Dr Angela Kennedy is an eminent Clinical Psychologist and former NHS director and regional mental health lead with decades of experience working with the consequences of abuse and trauma. She spearheaded the UK's movement towards trauma informed approaches and compassionate leadership. She also set up a region's staff support service during covid and was a trustee of the Covid Healthcare Support Appeal. In recent years she has brought her artistic lens closer to her work, which includes producing a documentary on recovery from suicide, ‘arts for well-being‘ events and coaching artists and organisations on issues of burnout, embodied presence and cocreation. Angela is also a Trustee of the Young Women’s Film Academy, and Director of Innovating for Wellbeing, Creative Producer, small time poet and visual artist.
