Zoe is a Lecturer in Mental Health at the Department of Care in Long-Term Conditions. Her research and teaching background is focused on the impact of arts therapies and arts-in-nature on the well-being of children and young people.

Prior to joining King’s College, she was working as a Research Fellow at Imperial College and University College London.

Zoe is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA) and holds a PhD in Arts Therapies, MRes in Health Research, MSc in Therapeutic Play, PGCert in Teaching & Learning in Higher Education, and BEd in Early Childhood Education. Zoe is also the Deputy Editor of the International Journal of Art Therapy (IJAT).

Zoe's supervision in the following areas: Arts therapies; Arts in nature; Nature-based interventions; School-based interventions; Children & young people; Mental health & well-being; Nature connectedness.