Neil Kitchiner

Overview

Neil has over 38 years experience of working in NHS mental health services within the UK (England & Wales) and Australia.  Neil has also worked in the private sector at the Priory Hospital Bristol, and for the past 22 years in the Cardiff and Vale University Health Board within the Department's of Liaison Psychiatry, Traumatic Stress Service as a Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist with responsibility for the partnership with South Wales Fire and Rescue Service & the NHS until 2008.

Neil is currently employed as the Director and Consultant Clinical Lead at the Veterans' NHS Wales service (VNHSW).  The service offers out-patient mental health assessment and treatment for ex-service personnel with service related mental health problems.  For more information visit www.veteranswales.co.uk.  Neil was a Captain in the Army Reserves with 203 Welsh Field Hospital.  He deployed to Afghanistan October 2013 – January 2014 on Herrick 19a as part of the Army Field Mental Health Team.  He holds an Honorary Senior Research Fellow title with the university.

He regularly lectures and runs workshops on the psychological effects of trauma and psychological therapy for medical and non-medical personnel.  He has written over 40 peer reviewed papers, book chapters - on trauma focused cognitive behavioural psychotherapy, ex-service personnel, early interventions for Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and eye movement desensitisation reprocessing (EMDR) therapy.

Neil has been involved in several RCTs with the Cardiff University Traumatic Stress Research Group led by Prof Jonathan Bisson.