Dr Brendan J Dunlop (BSc Hons, ClinPsyD, FHEA, CPsychol) (he/him) is a Principal Clinical Psychologist, Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist and Managing Director of Rainbow Junction Therapy (www.rainbowjunctiontherapy.co.uk). He works in the NHS and also as the Deputy Director for Research and Clinical Lecturer in Clinical Psychology on The University of Manchester’s clinical psychology training programme. In his NHS role, Dr Dunlop works as the Clinical Lead for the Associate Psychological Practitioners workforce initiative. In his university role he teaches and supervises research on LGBTQ+ mental health and supervises Trainee Clinical Psychologists delivering Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. In addition, Dr Dunlop works in an independent capacity providing psychological therapy to young people and adults, many of whom are from the LGBTQ+ communities.
He regularly teaches on LGBTQ+ mental health and wellbeing and provides training and consultation to a wide variety of organisations on this topic too. He has published 16 peer-reviewed papers and numerous book chapters on bisexual mental health, adapting CBT for LGBTQ+ populations, and adapting clinical formulation for LGBTQ+ populations. He is Associate Editor of the academic journal Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice. Dr Dunlop’s debut book The Queer Mental Health Workbook (the first-of-its-kind LGBTQ+ self-help resource) published worldwide on 21st March 2022. Find him on Twitter/X: @BrendanJDunlop1 and visit his website at: www.drbrendan.co.uk
