Positive Psychology Directory

Andy Roberts

BA(Hons), MSc(Pos.Psych), ACA, MSCEIT

Andy is a qualified Chartered Accountant with 12 years Corporate Finance experience at KPMG. On the holistic side he subsequently re-trained as a Yoga teacher and teaches Mindfulness techniques. Andy has an MSc in Positive Psychology and is an accredited Emotional Intelligence coach. He has also trained with Alex Linley at the Centre of Applied Positive Psychology in Strengths Coaching.  Andy is a founder of Breathe-London, a UK wellbeing company and is a trustee of a youth development charity, Yourstory

Bridget Grenville-Cleave

"Bridget Grenville-Cleave (MBA, MAPP, FCCA) holds an MSc in Applied Positive
Psychology from the University of East London, UK, where she specialised in
the well-being of professional people. She is a founder member of the
International Positive Psychology Association and the Centre for Applied
Positive Psychology, co-author of The Happiness Equation: 100 Factors that
can Add to or Subtract from your Happiness (2008) with Dr Ilona Boniwell,
and The Facebook Manager: the Psychology and Practice of Web-based Social
Networking (2009) with Dr Jonathan Passmore. She has 20 years experience in
business, specialising in organisational and personal change. Her company,
Workmad Ltd delivers Positive Psychology and Positive Leadership
Masterclasses which provide a balance of research and practical tools for
personal and professional development. Bridget is also an accredited
Strengthscope assessor."

Cassie Robinson

MSc, FRSA, Nesta Creative Pioneer

Cassie is a trained designer, positive psychologist and entrepreneur. She has consulted and taught about the relationship between Positive Psychology and Social Innovation, is an associate consultant at thinkpublic (www.thinkpublic.com), where she specialises in design-lead strategy, the application of positive psychology, user-centered innovation and design research across their public, third and social sector client base. She has also lead the development and facilitation of thinkpublic’s Social Lab initiative (www.thesociallab.com) and is currently designing and supporting the ideation process for the NESTA Age Unlimited Programme. In 2004 Cassie was selected and awarded as a NESTA Creative Pioneer and as Director of her International design business was responsible for project management, strategic direction, marketing and relationship building. Cassie trained as a co-active coach with the Coaches Training Institute in 2006, is a mentor on the Teach First Ambassadors Programme for Social Entrepreneurs and in the pool of mentors for Social Innovation Camp awardees. Recently Cassie was selected as an Idea Baker for the British Council’s social change initiative and has joined the MindApples mental well-being team as a consultant (www.mindapples.org). In addition to continuing research in the application of Positive Psychology in the field of Social Innovation, Cassie’s other area of specialism is in relationships, intimacy and sexuality. Her thesis explored the relationship between sexual expression and eudaimonic well-being, and alongside publishing her work Cassie is consulting for companies like Rose Orange (www.roseorange.com) and LivingWell UK (www.livingwelluk.com) to design applications for the research and effect change in this area.

For more information about her work please visit:
www.cassierobinson.net

Ilona Boniwell

Dr Ilona Boniwell, PhD Senior Lecturer in Positive Psychology,
Programme Leader for the MSc in Applied Positive Psychology,
University of East London.

Ilona Boniwell is a Senior Lecturer in Positive Psychology at the University of East London, UK. She is the Programme Leader for the first Masters Degree in Applied Positive Psychology (MAPP) in Europe. Her main teaching expertise lies in the area of positive psychology, which she teaches to undergraduates, MAPP and other postgraduate students. Her research interests include: subjective time use, time perspective, eudaimonic well-being and applications of positive psychology to one-to-one work and education. She is the Vice-Chair of the newly created International Positive Psychology Association (IPPA). Ilona founded and was the first Chair of the European Network of Positive Psychology (ENPP), and is currently the member of its Steering Committee. She also organised the first European Congress of Positive Psychology in June 2002 (Winchester). Ilona is the author of Positive Psychology in a Nutshell (2006, PWBC) and a co-author of the forthcoming Happiness Equation (Adams Media, 2008). She acted as the main consultant for and appeared in the BBC2 series "The Happiness Formula" (2006). Her other media work included Guardian, Times, Psychologies, Top Sante and Cosmopolitan articles and interviews, as well as radio and TV interviews for BBC 24, BBC London and other channels. She frequently addresses psychology and professional audiences at national and international conferences.

In addition to her academic work, Ilona is also interested in practical applications of positive psychology to education, business and one-to-one helping-by-talking practices. She is a qualified coach and a facilitator of educational programmes.
Ilona received her PhD from the Open University. Prior to joining UEL, she worked at Oxford Brookes University and City University.  www.personalwellbeingcentre.org

Lucy Ryan

Hello! I am the founding director of Mindspring Consultancy Limited, (www.mindspring.uk.com) a training and coaching consultancy dedicated to helping organisations and individuals develop the confidence and vitality to fulfil their potential in life. We work across Europe with companies such as Sony, Siemens, BMW, RAC, Orange, the BBC and UNICEF.
Studying Positive Psychology has been an exciting journey and given me an scientific ‘comfort blanket' for something I have long professed, namely, that working with people's natural talents; hopefulness and optimism is the way towards living an engaged and energetic life.

As a coach, I specialise in the development of high performance in the sales arena; personal impact and presentation skills as well as general confidence, particularly for senior female executives. I am fascinated in helping coaches integrate the learnings from positive psychology into their business in a highly practical way.

As a mother of two teenagers, I am also interested in education and how we can enhance engagement and confidence in life at a young age. I am delighted to be involved with the development of the UK's first whole school well being curriculum for Haberdashers College. It's an innovative step and we'll be tracking its development and impact over the next three years.
I'd be thrilled to talk to any of you who are interested in the development of your own, or your organisation's confidence or if you are a coach, interested in integrating positive psychology into your daily practice. www.mindspring.uk.com

Melody Cheal

Melody Cheal is part of the first cohort of MSc graduates in Applied Positive Psychologists from UEL. She has a first degree in psychology, is an Emotional Intelligence and MBTI practitioner and is also licensed to qualify NLP Practitioners and Master Practitioners. She has a particular interest in helping individuals and teams reach their full potential. She also provides executive coaching to leaders who want to step into leading with positive vision. As part of The GWiz Learning Partnership she has been involved in designing and delivering training interventions in organisations since 1993. Further information is available on the GWiz website www.gwiztraining.com

Miriam Akhtar

Miriam Akhtar is a positive psychology consultant, coach, trainer and writer. She co-presents the self-help CD, The Happiness Training Plan (www.happinesstrainingplan.com) which was launched at the University of Bristol's Happiness Lectures in 2008. Miriam's background is in the media as an award-winning producer and writer and it was while investigating happiness for a BBC Radio 4 programme in the nineties that she first discovered positive psychology. Her interest in the how of happiness goes back to childhood - starting out as a pessimist, she taught herself to be an optimist and now considers it her mission in life to put people on the path to happiness and well-being. This she does through coaching individuals, developing and delivering positive psychology training programmes and writing about mental health. As well as positive psychology, Miriam also has qualifications in NLP and life coaching and is a founder member of CAPP - the Centre for Applied Positive Psychology.

Miriam has recently consulted on a project in the education sector to help teachers identify their natural talents and build a school based on their strengths. She is currently developing a happiness programme for a charity that helps vulnerable teenagers with drug and alcohol issues.

t: 0117 953 7100 / 07973 742739
e: miriam@positivepsychologytraining.co.uk
www.positivepsychologytraining.co.uk
www.happinesstrainingplan.com