Mark Lugard Brayne (born 17 April 1950) is a British psychotherapist and former journalist.
The son of Thomas Lugard Brayne (who died in 2009) by his marriage to Audrey Diana Thompson, Brayne was educated at Gresham's School, Wymondham College and the University of Leeds, where he graduated in 1973 with a First Class Honours BA in German and Russian.
[1][2] Brayne was with Reuters News Agency from 1973 to 1978, serving as correspondent in Moscow and East Berlin.
In 2003, Brayne left the BBC to work in private psychotherapy practice and as Director (Europe) for the Dart Centre.
Between 2004 and 2008, when he left the Dart Centre, he was a member of the board of the European Society for Traumatic Stress Studies (ESTSS).