Jacqui Stedmon is Academic director of the Clinical Psychology Programme at the University of Plymouth. In this role she has fostered the development of reflective practices in the context of teaching and training, including the use of problem based, experiential, and distance learning. She has worked for many years as a paediatric psychologist within local services for children's mental health. She is a qualified family therapist and enjoys drawing on a variety of other orientations to inform her therapeutic work.Together with colleagues, she co-founded, and currently acts both as Trustee and Clinical Director for, Jeremiah's Journey, a Plymouth-based charity that provides a service for bereaved children and their families. She is researching children and young people's narratives of grief and loss, particularly how their meaning-making resources may be linked to family attachment styles and resilience.