Robert Holden

A best-selling author and Director of The Happiness Project, Robert Holden is the man who created the NHS’ famous stress buster clinic. An expert psychologist, he’s dedicated 30 years to learning the core principles of positive psychology publishing 10 successful books on the subject. As well as this Robert is a fantastic mental health speaker instilling positivity into his audiences time and time again.

The founder of the Happiness Project, the organisation incorporates sociology, psychology, meditation and spirituality to help people unlock their happiness and live fulfilled lives. The project continues to excel but Robert’s biggest success to date is arguably his role in creating the NHS Stress Buster clinic. Following a number of strategic meetings with the NHS Robert pitched the healthcare organisation the idea of creating a clinic dedicated to addressing mental health. The aim of the clinic is to focus first on mental wellbeing before physical, in the hope that the healing process will be smoother once this has been addressed. Opened in 1989 the clinic is located in Birmingham and its huge success saw laughter clinics soon follow.

These successes have seen Robert gain media attention and his work has been made the focus of two BBC documentaries. As well as this he hosts his own weekly radio show on Hay House Radio and has even appeared on The Oprah Winfrey show talking about the importance of mental wellbeing. Having been booked as a mental health speaker for the likes of TED, NHS and more Robert always provides his audiences with a boost expanding on the advice from his other projects to give them access to his invaluable insight.