About us
LOHA bring together a highly skilled team of Psychotherapists, NHS professionals, Schools, Family Therapists, Academics and Entrepreneurs and of course parents!
Founders
Alison Metcalfe and Gemma Bell founded LOHA in 2023.
Alison has spent 30+years working with families and supporting parents to help their children manage their mental health. As Professor of Health Care Research at King's College London, Alison undertook research and co-designed interventions with families to help them communicate difficult conversations and manage distressing emotions, which have had far-reaching impact and informed clinical practice, policy and research Globally.
Co-Founder Gemma Bell, is a successful Health Tech AI entrepreneur working with Alison to digitise the interventions and make them immediately accessible in families own homes.
Gemma says, 'LOHA provide a unique approach that is evidence-based, sustainable and highly accessible for all. It was life changing for me, as a parent, to understand that we can help our children if we are given the therapeutic tools to do so and LOHA is commencing at a time when the power of a more relational approach to therapy is increasingly being recognised'.
Our Partners

Huntingdon's Disease Association

Fruitfly Collective

The Parent Village
