Rufus May has worked as a clinical psychologist in adult mental health services for 25 years.
He is passionate about a community development approach to mental health, influenced by his work with the hearing voices networks.
Areas of interest
- Creative and holistic Approaches
- Mindfulness
- Thai Boxing
- Hearing Voices Network / Voice Dialogue
- Nonviolent communication
- Racial inequalities in the Mental Health system
Rufus has an international reputation for training people in holistic and recovery based approaches to mental health problems, having carried out work in the United States, Australia, Canada, Spain, Italy, Denmark, Germany, Switzerland, Norway and Holland.
His interest in psychological approaches to psychosis and recovery is rooted in his own experiences of psychosis and recovery in his late teens. He has written a number of articles and book chapters and his work was featured in the English Channel 4 documentary ‘The Doctor who hears voices’.
“Dr Rufus May’s remarkable story inspired The Independent on Sunday’s campaign for better treatment of the mentally ill.”
-Julia Stuart- The Independent newspaper
Watch
The Doctor Who Hears Voices from Leo Regan on Vimeo.
Rufus also has an interest in mindfulness, voice dialogue approaches, conflict resolution communication skills and community development approaches including developing self-help networks.