{"id":25,"date":"2025-10-22T10:42:25","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T09:42:25","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/artsfortheblues\/?page_id=25"},"modified":"2026-01-19T15:44:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-19T15:44:30","slug":"contact","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/artsfortheblues\/contact\/","title":{"rendered":"Contact"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading has-x-large-font-size\"><strong>Get in touch &gt;&gt;<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-style-rounded\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/artsfortheblues\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/432\/2025\/10\/Vicky-Karkou.jpeg\" alt=\"Vicky Karkou\" class=\"wp-image-132\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Professor Vicky Karkou<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Co-founder<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Director for Research Centre for Arts and Wellbeing at Edge Hill University and Creative Arts Psychotherapist<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"mailto:karkouv@edgehill.ac.uk\">karkouv@edgehill.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full is-style-rounded\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/artsfortheblues\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/432\/2025\/10\/Joanna-Omylinska-Thurston.png\" alt=\"Joanna Omylinska-Thurston\" class=\"wp-image-131\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Dr Joanna Omylinska-Thurston<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Co-founder<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Associate Professor in Counselling and Psychotherapy at the University of Salford, Counselling Psychologist in Manchester Talking Therapies, Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation&nbsp;Trust, NIHR Fellow<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><a href=\"mailto:J.Omylinska-Thurston1@salford.ac.uk\">J.Omylinska-Thurston1@salford.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-thumbnail is-style-rounded\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.edgehill.ac.uk\/artsfortheblues\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/432\/2025\/10\/Scott-Thurston-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"Scott Thurston\" class=\"wp-image-129\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong>Professor Scott Thurston<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Co-founder<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">Director of the English Language, Literature and Creative Practice Research Group; 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