Jeffrey Breslaw has a solid background in pharmacy, as well as being in business as a sole practitioner for over thirty three years. Jeffrey retired ten years ago.

His son Nick is 48 years old.

He is a member of the Barnet Mental Health Partnership Board; The Barnet, Enfield and Haringey Mental Health NHS Trust Trustwide Medical Education Committee; Barnet Carers Strategy Group. He is also involved in the mandatory education for psychiatric trainees to receive training directly from people who experience mental health problems and their carers.

Having made contact with the National Alliance of Mentally Ill in the US and visiting their offices in Washington, Jeffrey Breslaw identified common areas of carers’ concerns, guilt, stigma, assessing help from professional, bureaucratic systems, and lack of knowledge with regard to severe mental illness and its causes.

He contacted Sheila Legacy who is the technical director of Transitional Living Services in Syracuse, New York State USA.  She runs courses called Supportive Family Training for families caring for a person with mental health problems.  He has since attended a trainer’s course for Supportive Family Training in the US.

Using all this knowledge Jeffrey Breslaw has run one Supportive Family course for Jewish Care, one for Camden Mental Health Trust and ten for Barnet Mental Health Partnership Board.

He has as his co-leader Suzanne Clinton-Davis, an occupational therapist with an extensive knowledge of mental health. They have become an excellent team, improving the course in content and presentation.