Our UK and international
experience
Our experience in the UK and internationally spans ministerial advice, national secure mental health policy development, mental health homicide inquiries, prison health, operational management, strategic leadership, and national programme management.
Elizabeth Allen
Founder & Managing Director
Liz is the author of the See Think Act Guide to Relational Security and the accompanying Relational Security Development Workbook.
She’s written national health policy on security and care standards for secure mental health.
Her professional background includes:
Head of the medium security policy division and deputy head of the secure policy division for the Department of Health
National medium security lead for the National Quality Improvement Programme
Member of the Bradley Review Panel into Prison Mental Health and member of the ministerial National Oversight Group for High Security Hospitals
Head of mental health policy & performance for a Strategic Health Authority
Programme lead for the Health Service Ombudsman
Deputy director of operations for an ambulance service.
Kirsty Mason
Clinical Specialist & Programme Lead
With over 23 years experience in mental health services as a mental health nurse, Kirsty is grounded in practical experience and brings a deep, lived understanding of relational security.
She has a solid grasp of how find opportunities for therapeutic engagement and positive risk taking in situations with necessary restriction.
Her firsthand understanding of team dynamics, systems, and organisational culture brings a perspective of realism to her approach that factors in the challenges and opportunities staff and leaders face.
Her frontline clinical practice includes the UK national women’s high security service, UK national high security personality disorder service, and UK national learning disability service. She’s held senior operational, security, and leadership roles, and designed and delivered relational security education programmes that support staff and services improve patient care in complex, high-risk environments.