Dr. Dominique Thompson
Dr Dominique Thompson is a GP, young people’s mental health expert, TEDx speaker, author and educator. She has over 20 years of clinical experience caring for students, most recently as Director of Service at the University of Bristol Students’ Health Service. She was Bristol Healthcare Professional of the Year 2017 and in 2024 was made President of the Student Health Association.
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Biography
Dr Dominique Thompson is a GP, young people’s mental health expert, TEDx speaker, author and educator. She has over 20 years of clinical experience caring for students, most recently as Director of Service at the University of Bristol Students’ Health Service. It was for this work that she was named Bristol Healthcare Professional of the Year 2017.
She is also a Clinical Advisor for the Royal College of GPs, and for Student Minds, the UK’s student mental health charity. She was the GP member of the NICE Eating Disorders’ guidelines development group, and the Universities UK StepChange and Minding Our Future committees. Dominique is also a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (FRSA).
Dominique is also a member of the UK Mental Wellbeing in Higher Education group (MWBHE), and is on the Board of a NHS mental health foundation trust.
She has helped design apps and websites to support student mental health, and has been interviewed widely, including by the Guardian and Radio 4’s Today programme. Her TEDx talk, What I learnt from 78,000 GP consultations with university students highlights some of the causes behind the recent rise in young people’s mental health distress, and suggests ways in which everyone can better support the younger generation.
Dominique has now launched her own student health and wellbeing consultancy, Buzz Consulting, to assist organisations in improving their student support offer.
Dominique has worked with organisations from Aardman Animation and the BBC to John Lewis, and also gives talks to teachers, parents and university staff, as well as any organisation interested in teen or student mental health or parenting.
What I learnt from 78,000 GP consultations with university students | Dominique Thompson | TEDxBath
Books
Dominique is the author of HOW TO GROW A GROWN UP: Preparing your Teen for the Real World (PRH).
She is also the author of a series of five mental health books for students: 'Anxiety @ University', 'Depression @ University', 'Staying Well and Safe @ University', 'Resourcefulness @ University'. and ‘Stay Balanced While You Study’.
