• BPS Division of Clinical Psychology May Davidson Award 2015 – Winner  – “Outstanding contribution tto the development of clinical psychology within the first 10 years of their work as a qualified clinical psychologist”.

   

• Northern HSC Trust Chairperson’s Award – Most Effective Team  2015 – Winner.

   

• Northern HSC Trust Clinical Audit & Service Evaluation Award 2015 – Winner  – “Psychological Therapies Clinical Outcomes Framework” project.

   

• Intitute of Healthcare Management Annual Quality Award 2014 – Runner Up – “Psychological Therapies Clinical Outcomes Framework” project.

   

• Praxis Prize for outstanding research in the field of mental health 2008 – Winner – “Anger, aggression, and self-harm in PTSD and complex PTSD” research project.

   

• Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health Poster Award 2006 – Runner Up – “Bullying experiences of Child and Adolescent Mental Health service-users” research project.

   

• Annual Congress of Psychology Students in Ireland Postgraduate Presentation Award 2005 – Runner Up –  “Psychological disturbance following traumatic brain injury” research project.

   

• QUB Foundation Award for Academic Achievement 2000 – Winner .

My research interests include:

• Attentional bias and cognitive processes in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder

• Complex PTSD phenomenology, theory, and interventions

• Troubles-related trauma

• Trauma-related shame and guilt

• Factors influencing the therapeutic alliance

• Dyslexia and psychological wellbeing

Dr Dyer has been a member of the QUB DClinPsych course staff since September 2009 and is Co-ordinator of the Diploma/MSc in Applied Psychology (Clinical Specialism). He is also a Consultant Clinical Psychologist and Clinical Lead of the Psychological Therapies Service in the Northern HSC Trust. He has a specialist background in working with Complex PTSD and trauma after working in the Belfast HSC Trust Trauma Resource Centre for 4 years. He completed his undergraduate, PhD and DClinPsych qualifications at QUB. His current research interests include OCD, Complex PTSD, and the therapeutic alliance. In 2015, Dr Dyer won the prestigious May Davidson Award presented by the British Psychological Society’s Division of Clinical Psychology for clinical psychologists who have made an outstanding contribution to the development of clinical psychology within the first 10 years of their work as a qualified practitioner.

Background

1997 – 2000:    1:1 BSc. Single Hons. Psychology (Queen’s University Belfast)

2000 – 2004:    PhD in Psychology (Queen’s University Belfast)

2004 – 2007:    Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (Queen’s University Belfast)

2007 – 2009:    Clinical Psychologist, Adult Mental Health, BHSC Trust

2009 – 2012:    Clinical Psychologist, Trauma Resource Centre, BHSC Trust

2012 – 2013:    Senior Specialist Clinical Psychologist, Northern HSC Trust

2013 – Present: Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Northern HSC Trust

2008 – Present: Chartered Clinical Psychologist (CPsychol)

At postgradauate level I teach on clinical presentations, psychological assessment/formulation, low intensity interventions, and foundations of clinical practice in the Diploma/MSc in Applied Psychology (Clinical Specialism). I also teaching on clinical presentations, psychological assessment/formulation, and psychological therapies in the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology.