Guy Holmes (psychologist)

Walk and Talk, a group featured on Radio 4's All in the Mind[7] and Clare Balding's Ramblings,[8] enabled participants to connect with each other and with the healing power of nature.

Psychology in the Real World groups occur in community settings rather than stigmatising venues such as mental health units and are open to all members of the public.

The bringing together of people with serious mental health diagnoses with other members of the public is a conscious strategy based upon the work of Gordon Allport aimed at reducing stigma.

[11] His comment, broadcast during an episode of Radio 4's Ramblings, that loneliness is more damaging to your health than smoking cigarettes and drinking heavily trended on Twitter,[12] and though challenged at the time is now accepted by researchers and public policy makers alike.

[14] During his career he published over 50 academic articles and book chapters, many jointly authored with service users/survivors, on medication, the medicalisation of distress, stigma and community psychology.