Mark is a qualified nurse and has been for more than 20 years. Prior to nursing Mark served in the armed forces for almost 10 years. Mark has held both clinical and managerial positions in his career and has worked across both rehabilitation and secure service settings. Mark has completed several post graduate qualifications in CBT and DBT and has a special interest in Trauma Therapies. Mark has spent the last four years working in the social care sector primarily for a nationwide charity.

Mark believes in an ethos of user involvement and therapeutic activity which can often be a key factor for recovery and that services that are shaped by active stakeholder feedback are successful in delivering these aims.