I am a research clinical psychologist. I did my research training (PhD) at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology & Neuroscience, King's College London, and my clinical training (DClinPsychol) at the University of Edinburgh. 

I act as Principal Investigator or Co-Investigator on several trials of novel psychological therapies to solve clinical problems- from non-adherence to medication, to repeated self-harm and low mood and quality of life in health conditions. I am currently an Associate Editor for the British Journal of Health Psychology. 

My main ongoing funded research projects:

• Principal Investigator: Developing and feasibility testing an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) interventION for improving medication-taking behaviour in women with early stage invasive breast cancer: The ACTION trial. Yorkshire Cancer Research (01.06.18 – 01.01.2022)

• Co-Investigator: COMMEND: A randomized-controlled trial of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) for improving QoL in motor neuron disease. NIHR HTA award (01.01.2018- 2023)

• Co-Investigator: FRESH STarT. A new approach to assessing self-harm in mental health contexts. NIHR Programme grant (01.06.2018 – 2023)

Recently, completed (in the last 2 years) funded research projects include: 

• ACTMUS: A pilot randomized-controlled trial of acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) for people with muscle disorders NIHR Research for Patient Benefit: (01.02.16 – 01.06.18)

• Effectiveness of a psychological intervention (ACT) on improving wellbeing in healthcare professionals. NHS Leeds West Clinical Commissioning Group. (01.10.17- 01.10. 2020)

• Creating an evidence-based toolbox for targeted public health interventions during COVID-19: a cross-border analysis to disentangle psychological, behavioural, media and governmental responses. Health Research Board (01.05.2020- 01.12.2020)

Most of my teaching is on the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, where I am Academic Director with oversight of the taught curriculum. I also teach across clinically-relevant masters courses and the UG programme. The main topics I cover are:

• Acceptance & Commitment Therapy
• Psychological Assessment and Formulation
• Clinical application of psychometrics
• Basic psychotherapy skills
• Viva skills