Jo Hemmings - Mental Health in the Media - Behavioural, Media and Celebrity Psychologist

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In light of the recent news of the passing of Caroline Flack we sit down with Jo Hemmings to discuss mental health in the media and the effects of social media on our everyday lives.Jo Hemmings is a Behavioural Psychologist and a member of both the British Psychological Society (BPS) and the British Association for Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP). She specialises in media and celebrity analysis as well as a being a dating and relationship coach and TV and radio personality. She was voted Dating Expert of the Year at the UK Dating Awards in 2016.With a degree from the University of Warwick and further training at the University of London, Jo is the UK’s best known and respected Celebrity Psychologist and was the UK’s first Dating Coach.In January 2017, The Mail on Sunday’s You magazine, covered Jo’s coaching work in some detail and with high recommendation. If you’re interested in finding out more, here’s the link to Make a Date with the Match Mentor: why everyone who’s serious about finding The One has a dating coach.Jo is a the Consultant Psychologist on ITV’s Good Morning Britain, regularly appearing on the show, as well as This Morning and BBC, Channel 4, C5 and Sky News. She also helps behind the scenes, in the contestant selection process, by giving psychological advice and assessment to reality TV producers and contestants both during the selection procedure and the series.

Recent TV work includes working as an Assessment and Duty Of Care psychologist for a number of reality TV series and documentaries for all the leading channels, including ITV’s Good Morning Britain and Tonight, the BBC’s Back In Time series, This Is My Song and Love in the Countryside (October 2019). She is the Consultant Editor on How Psychology Works (Dorling Kindersley, 2018)

Jo was part of the recent BPS promotional video "We are Psychologists"

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