Better mental health practice. Safer television.

The Media Mental Health Professions Council is being established to advance rigorous, compassionate and accountable psychological practice across the television industry.

WHY THE COUNCIL EXISTS

A council for a distinctive field.

Psychological practice in television sits at the intersection of clinical judgement, production realities and public exposure. It deserves a professional framework designed for that context.

The Council will bring together practitioners, welfare leaders and production partners to define excellent practice, learn from experience and make contributor care more consistent across the industry.

Industry-informed

Clinically grounded

Contributor-centred

WHAT WE WILL BUILD

A practical, trusted framework for care.

The Council's work will be useful at the point of practice: clear enough to guide everyday decisions and robust enough to support accountable governance.

Set credible standards

Develop clear, sector-specific guidance for psychological assessment, care, escalation, clinical governance and aftercare.

Strengthen practice

Create practical policies, resources and a shared language that help productions make sound, person-centred decisions.

Connect the profession

Bring mental health professionals together to exchange insight, reduce professional isolation and build a stronger voice.

Support reflective care

Offer peer supervision and thoughtful professional development for the complex realities of psychological work in television.

The Council's standards will complement, not replace, statutory professional regulation, clinical accountability or production responsibilities.

A CONTINUUM OF CARE

Care should hold from first contact to life after broadcast.

Good practice is not a single assessment or a welfare check. It is a coherent approach, held across the life of a production.

01
Before filming
Assessment, informed consent, suitability, risk formulation and clear clinical boundaries.
02
During production
Responsive care, decision-making, escalation routes, welfare collaboration and ethical challenge.
03
Beyond transmission
Aftercare, continuity, reflection, learning and support for contributors in the public eye.

A PROFESSIONAL HOME

Connection, challenge and collective learning.

The Council will create a thoughtful space for MHPs to meet peers, strengthen their practice and help shape the future of care in television.

Find your peers

A specialist network for professionals working across reality, factual, entertainment and other high-intensity formats.

Reflect with care

Peer supervision and reflective spaces designed for the emotional, ethical and practical demands of the work.

Shape policy

Contribute experience to best-practice policies that reflect both contributor welfare and real production environments.

Be part of the founding professional network.

Register your details to hear about membership, peer supervision, standards and opportunities to shape the future of psychological practice in television.

BUILT FOR

Mental health professionals working in television
Welfare teams, production leaders and commissioners
Organisations committed to responsible contributor care