Dr Pete Lawrence

My primary teaching duties are on the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (DClinPsych) Programme.

I lead the module 'Research 3' (PSYC8048).

I also contribute to:

Research 1 (PSYC6172) and Research 2 (PSYC8049) and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Skills (PSYC6171).

Furthermore, as a Clinical, Academic and Personal Tutor, I contribute to the DClinPsych clinical placements (PSYC8013; PSYC8014; PSYC8015; PSYC8016; PSYC8035).

I lecture on other programmes, e.g., CBT for [more] Severe Mental Health, (PSYC8829); CBT for Anxiety and Depression (PSYC8455).

Pete is an Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology within the Centre for Innovation in Mental Health (CiMH), School of Psychology at the University of Southampton. He is Research Director for the Doctoral Programme in Clinical Psychology (Doctorate in Clinical Psychology).

He is both a clinical psychologist and a scientist, conducting research in children's and young people’s development in the face of adversity, and translating this into psychological programmes to enhance children's and young people’s development and support their families. 

For his work as a PhD student, Pete received the 2022 British Psychological Society Award for Outstanding Doctoral Research Contributions to Psychology; first prize in the Springer Nature / ABTA UK National Doctoral Research Awards (Social Sciences), 2020; and the 2020 Dean’s prize for outstanding early career research in the Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Southampton. (See the ‘Research’ tab for more information about his clinical research.) 

He has been chartered by the British Psychological Society (CPsychol); registered with the Health and Care Professions Council as a Practitioner psychologist; and accredited as a Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist with the British Association for Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapies.

Pete is a member of the Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (ACAMH), was formerly Vice-Chair of its Oxford and Reading branch, is presently a member of its Southern Branch committee; is an external examiner at the universities of Oxford and Surrey, and at King’s College London (Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience); peer reviewer of papers at leading psychology journals and research grant applications; and is a member of the core group preparing and writing the National, 0-5 years Children and Young People's IAPT training curriculum. 

Prizes

• National Doctoral Researcher Awards, First Prize (Social Sciences), Springer Nature / Association of British Turkish Academics (2020)
• Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Finalist, Trainee of the Year, 2020 (2020)
• Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Research Trainee of the Year, Finalist, 2021 (2021)
• Early Career Researcher, Best Research Output, Division of Psychopathology and Affective Neurosciences, University of Reading (2019)
• Dean's Award for Outstanding Early Career Research Contribution, Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Southampton (2020)
• British Psychological Society, Award for Outstanding Doctoral Contributions to Research in Psychology, 2021 (2022)