Who we are

JOHN GALE is CEO of Community Housing and Therapy (CHT) a mental health charity specialising in therapeutic communities.  Formerly a Benedictine monk, John taught philosophy. After leaving the priesthood he trained as a psychotherapist and has worked in therapeutic communities for over 20 years. He was CHT's clinical director before taking up his present post in 1999. John is on the board of the International Society for the Psychological Treatment of the Schizophrenias and other Psychoses (ISPS UK) and of the Association of Therapeutic Communities (ATC). He is a member of the advisory panel of the Community of Communities programme at the Centre for Quality Improvement at the Royal College of Psychiatrists. John is a member of the editorial committee of Avances en Psicología Latinoamericana and on the editorial advisory panel of Therapeutic Communities. John regularly speaks at conferences and has contributed to books and published articles in academic journals.  He recently edited a volume in the ISPS series entitled Therapeutic Communities for Psychosis published by Routledge. He is particularly interested in the interface between philosophy, psychotherapy and spirituality.

Inma is a member of the Royal Society of Statistics and the Charity Finance Directors Group (CFDG).  She was a trustee of Richmond Mind, is honorary treasurer of the Association of Therapeutic Communities (ATC).  Inma joined the Senior Management Team at CHT as Finance Director in 1997.  Her track record includes restructuring the financial systems within Community Housing & Therapy introducing controls on customer debt and project expenditure and overseeing the introduction of a system of differential spot producing changes.  Inma graduated in Mathematics from the University of Malaga, Spain, and took a post graduate diploma in Pedagogy at the Institute of Education.  She also completed a Masters in Statistics at the University of London, has studied accounting at the University of Westminster and is currently studying for a PhD in Financial Statistics at Imperial College.

BEATRIZ SANCHEZ has been the Clinical Director, Community Housing and Therapy (CHT) since 2004. She is a chartered psychologist and has a MA in individual psychoanalytic psychotherapy. Beatriz runs CBT introductory training courses for homeless organisations. Beatriz is a board member of International Society for the Psychological Treatment of the Schizophrenias and other Psychoses (ISPS UK) and of the Association of Therapeutic Communities (ATC).  She is also a member of the ATC research group. Beatriz regularly speaks at conferences and has published a number of journal articles and book chapters. Currently she is authoring a paper on the 'Reduction in Medication Use and Hospitalisation in Rehabilitation Therapeutic Communities for Severe and Enduring Mental Illness' for the Psychiatric Bulletin.