Letters of Support

“The Orpheus Managing Unwanted Emotions module is one that I frequently recommend to patients, particularly those with high levels of anxiety, emotional dysregulation, or who are feeling overwhelmed.”

Patients report the module helps them find space from overwhelming emotions, including rumination and anxiety, with some using it as a bedtime aid.

Dr Rebecca Henleywillis — General Practitioner & Lead Clinician, NHS Practitioner Health  ·  23 January 2024

“We can see the potential that this device has for the care of patients in the NHS and, more specifically, in IAPT services.”

Somerset NHS Talking Therapies supports around 120 staff delivering treatment to 14,000 new referrals a year.

Marc McDonagh — Service Lead, Somerset NHS Talking Therapies  ·  6 April 2023

“Berkshire Healthcare is well placed to support as a recruiting site for this project.”

A Global Digital Exemplar Trust with an established, research-active IAPT service; the project aligns with the Trust’s Digital by Design strategy.

Kate Penhaligon — Head of Research & Development, Berkshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust  ·  11 April 2023

“This intervention/device would have potential as a tool to support the care of people in Talking Therapies services.”

LSCFT runs 11 Talking Therapies teams of CBT therapists, psychological wellbeing practitioners and counsellors across Lancashire and South Cumbria.

Dr Katri Kuusniemi & Kieran Fleck — Consultant Clinical Lead and PWP Clinical Lead, LSCFT NHS Talking Therapies  ·  11 April 2023

“It has great potential to benefit our patients and provide additional support to people waiting to start their treatment with us.”

iCope has delivered NHS Talking Therapies for Camden and Islington since 2008.

Judy Leibowitz — Consultant Clinical Psychologist & Head of Trust Talking Therapies Services, Camden & Islington NHS Foundation Trust  ·  5 April 2023

“VHG are one of the largest providers of NHS Talking Therapy services in the UK… well placed and willing to support this research trial.”

Vita Health Group delivers NHS Talking Therapies across nine Integrated Care Board regions.

NHS Talking Therapies National Clinical Lead — Vita Health Group  ·  April 2023

“Small scale trials of this tool show promising results, and the ability to evaluate the impact at a bigger scale would be of great interest.”

Written in a personal capacity as Director of Public Health, reflecting on the pressure IAPT services face and the risks of alternative coping mechanisms such as alcohol and drug use.

Alice Wiseman — Director of Public Health, Gateshead Council & Addiction Lead, Association of Directors of Public Health  ·  2023

“We believe that our experience in commercialisation and NHS adoption will help the wider Orpheus team to deliver this innovative product to market.”

EMAHSN is the innovation arm of the NHS across the East Midlands, one of 15 Academic Health Science Networks covering England.

Julian Patel — Commercial Manager, East Midlands Academic Health Science Network  ·  4 April 2023

“This fully digital, non-therapist guided package has great potential for scalability within and beyond NHS services. I therefore offer my enthusiastic support to this grant proposal.”

Co-director of a research collaboration between 14 IAPT services and UCL, and a clinical academic working in IAPT services for over a decade.

Dr Joshua Buckman — Lecturer in Clinical Psychology & Clinical Director, UCL University Clinic  ·  29 March 2023

“The project addresses an important question in this population/disease area.”

DCTSU offered ongoing support from its Trial Management, Statistics and Data Management teams should the funding application succeed.

Dr Teresa Grieve — Director, Derby Clinical Trials Support Unit, University Hospitals of Derby and Burton NHS Foundation Trust  ·  11 April 2023