Peter Wilkes
Peter has been a GP in the Highlands for 21 years, has a background in scientific research, is an MRCGP examiner, a GP appraiser and coordinates the Remote and Rural Fellowship Training Scheme run by NHS Education for Scotland. He completed the Bangor University Distance Learning Course in Mindfulness in 2006, attended the Inverness course in the same year and has taken part in the teaching retreats held on Holy Isle in 2007 and 2008. He has also attended meditation retreats at the Samye Ling Foundation in the Borders.
Vee Freir
Vee is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist. She has been facilitating Mindfulness groups since 2003. She undertook further training in October 2005 through the NES initiative for “Doing Well By Depression”, and then went on to take part in teaching retreats on Holy Isle in 2007 and 2008. She has also attended various teachings by the Dalai Lama and been on retreat in Nepal. She has considerable experience facilitating groups, which she has done since 1986, and has worked in child psychology, cancer care and in Primary Care for NHS Highland. She is currently in private practice.
