Dealing with Press and Media | Panel Discussion with Q&A

​During this hour-long event, we will be joined by Counselling Directory member, Andrew Harvey, Press and Media manager, Alice Baker and Features Editor, creative writer, and memoirist, Fiona Fletcher Reid.

​We will dive deeper into the world of press and media, breaking down the difference between PR and marketing, and how PR fits into your overall marketing and advertising strategy.

​Fiona Fletcher Reid

​Fiona Fletcher Reid is the features editor at Happiful, where she commissions and edits pieces that challenge mental health stigma. Her work has appeared in Metro, Reader’s Digest, and Grazia, and she’s spoken about mental health at events like Stylist Live. She’s the author of Depression in a Digital Age, Out of Office, and Work It Out.

​Alice Greedus

​Alice Greedus is the PR Manager for Happiful where she has worked for the past six years. A member of the Chartered Institute of Public Relations (CIPR), she specialises in securing media opportunities and supporting members with press requests. Since she joined Happiful she has worked on over 1,000 different press opportunities with members of the Happiful directories.

​Andrew Harvey

​Counselling Directory member, Andrew Harvey is a BACP-accredited psychotherapeutic counsellor based in Nottingham, offering services both locally and worldwide online. He has been running AddictionsCounselling.net for ten years. Much of his work is with clients who struggle with addictive and/or compulsive relationships with substances and behaviours. 

​Andrew has gained significant exposure through his regular contributions to television, radio, online, and print media, where he has shared his thoughts on mental health, counselling, addiction, and related topics. 

​He is passionate about promoting the benefits of therapy and, while finding some of the media exposure a little out of his comfort zone, welcomes the opportunities to do so and encourages others to do the same.