Professor Shanaya Rathod

Over the years Professor Rathod has mastered specialist skills across the illness pathway through assessment, diagnosis, and treatment of common and severe enduring mental health conditions. She has an expertise in supporting people through stressful times in their lives, through developing their resilience and coping strategies by working with them collaboratively and coaching them towards recovery. She aims to provide a high quality personalised and friendly service where patient’s experience, choice, and needs come first. Prof. Rathod also understands the needs of carers and does her best to provide family friendly services.

She has a keen interest in research and has published extensively in peer-reviewed journals and has authored books (like Back to Life, Back to Normality; Cultural Adaptation of CBT for Serious Mental illness, Brief Interventions in Psychosis etc) especially on Cognitive Behaviour Therapy. She is also an invited speaker at national and international events.