With an expanding international client base in the US, Ireland and the UK, SilverCloud Health is reshaping the delivery of online therapeutic services. CEO, Ken Cahill, outlines the ideas and process that brought the company to life, and how its products benefit clients.
Academic beginnings
SilverCloud Health is a spin out from the Technology Enhanced Therapy (TET) project, a three year joint translational research project undertaken jointly by the National Digital Research Centre (NDRC), Trinity College Dublin and Parents Plus, Mater University Hospital in Ireland. Prior to this, the project underwent seven years of direct academic and clinical research at Trinity College Dublin and Mater University Hospital.
When I first met Dr Gavin Dhoerty, Dr John Sharry, Dr David Coyle and Dr Mark Matthews, the four founding scientists of the TET project, I was hugely impressed that they were bringing over 120 years of academic and clinical expertise. They coupled this experience with refreshingly positive and forward thinking attitudes towards mental health and positive behaviour change.
This article first appeared in the Winter 2014 issue of TILT Magazine ~ Therapeutic Innovations in Light of Technology.
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Ken Cahill is the CEO and one of the founding partners of SilverCloud Health, tasked to bring the company global. Previous to SilverCloud Health he was employed by the NDRC, where in his role as an entrepreneur in residence he guided multiple start-up companies through the early phases of growth.
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