We’ve been looking forward to chatting with today’s guest since last November when we met her at Therapy Expo in Birmingham, where she blew us away with her talk ‘What Serial killers have taught me and why you need to incorporate this into your practice’.
Serena Simmons has worked in the area of psychology and mental health for almost 30 years, in a variety of settings. She is a Chartered Psychologist, founder of The Psychology School and has over 22 years experience working in the field and as a Senior Lecturer at Nottingham Trent University, a role which she has had for over 17 years.
The Psychology School is all about helping Health Practitioners and Coaches, to integrate evidence based psychology tools into their work.
She is heavily involved in a variety of Forensic based work too. As we alluded to earlier Serena specialises in serial murder and she still advises on a consultation basis. Much of her work now however in this capacity is in profiling and media work, for example you may have seen her in the
TV series ‘Cops Who Kill’.
Serena says that ‘Many people struggle to see the link between Forensic Psychology & Positive Psychology and Behavioural Change, she adds that ‘arguably in a treatment capacity most of her work in practice has been about Behaviour Change, with possibly, the most challenging group of
people.'
Serena’s speciality is in effecting change using positive psychology and with so many of us in midlife trying to negotiate so many changes we wanted to hear more.