www.charlottearmitage.co.uk www.yafta.co.ukDr Charlotte BSc (Hons), PGCert, GMBPsS, PPABP, FRSA, MBACP, MNCS (Accred), Psy.D is a psychologist and psychotherapist, specialising in the Film & TV Industry, particularly, psychological duty of care processes in production. Charlotte is a verified mental health professional for all major broadcasters including Channel 4, E4, ITV, BBC, MTV, EOne, Netflix, NBC, Channel 5, Viacom & Sky. You can see a list of productions Charlotte has worked on via her website. Charlotte is currently the duty of care psychologist and psychotherapist for ITV's Big Brother 2023.Charlotte works across a range of programming formats; scripted and unscripted, documentary, reality TV. She predominately works on high risk reality TV formats and true crime documentaries, managing the psychological health of both contributors and production teams. Charlotte works clinically as a mental health professional in TV through her registration as a psychotherapist with the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP). Charlotte is an accredited business psychologist holding principal practitioner status with the Association of Business Psychologists (PPABP) and a chartered scientist with the Science Council. Charlotte holds a professional doctorate in psychology (Psy.D). Charlotte is a member of the Media Ethics Advisory Group for the British Psychological Society (BPS) and is involved in developing policy and regulation for those in the Media. In addition to this, Charlotte is the Managing Director of YAFTA International, an award winning acting academy based in the North of the UK, offering Spotlight accredited training. Charlotte has over 20 years experience in the industry. These organisations now have international reach, attracting students worldwide with the introduction of their online diploma programmes. Charlotte is a regular media contributor. She is a columnist for various publications and regularly provides commentary and contributions for press, radio and TV including being a resident psychologist on BBC radio and Talk Radio TV. Charlotte provides regular media commentary for a variety of outlets such as Stylist, BBC, The Independent, Marie Claire, The Guardian, The Metro, Prolific North, The Sun, Grazia, Simply You, Red Magazine, The Telegraph. Recently Charlotte filmed as the on-screen psychologist for a number of documentaries. Details can be found on her website. She will be filming for a C4 documentary this year.