Sue Stuart-Smith
Psychiatrist, psychotherapist and author of The Well Gardened Mind
Sue Stuart-Smith is a psychiatrist and psychotherapist who graduated in English literature at Cambridge University before going on to train as a doctor. She worked in the National Health Service for many years, becoming the lead clinician for psychotherapy in Hertfordshire. She currently works for DocHealth, a service that helps doctors suffering from stress and burnout. Her book, The Well Gardened Mind, was published in 2020 and became a Sunday Times bestseller and a Times and Sunday Times Book of the Year. It has since been translated into eighteen languages.
Sue and her husband, celebrated garden designer Tom Stuart-Smith, have recently founded a not-for-profit initiative called The Serge Hill Project for Gardening, Creativity and Health which is offering resources to local schools and charities and provides opportunities to connect with nature for those who have least access. The project is based in an old orchard near their home which has been transformed into a unique learning resource called the Plant Library with a programme of talks and workshops open to anyone interested in nature and gardens.
Website: Sue Stuart-Smith (suestuartsmith.com)
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