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LOUISE CHUNN

Louise Chunn is a former prize-winning magazine editor and newspaper journalist who is now the founder of welldoing.org.

Early Life

Louise Chunn was born in Auckland, New Zealand on July 24 1956. Her older brothers Mike Chunn and Geoffrey Chunn were both members of Split Enz, one of New Zealand's best known rock bands. She studied for a BA in History at the University of Auckland, and became the first female editor of Craccum, the university students' weekly newspaper. She wrote freelance music reviews for Rip It Up, and was for two years a reporter on The Auckland Star.

Career

In 1982 Louise arrived in London where she has lived ever since. She worked at teen magazine Just Seventeen which she edited in 1985-6; she was deputy editor at Elle magazine from 1986 to 1989. She became women's page editor at The Guardian in 1989 and stayed at the paper until 1994 when she left to be features editor then eventually deputy editor at Vogue. In 1998 she became editor of ES magazine (part of the Evening Standard), followed by deputy editor then editor (2001-2005) of In Style magazine. She was editor of Good Housekeeping 2006-2008; then editor of Psychologies magazine 2009-2012.

In 2013, she founded welldoing.org. It is a directory of therapists, counsellors and psychologists with content covering self development, mental health and wellbeing. Alain de Botton, founder of The School of Life has said “The welldoing.org therapist directory is an intelligent, modern response to a need – how do you find the right therapist for you? Taking into account your personality and goals, and what various therapists have to offer, it finds the best possible match."

Awards

Louise was EMAP Journalist of the Year 1984; editor of PPA Magazine of the year In Style 2004. She is a founder member of Women in Journalism

References

http://www.theguardian.com/media/2009/oct/12/louise-chunn-to-edit-phsychologies http://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/dec/07/britain-uk-therapists-porn-addiction-body-dysmorphia-mental-health http://www.telegraph.co.uk/health/healthadvice/11003221/How-to-choose-a-therapist.html http://www.spectator.co.uk/health/features-health/9320902/how-do-i-find-the-right-therapist/