Approximately half of individuals respond to existing interventions for depression inadequately (Hendriks et al., 2018).
This study evaluated depression outcomes following a course of EMDR versus TF-CBT in a UK National Health Service primary care...
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The experience of shame in modern psychotherapeutic settings: A practitioner's perspective (2025)
Thesis
This study explored the experience of shame within psychotherapeutic settings in the UK. Despite extensive theoretical work, numerous outcome-based studies, and increasing calls to understand shame processes in therapy, the empirical exploration of h... Read More about The experience of shame in modern psychotherapeutic settings: A practitioner's perspective.
Developing and evaluating an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) curriculum in schools (2025)
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With statistics showing a decline in child mental health, and acceptance and commitment therapy (ACT) being evidenced as an effective therapeutic model, this PhD initially aimed to investigate the feasibility and effectiveness of an ACT wellbeing int... Read More about Developing and evaluating an Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) curriculum in schools.
Understanding the impact of endometriosis on women’s body image: A mixed methods study (2025)
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Background
The physical and psychological impact of endometriosis on the individual is considerable, yet there is currently little known about how best to support those if they are negatively impacted by appearance and body image-related issues as a... Read More about Understanding the impact of endometriosis on women’s body image: A mixed methods study.
An exploration into the factors that facilitate or hinder recovery from voice hearing (2025)
Thesis
Background: Hearing voices is usually defined as an auditory hallucination with no originating external stimuli. Recovery from psychosis has traditionally been conceptualised as a biomedical disorder which is managed via symptom reduction. It is beli... Read More about An exploration into the factors that facilitate or hinder recovery from voice hearing.
Exploring the Aventine: An autoethnography on making sense of immersive daydreaming in the context of developmental trauma (2025)
Thesis
Immersive daydreaming is fantasy activity that is vivid, intricate and highly absorptive. Akin to an ongoing ‘movie-in-the-mind’, it often has the quality of feeling real and can continue over a period of months or years. The term ‘maladaptive’ daydr... Read More about Exploring the Aventine: An autoethnography on making sense of immersive daydreaming in the context of developmental trauma.
Complexity and continuity in the human-animal bond - a thematic and storied exploration of companion animal bereavement (2025)
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The human-animal bond is receiving renewed attention from psychology researchers and practitioners alike, particularly in the context of our relationships with companion animals. This thesis explores the phenomenon of companion animal bereavement fro... Read More about Complexity and continuity in the human-animal bond - a thematic and storied exploration of companion animal bereavement.
The effects of nocturia on sleep, mood, memory, and quality of life in women across the lifespan (2024)
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Introduction: Historically nocturia has received more attention as a men’s health issue, despite the high prevalence in women as well. Nocturia in women has been thought of as a symptom of other disorders such as overactive bladder or global polyuria... Read More about The effects of nocturia on sleep, mood, memory, and quality of life in women across the lifespan.
Exploring the experiences of young British South-Asian Muslim women growing up in the UK (2024)
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According to the Office of National Statistics (ONS) (2018) there are around 3 million Muslims living in the United Kingdom (Cheruvallil-Contractor et al, 2022). Islam is now the second largest religion in the UK. However, Muslims face scrut... Read More about Exploring the experiences of young British South-Asian Muslim women growing up in the UK.
“An emotional sensitivity now that I didn’t have before”. The therapist’s experience of new motherhood: An IPA study (2024)
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Aims: Women who are therapists potentially face a landscape of changes during their transition to motherhood. This study aims to explore therapists’ lived experience of returning to therapeutic practice after having their first baby, particularly in... Read More about “An emotional sensitivity now that I didn’t have before”. The therapist’s experience of new motherhood: An IPA study.
A qualitative study exploring women’s experiences of their mental health during perimenopause and menopause (2024)
Thesis
The study of women’s mental health during perimenopause and menopause is pivotal in understanding the needs of women and for supporting their overall wellbeing and quality of life during this life phase. However, despite its importance, this area rem... Read More about A qualitative study exploring women’s experiences of their mental health during perimenopause and menopause.
Understanding the experiences of caring for a partner with young onset dementia: An interpretative phenomenological analysis (2024)
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Young onset dementia, diagnosed before the age of 65 presents unique challenges for individuals and their carers. The prevalence of young onset dementia in the UK is rising (Carter et al, 2018) with Alzheimer’s disease being the most common type of d... Read More about Understanding the experiences of caring for a partner with young onset dementia: An interpretative phenomenological analysis.
"I am secretary, therapist, maid, nurse”: Experiences of caring for a family member with a BPD diagnosis (2024)
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Informal caring is an increasingly common phenomenon, with many taking on supportive roles for their friends and family. It is important that carers have their voices heard, and their perspectives represented; however, experiences of mental health ca... Read More about "I am secretary, therapist, maid, nurse”: Experiences of caring for a family member with a BPD diagnosis.
Background
Male sex workers continue to be underrepresented in both the academic literature and across health care provision. Previous attempts to address health and wellbeing needs are limited to a sexual health focus or are based on the comparativ... Read More about Men accepting rewards for sex, sexual content and performance: A qualitative study of the health and wellbeing needs of 'male sex workers'.
Exploring Black women’s experiences in UK psychotherapeutic training and practice (2024)
Thesis
Discussions around racial disparities and social injustice have gained increasing prominence in Western societies. However, psychotherapeutic research is increasingly criticised for its omission of Black women’s intersecting experiences, this include... Read More about Exploring Black women’s experiences in UK psychotherapeutic training and practice.
Introduction: Increased levels of mindfulness and self-efficacy have been associated with improvements in self-management for individuals with type 2 diabetes. It is important to further our understanding of how to improve self-management to improve... Read More about Understanding individual’s perceptions of self-efficacy in relation to self-managing their type-2 diabetes after being enrolled onto a mindfulness-based programme.
Background: Many people treated in National Health Service (NHS) Talking Therapies services (previously known as Improving Access to Psychological Therapies) have highly complex needs which are not always met by the length and type of treatment offer... Read More about Emotional skills groups: A qualitative study exploring client experiences of online group work in an improving access to psychological therapies service.
Discursive analysis into the trans and non-binary experiences of eating disorders (2024)
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Background: Whilst there is a significant body of critical feminist research on how gender mobilises eating dis/orders it has tended to focus on the experiences of anorexia in (assumed) cisheterosexual, white, and middle-class young women (Jones & Ma... Read More about Discursive analysis into the trans and non-binary experiences of eating disorders.
Background
Borderline Personality Disorder (BPD) is noted to be a disorder of mood and interaction. This diagnosis is given to more women than men and can be stigmatising, with people being accused of being attention-seeking and manipulative. People... Read More about “I don’t think that really any of the symptoms of it are my experience”: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of women who disagree with their diagnosis of Borderline Personality Disorder.
The play of defences in the climate and ecological emergency: A psychosocial exploration of therapy and eco-activism (2024)
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Climate psychology is an emerging field of study concerned with the emotional, psychological and social processes that have contributed to the Climate and Ecological Emergency (CEE) and our responses to it. There is a growing interest from the psych... Read More about The play of defences in the climate and ecological emergency: A psychosocial exploration of therapy and eco-activism.