Frances Basset
Frances worked as a nurse for 15 years in Leeds, London and Brighton before moving into Higher Education.
She has been working as a Senior Lecturer at the University of Brighton since 1996, where she
now works on
a part-time basis.
As a psychotherapist, she obtained a Post Graduate Certificate in Transpersonal Psychology from the Centre for Transpersonal Psychology in 2002 and a Post-graduate Diploma in Psychosynthesis Counselling and Therapy from the University of East London and the Psychosynthesis and Education Trust in 2005.
She has a Postgraduate Certificate in Education from the University of Brighton and an MA in Public Service Management from the University of Sussex.
As a transpersonal psychotherapist, Frances holds a fundamental respect for the spiritual nature of human beings.
Thurstine Basset
Thurstine trained as a social worker and worked as a community worker and social work practitioner, mostly in the mental health field. He has worked as an Independent Training and Development Consultant for over 20 years.
He has worked for national voluntary agencies, such as Mind, Together, the Mental Health Foundation and the Richmond Fellowship.
His current employers include the Royal College of Psychiatrists, Education Not Discrimination at Rethink and CAPITAL (Clients and Professionals in Training and Learning). He is also chair of the Mental Health Training Forum, based at Middlesex University.
He has published widely and written mental health learning materials, many of which are published by Pavilion Publishing, with whom he works in an advisory role.
He is a Visiting Fellow at the University of Brighton. He has an MSc in Social Policy from Cranfield University.
He has a strong commitment to equality in education and training.
