Dr Joanna Omylinska-Thurston is a Counselling Psychologist at the NHS Talking Therapies at the Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust and a Lecturer in Counselling and Psychotherapy at the University of Salford. Her primary research interest is in psychological therapies that are effective and helpful to clients. She is a co-founder of Arts for the Blues a creative evidence-based group psychological therapy for depression which is currently tested in the NHS and charity settings. She has been awarded an NIHR Fellowship for a Feasibility RCT of Arts for the Blues in NHS Talking Therapies.