Dr Saima Masud

Saima is a consultant clinical psychologist in the Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust. She is volunteering with us at Mind Over Mountains to help embed nature-based interventions in mental healthcare, from evidence to practice.

Saima also works for the UK government, in counterterrorism. She
is a visiting lecturer at the University of Nottingham and the University of
Leicester. She is a member of Corrymeela, in Northern Ireland, working on peace
and conflict resolution. She has participated in several international
conferences and events, speaking and presenting research to government,
practitioner, and public audiences around the world. She is most passionate
about compassionate frameworks for antiracism, extremism, and everyday chaos.
Saima runs a free storytelling event in Nottingham, inviting members from the
community to share true stories from their lives, as a way of harnessing everyday
expertise.

She is a keen hiker and loves to connect poetry, breathwork and nature.