Staff at PROMIS

PROMIS has a staff of over 100 people at 6 clinics around Europe. To view more information about some of our staff memebers, please click on one of the clinics below.

General Management

PROMIS is a family run company. The Lefevers ensure all of the clinics meet the high standards PROMIS stands for.

Dr Robert Lefever

Founder and Director

Robert Lefever is a graduate of Corpus Christi College, Cambridge, and the Middlesex Hospital Medical School. In 1976 he established the PROMIS Unit of Primary Care, a private general medical practice in South Kensington. In 1986, together with his wife Margaret, Dr Lefever established The PROMIS Recovery Centre in Nonington, Kent. He is a regular lecturer and broadcaster throughout Europe and the U.S. His books "A New Life (Healing Depression)" and "Spiritual Awakening", the PROMIS 12-step workbook, are widely distributed. His "Diary of a Private Doctor" reflects his continuing work in and love of general medical practice, while at the same time managing The PROMIS counselling team.

Margaret Lefever

Family Programme Director

Margaret Lefever qualified as a physiotherapist at Guy's Hospital and as a medical laboratory scientist at Paddington Technical College and The Royal Masonic Hospital. She graduated B Ed from London University, has a Montessori teaching diploma and also has the PROMIS counselling diploma. She works with her husband in the PROMIS unit, assists in the management of PROMIS and also works as the principal counsellor in the family programme.

Robin Lefever

Managing Director

Robin Lefever has a BSc in Psychology from the University of Kent and is the Managing Director of the inpatients programme in Kent and also of the outpatient and residential facilities in South Kensington, London. He is also responsible for the managing of the PROMIS centres that have been established in Switzerland, Holland, France, Spain and the development of further international projects. Robin has a particular clinical interest and plays an active role in interventions (helping families get their loved ones to accept that they need help).