Lisa Adams-Davey

Lisa Adams-Davey is a faculty Professor at CEDEP and the International Institute of Leadership and Safety Culture (IILSC), delivering on senior leadership programs to major corporate clients with an emphasis on Psychological Safety and Emotional Intelligence. Lisa is also an Independent Consultant and a Director with EsenSol Ltd. and a Clinical Psychotherapist and Hypnopsychotherapist in private practice at Trust Therapy.

Before training as a Therapist, Lisa had a long career as an academic and practitioner working in the Performing Arts higher education sector. She was a Senior Lecturer and a Teaching and Learning Fellow, with her practice as research (consultancy) having included collaboration with the Royal Northern College of Music. She founded, and was the Artistic Director for, the therapeutic theatre company Confiança Collaborative, designed and developed several degree courses, and sat on numerous higher education boards.

Since 2018, Lisa has worked as a Senior Therapist and Trainer, facilitating with many organisations including the UK National Health Service and Cambridge University. She was a technical consultant for Sodexo’s Global Mental Health and Wellbeing Training Program, which was Sodexo’s highest-rated employee health training program. She was awarded an International Certificate of Recognition from LivingWorks in Canada for her contributions to building Suicide Safer Communities and her research has been internationally recognised as having a positive and constructive impact on society.