Prof Dany Nobus
Prof Gabriel Segal
Professor Alessandra Lemma
Professor Alistair Ross
Professor Andrew Samuels
Professor Ann Buchanan
Professor Brett Kahr
Professor Christopher Rapley
Professor Colwyn Trevarthen
Professor David Peters
Professor Del Loewenthal
Professor Derek Bolton
Professor Ernesto Spinelli
Professor Frank Hucklebridge
Professor Franz Ruppert
Professor Gertrud Hardtmann
Professor Harry Ferguson
Professor Helen Payne
Professor Howard Steele
Professor James Gilligan
Professor Jan Slaby
Professor Jean Petrucelli
Professor Jeremy Holmes
Professor Joan Raphael-Leff
Professor Joy Schaverien
Professor Julia Buckroyd
Professor Juliet Mitchell
Professor Karl Figlio
Professor Kimberly Frazier
Professor Laura Marcus
Professor Leslie Greenberg
Professor Marcus Pembrey
Professor Maria Gilbert
Professor Mark Solms
Professor Miriam Steele
Professor Neil Vickers
Professor Oliver Turnbull
Professor Onno van der Har
Professor Oonagh Walsh
Professor Otto Kernberg
Professor Pasco Fearon
Professor Paul Gilbert
Professor Paul Hoggett
Professor Pauline Boss
Professor Peter Fonagy OBE
Professor Peter Kinderman
Professor Phil Cowen
Professor Richard Kradin
Professor Robert Hinshelwood
Professor Ross Skelton
Professor S Sashidharan
Professor Sat Bir Khalsa
Professor Sonu Shamdasani
Professor Stephen Briggs
Professor Stephen Frosh
Professor Stephen Porges
Professor Sue Carter
Professor Tim Jackson
Professor Vittorio Gallese
Professor Vivette Glover
Professor Vivian Heller
Professor William West
Prophecy Coles
Rabbi Howard Cooper
Rachel Charles
Raffaella Hilty
Rande Brown
Raquel Chinchetru
Rebecca Card
Rebecca Smith
Rémy Aquarone
Renos K. Papadopoulos
Rev Canon Susannah Izzard
Rev Christopher MacKenna
Rev Peter Owen-Jones
Revd Canon Susannah Izzard
Richard Atienza-Hawkes
Richard Atienza-Hawkes
Richard Carvalho
Richard Curen
Richard Shuker
Richard Sprott
Richard Wathen
Rieko Whitfield
Rika Higashikaze
Rima Hawkins
Robbie Breadon
Robert Downes
Robert Langan
Robert Romanyshyn
Roberta Murphy
Robin E. Sheriff
Robyn Litchfield
Rocco Lo Bosco
Rogelio Sosnik
Roger Duncan
Roger Higgins
Romy Wakil
Roopa Farooki
Rose Lewis
Rosemary Randall
Rotimi Akinsete
Roz Carroll
Ruella Frank
Ruth Calland
Ruth Feldman
Ruth Williams
Ruthie Smith
Ryan Barrett
Ryan G. Witherspoon
Sakhile’s Mpofu
Sally Aldridge
Sally Bild
Sally Weintrobe
Salvatore Martini
Sam Lucas
Samantha Bottrill
Sandra Figgess
Sandra Paulsen
Sandra White
Sandy Gee
Sara Weber
Sarah Benamer
Sarah Daniel
Sarah Deco
Sarah Lewis
Sarah Mandow
Sarah Walther
Satish Kumar
Serena Korda
Shahnawaz Haque
Shaura Hall
Sheila Ritchie
Shirley Gleeson
Shoshi Asheri
Sian Morgan
Simon Partridge
Siobhán McGee
Sissy Lykou
Sonia Shomalzadeh
Sophy Banks
Stanley Ruszczynski
Stella Duffy
Stephen Littlewood
Steve Farnfield
Steve Potter
Steve Thorp
Sue Cowan-Jenssen
Sue Reid
Sue Staziker
Sue Stuart-Smith
Sue Williams A‘Court
Susan Cowan-Jenssen
Susan Schwartz
Susanna Abse
Suzanne Little
Suzette Clough
Suzie Wood
Swami Saradananda
Talia Molé
Tamar Posner
Tamsin Cottis
Tanya Lecchi
Tayba Azim
Teresa Belton
Teresa Moorhead
Terri Rubinstein
Tessa Baradon
Tessa Underwood
The late Dr Martin Jordan
Therese O’Driscoll
Tiane Graziottin
Tim Ellis
Tim Foskett
Tirril Harris
Tom Cheetham
Toni Spencer
Tony Buckley
Tree Staunton
Trudy Gold
Valentino Vecchietti
Valerie Bryant
Valerie Sinason PhD
Veena Ugargol
Velia Carruthers
Velimir B. Popović
Verity Sharp
Vicky Hadland
Viola Sampson
Vittoria de Meo
Viv Fogel
Vivian Broughton
Vivienne Lewin
Wanjikũ FM Njoroge
Warren Colman
Wayne Mertins-Brown
Wendy Bratherton
Yeva Feldman
Yvonne MacNamara
Zion Lights
Zita Cox
Zoe Hawton