Dean-David Holyoake has worked in a variety of settings with mentally ill young people and their families. Having trained in various psychotherapeutic approaches, Dean specialised in the solution focused approach for the past 25 years. Since receiving his PhD over 25 years ago from Central University, he has lectured and presented at conferences (both UK and Internationally), published widely in the speciality and supervised hundreds of postgraduate students. He worked for ten years as the course and year lead in the MA Solution Focused Brief Therapy at the University of Birmingham. Dean is currently a senior lecturer at the University of Wolverhampton and continues his ethnographic research into all things solution focused.
Founder and Consultant
Anita Z Goldschmied is a dually qualified learning disability nurse and social worker trained at Sheffield Hallam University. Anita has extensive experience using solution focused approaches in the business, public, health and social care sectors. Before entering academia, Anita has spent 15 years in various business and not for profit organisations including running her own company. She has a Master and a PhD in Contemporary Research and Practice. In her doctoral work, Anita has developed a novel approach, 6D solution focused practice to explore mundane and ordinary events.
Policy and Research