Prior to founding Warren Larkin Associates in 2017, Warren spent 24years in the NHS, working predominantly with individuals and familiesexperiencing serious mental health difficulties. First as an assistantworking on the long-stay psychiatric wards at Prestwich Hospital andthen as Clinical Psychologist in Manchester working in a servicecreated to provide and research the impact of CBT and FamilyInterventions for people experiencing psychosis.Warren went on to lead one of the two national centres of excellencein psychological care for psychosis – chosen to share anddisseminate innovative practice in first episode psychosis services(FEP). This initiative contributed to a case for change which led toincreased funding and the introduction of the two-week referral totreatment time in FEP services in England.Warren then spent 5 years as Network Clinical Director, responsiblefor Children and Families Services across Lancashire. Warren wasresponsible for the quality and safety of care and for research andinnovation. This experience led to Warren’s passion for public healthand prevention work.Warren is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist and is also VisitingProfessor at Sunderland University where he is working with theFaculty of Health Sciences and Wellbeing, to develop their researchprogramme and training curricula for a broad range of health careprofessionals.Warren completed a 2-year tenure as the Clinical Lead for theDepartment of Health Adverse Childhood Experiences programmeand is now working with NHS Health Scotland to implement routineACE inquiry in GP practices in some of the most deprived areas inScotland.He has a long-standing interest in the relationships between childhoodadversity and outcomes later in life and has published numerousresearch articles on the topic of adverse childhood experiences,trauma and psychosis and published an edited book in 2006 (nowcommissioned for a second edition) exploring this theme.Warren has also been involved in policy development and has actedas an advisor to a number of UK and foreign government agencies.He was a member of the Children and Young People’s Mental HealthServices National Task Force, the NICE expert reference group onfirst episode psychosis, the ‘Tackling Child Sexual Exploitation’advisory group and was a contributing author of the recently publishedPersonality ‘Disorder’ Consensus Statement. He is currentlysupporting UNICEF in the Western Balkans to develop trauma-informed policy and practice.Warren developed the routine enquiry about adversity in childhood(REACh) approach as a way of assisting organisations to becomemore trauma-informed and to train professionals to ask routinelyabout adversity in their everyday practice.He is currently writing a book about trauma, adversity, and resilienceand why we urgently need to focus on prevention in order to improvehealth and wellbeing for future generations.