Margot Sunderland

Dr Margot Sunderland is Director of Education and Training at The Centre for Child Mental Health London, Honorary Visiting Fellow at London Metropolitan University, and Child Psychotherapist with over thirty years experience of working with children and families. Dr Sunderland is the author of over twenty books, which collectively have been translated into eighteen languages and published in twenty-four countries. Her internationally acclaimed book, "What Every Parent Needs to Know", endorsed by world leading neuroscientist Professor Jaak Panksepp, won First Prize in the British Medical Association Medical Book awards 2007 (Popular Medicine section). The book has also been voted one of the top brain books of our time by The Dana Foundation. Her books which form the "Helping Children with Feelings' series (Speechmark Publishing) are found to be hugely beneficial by a great number of child professionals. Dr Sunderland is also founding Director of the Higher Education College, The Institute for Arts in Therapy and Education. The Institute offers Masters Degree courses in Integrative Child Psychotherapy and Integrative Arts Psychotherapy and many other related courses in child counselling and therapeutic play. Dr Sunderland undertakes many speaking engagements on her work in the UK and abroad.