Dr Peter Lawrence PhD, DClinPsych, MSc, MA (Cantab), CPsychol, AFBPsS, FHEA
Lecturer in Clinical Psychology
Dr Peter Lawrence is a Lecturer in Clinical Psychology in the School of Psychology at the University of Southampton.
I am a clinical psychologist interested in conducting research in child and adolescent development, and translating this into interventions to enhance children’s development and support their families. In 2020, I was awarded first prize in the Springer Nature / ABTA National Doctoral Research Awards (Social Sciences).(Please see the ‘Research’ tab for more information about this.)
I am 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.
I am a member of the Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health (ACAMH), and am a member of the Southern Branch committee.
Are you a UK parent or carer for a pre-schooler (aged 2 years +)?
The Co-SPYCE study will tell us how families are coping during the COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic, and what parents can do to help support their pre-school children's mental health. We hope this will help us to understand the needs of families at this time. We will share the findings to help others to provide the right support.
The Co-SPYCE study asks questions that relate to family life and relationships, overall health and wellbeing, parenting, psychological symptoms and how you are coping during the Covid-19 pandemic. The questions cover quite a lot of areas so that we can get a really good understanding of how things are for families currently, which will help us better understand what kind of support they might need.
The survey takes around 15-20 minutes to complete. Participants will also be asked to complete some shorter follow-up surveys (around 10 minutes each) each month while social isolation is taking place, a month after schools have re-opened, and/or when there are major changes in Government advice around isolation.
Appointments:
2014 – Present Lecturer in Clinical Psychology, University of Southampton
2015 – 2018 NIHR Research Training Fellow, University of Reading
2010 – 2014 Psychological Therapist, Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford.
2009 – 2010 Locum Clinical Psychologist, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust.
2006 – 2009 Trainee Clinical Psychologist, Oxford Doctoral Course in Clinical Psychology, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust.
2005 – 2006 Assistant Psychologist, Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
2003 – 2004 Assistant Psychologist, Social Work with Abused and Abusive Youth (SWAAY), Berkshire.
Academic:
2015 – 2020 PhD, Anxiety and Depression in Young People Clinical Research Unit, University of Reading
2006 – 2009 D.Clin.Psych, Harris Manchester College, University of Oxford.
2004 – 2005 MSc, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London.
2000 – 2003 BA (Hons), Downing College, University of Cambridge
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