Mental Health: Forward Thinking – Delivering the Strategy
- 15-09-2016
- 08:30 - 16:45
- America Square Conference Centre, London
Elaine Bousfield is the Founder and Strategy Director of XenZone, the emotional and mental health service provider, and its award winning service specifically for children and young people: Kooth.
As a passionate advocate for giving young people a voice, Elaine founded Kooth in 2004, the first online counselling service for children and young people in the UK.
Before founding XenZone and Kooth, Elaine spent 15 years as a counsellor, six of those years as a working with young women who had experienced sexual abuse, as well as two years as a Mental Health Community Worker, four years at Manchester Rape Crisis and three years as a Community Worker.
Elaine is a regular speaker at events across the UK, including Health Europe 2016 and Health + Care 2016.