Theo Stickley is Lecturer in Mental Health in the School of Nursing at the University of Nottingham. He teaches the post-graduate certificate in primary mental health care and is the Chair of the Arts and Mental Health Development Group within Nottingham Healthcare NHS Trust.

Thurstine Basset is an independent mental health training consultant. He works for various national organisations in the mental health field, including the Mental Health Foundation, Mind and the Richmond Fellowship. He is Honorary Senior Research Fellow at the Tizard Centre at the University of Kent.