WhenCraig Newman left his abusive relationship, he was surprised at the lack of options for those looking to move beyond initial crisis support, and set off on a path towards recovery. “It was incredibly complicated to understand how you recovered,” he tells MF, “which seemed pretty bizarre, given what I do for a living.”
Newman is a clinical psychologist, and has spent his career building eHealth programmes and solutions, helping people with mental health challenges. So, after working on his own recovery, he developed a model and began working with others who had found themselves in similar situations.
“It really revealed to me that there are massive gaps in the sector in terms of how we support people,” he says. “And when I say gaps, I