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Irene is a consultant clinical psychologist who created DISCOVER as a service innovation in 2010, and has since shaped and refined the programme so that DISCOVER can reach troubled young people in schools and clinics, and help resolve their problems.

She has also evaluated the impact and effectiveness of DISCOVER, with psychology colleagues at Kings College, London, and continues to explore ways to sustain participants’ progress. Irene has worked in the Trust for over twenty years within Child and Adolescent Mental Health services in various settings.

Irene has expertise in adolescent mental health and provision of evidence-based treatments for teenagers and families, service innovations in community and multi-agency working, and staff training.