Professor Stephen Palmer PhD the Founder Director of the Centre for Stress Management and a Course Co-Director on the stress management, cognitive-behavioural therapy and coaching programmes. He is a Chartered Psychologist, Chartered Scientist, Chartered Biologist, Accredited CBT and REBT Therapist, and International Society for Coaching Psychology Accredited Coaching Psychologist and Supervisor.
He is President and Fellow of the International Society for Coaching Psychology and Honorary Fellow and former President of both the International Stress Management Association and the Association for Coaching, He is Honorary Fellow and Vice President of the Institute of Health Promotion & Education and Fellow and Vice President of the Society for Dialectical Behaviour Therapy.
He is Co-Editor of the International Journal of Stress Prevention and Wellbeing. He has written/edited 60 books including Trauma and Post-traumatic Stress Disorder, Brief Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, Handbook of Counselling, Handbook of Coaching Psychology, Cognitive Behavioural Coaching in Practice, Developmental Coaching, The Coaching Relationship and Solution Focused Coaching in Practice.
His academic posts include Professor of Practice, Wales Academy for Professional Practice and Applied Research, University of Wales Trinity Saint David; Adjunct Professor of Coaching Psychology, Aalborg University, Denmark.