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Craft with Care
A Mental Health Symposium for Journalists



Dr Heather Sequeira

Dr Heather Sequeira, Consultant Psychologist, has spent the past two decades studying Trauma, PTSD, and aversive life experiences. She also has personal experience with OCD and is interested in the intersection between Trauma and a range of mental health experiences such as OCD, anxiety and depression.

As a psychologist, Heather is passionate about making complex topics accessible and relevant to people’s life experiences. She developed the PTSD Masterclass, an innovative British Psychological Society-approved training for clinicians and therapists in PTSD.

Heather is an Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the University of Birmingham and an NHS Clinician. She also teaches for Clinical Psychology Doctoral Training programmes. Her specialism includes PTSD, trauma-affected sleep, nightmares, flashbacks, OCD and depression.