Consultant Clinical Psychologist, South London and Maudsley NHS Trust and Clinical Advisor to the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities
London, UK
Biography
Dr Luke Mitcheson has worked in mental health and drug and alcohol treatment services since 1993 and South London and Maudsley NHS Foundation Trust since 1998. He is a Chartered Clinical Psychologist and Accredited Therapist with the British Association of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapists. He has been involved in service initiatives for substance misusing populations, research focused on developing psychological treatment approaches for addiction and work with staff groups to deliver these interventions.
He works at Lorraine Hewitt House, which is the SLaM Drug and Alcohol Treatment Service in the London Borough of Lambeth. He is seconded one day a week to the Office for Health Improvement and Disparities in the Department of Health and is involved in producing guidance for the treatment sector.