TCTC Adult Mental Health Sector Group

Dr Peter Cockersell is a UKCP-registered Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist and Supervisor with over 20 years’ post-qualification experience in the NHS, voluntary and private sectors; he also has over 15 years’ experience as a Director in the voluntary sector. He is currently Chief Executive of Community Housing and Therapy (CHT), a charity providing psychologically informed residential recovery communities for people with diagnoses of severe mental health problems and complex presentations. Peter previously worked as Director of Health and Recovery for St Mungo’s and was one of the co-authors of the national guidance on Psychologically Informed Environments (PIE); he is the author of various articles on social exclusion, mental health, homelessness, and intercultural therapy, and was editor of ‘Social Exclusion, Compound Trauma and Recovery’ (Jessica Kingsley Publications, 2018). As well as being on the Board of TCTC, Peter is a Director of Intapsych, a private company offering consultancy and training in psychologically informed approaches to working with people with multiple disadvantage including mental health problems, a founder member of the Faculty of Homeless and Inclusion Health, a member of the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ Enabling Environments steering group, and a Fellow of the Royal College of Arts. Peter is married and lives in Winchester with two teenage children, two cats, two rabbits, and some bats.