Dr Dominique Thompson
Buzz Consulting
Dr Dominique is a multi-award-winning former GP, young people's mental health expert, TEDx speaker, author and educator, with over two decades of NHS clinical experience.
How to come to terms with an empty nest
This year, hundreds of thousands of students have started university here in the UK. With that comes a lot of parents and guardians having to say goodbye, as their young person leaves home – often for the first time. It’s natural for parents and guardians to feel at a loss when this happens – even a sense of grief. In fact, according to a recent study of 1,000 UK parents who dropped their child off at university this autumn - 83% said it caused them extreme grief to do so.
Dr Dominique is a multi-award-winning former GP, young people's mental health expert, TEDx speaker, author and educator, with over two decades of NHS clinical experience.
Working as an international independent mental health consultant and speaker, she also holds roles including most recently; President of the Student Health Association, membership of the UK government’s Higher Education Mental Health Implementation Taskforce, and Clinical Advisor to NICE and Student Minds.
She is author of The Student Wellbeing Series (Trigger Press) for young people, and co-author of How to Grow a Grown Up (Penguin Random House) for parents.
For information about Dr Dominique’s work as a consultant and speaker: www.buzzconsulting.co.uk
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