Catherine Hodder
Catherine Hodder leads policy and influencing at Young Epilepsy, bringing 20+ years’ expertise in children’s policy, health and education.
Natasha Hughes is a Senior Assistant Research Psychologist at Young Epilepsy, where she leads the development, delivery, and assessment of psychosocial Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) groups and self-help resources for young people with epilepsy and their caregivers.
Her work focuses on improving psychological flexibility, wellbeing, and mental health outcomes through evidence-based and person-centred research methods. A central feature of Natasha’s work is co-production: synthesising lived experience with theoretical and clinical expertise. She works collaboratively with young people, families, healthcare professionals, clinicians, and wider stakeholders to ensure that the ACT group and self-help resources are genuinely meaningful and responsive to the needs of those they are designed to support.
Main focus: Developing, piloting, and assessing ACT group interventions and self-help resources in collaboration with young people with epilepsy and their families.
