Professor Hannah Sherbersky

Professor Hannah Sherbersky

Professor Hannah Sherbersky is a Family and Systemic Psychotherapist, Associate Professor at the University of Exeter and CEO of the Association for Family and Systemic Psychotherapy UK.

She has over 30 years of experience working within the mental health service as a clinician and trainer. At the University, she is Deputy Director of the clinical training department CEDAR, and Co-Director of the Systemic Portfolio, where she helped to establish one of the most prolific systemic training providers in country. She has co-developed and manualised a model of couple therapy in a research-based couple clinic, and still works clinically as a psychotherapist and supervisor.

In 2020 Hannah completed her doctorate, researching notions of ‘home’ within an adolescent inpatient context. She is past Associate Editor for the Journal of Family Therapy and is interested in the innovative delivery of systemic ideas, contributing to a BBC documentary about family therapy (2019), an online couple therapy app (2020) and various podcasts. She presents nationally and internationally in both her leadership roles and has published on numerous related subjects.