Emma Glackin

Emma Glackin is a Registered Mental Health Nurse at Harbor. Her experience centres on community mental health and on supporting people through a crisis.

She has worked on inpatient wards as well as in the community. Her background also includes service development and clinical research.

Professional Background & Qualifications

Emma trained as a nurse with an FdSc in Mental Health Nursing at Anglia Ruskin University, then completed a BSc (Hons) in Mental Health Nursing at the University of Essex. She also holds a Diploma in Health and Social Care (Adults).

Her further training covers Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), a talking therapy that helps people accept difficult thoughts and act on what matters to them, as well as Mental Health First Aid.

She has also trained in enhanced emergency care and venepuncture (taking blood), as well as the iatrogenic effects of treatment (the harm that treatment itself can cause).

Professional Experience

Emma’s crisis work has included admission avoidance, which means supporting people at home so that they don’t need to go into hospital. When a hospital stay is needed, she has helped plan a safe discharge back into the community.

She has also helped reshape services, including designing the routes people take between community mental health care and social care.

Beyond patient care, Emma has delivered training on depression, frailty and dementia, and coordinated research for a clinical trial.

Approach to Care

Having worked in many multidisciplinary teams, Emma knows how important it is for care to be joined up, above all when several professionals or services are involved.

She also sees families and carers as an important part of recovery, and her work as a Family Liaison Officer has given her experience of supporting them through difficult times.