Governance and Board

RICBTC is a division of Mindease Limited, the company that also runs Hypno-CBT® College. RICBTC aims to function as an independent register while it remains owned by Mindease Limited. It has its own board, which oversees the register’s standards and its decisions on membership and conduct.

Hypno-CBT® College teaches and awards qualifications. RICBTC sets the standards and decides who is registered. The College provides administrative support during the transition.

Honorary President

Dr Donald Meichenbaum

Dr Donald Meichenbaum is Distinguished Professor Emeritus at the University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, and one of the founders of cognitive behaviour therapy. He developed stress inoculation training and self-instructional training. He is Research Director of the Melissa Institute for Violence Prevention and Treatment in Miami, Florida.

The board

Daniel Mirea

Chair

Daniel Mirea MSc is a CBT consultant, senior lecturer, researcher and writer with more than 30 years’ experience in mental health practice. He is accredited by the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP) and the UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP). He developed NeuroAffective-CBT® (NA-CBT®), a transdiagnostic, integrative cognitive behavioural model.

Professor David Attard

Deputy Chair and Secretary

Professor David Attard DD, PhD is a logotherapist and existential analyst with more than 30 years’ clinical and executive experience. He is accredited by the Viktor Frankl Institute in Vienna, chaired the European Association of Logotherapy and Existential Analysis from 2005 to 2015, and is President of ILEA Malta, the Institute for Logotherapy and Existential Analytic Psychotherapy. He holds the European Certificate of Psychotherapy and the World Certificate for Psychotherapy.

Dr Krissie Ivings

Standards and Accreditation Officer

Dr Krissie Ivings is a clinical psychologist with 24 years’ experience in the NHS. She was closely involved in IAPT (Improving Access to Psychological Therapies, now NHS Talking Therapies) from its introduction, and was an IAPT examiner. She leads RICBTC’s work on standards and accreditation.

Ethics and Complaints Officer

Simon Clarke

Simon Clarke is RICBTC’s Ethics and Complaints Officer. He held the same role for REBHP, the register RICBTC replaces. He is not a member of the board.

Founder

Mark R. Davis founded RICBTC. He is Director of Mindease Limited, Principal of Hypno-CBT® College and founder of Hypno-CBT®. He is not a member of the board and does not vote. He takes no part in decisions on Hypno-CBT® College training routes or College CPD.

Declared interests

Board members declare their interests and step out of any decision where they have one. The Secretary keeps a register of interests and a log of decisions.

Daniel Mirea steps out of decisions on NA-CBT® training routes and CPD.
Professor David Attard steps out of decisions on any training he proposes.

What comes next

Further board members, including a lay member with no professional stake in therapy, will be announced as they are appointed.