Professor of Social Work and Director of the Centre for Social Work Research at University of East London. He holds degrees from Cambridge, Oxford, and University of East London. His research focus...view moreProfessor of Social Work and Director of the Centre for Social Work Research at University of East London. He holds degrees from Cambridge, Oxford, and University of East London. His research focuses on adolescent mental health, suicide and self-harm prevention, and mental health issues in ethnic minority communities. He has contributed chapters to books on suicide and psychodynamic therapy approaches for working with young adults, and published over 50 papers in a wide range of journals including Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, British Journal of Psychotherapy, Journal of Social Work Practice, and The Journal of Crisis Intervention and Suicide Prevention, among others.view less