Research
Research interests
- Secondary influences on cognition (e.g. anxiety, depression, pain)
- Interventions for neuropsychological problems (e.g. confabulation, emotional lability)
- Family support for neurological populations
- Development of psychometric tools (e.g. dementia assessment in ID)
- Training approaches for clinical psychology/neuropsychology (e.g. new teaching approaches, competency tools)
Current research
Research supervisor for current student projects:
DClinPsych
- Self-care behaviour in family caregivers of people with an acquired brain injury.
- Exploring the relationship between executive functioning, rumination, metacognitive beliefs, and mindfulness.
- A brief Acceptance and Commitment Therapy-based intervention for Functional Neurological Disorders.
- Experiences of palliative care for family members of people with motor neurone disease.
- Psychological outcomes from therapy for older adults.
MSc:
- Pilot study for a new neurocognitive assessment tool for dementia in Down’s Syndrome.
- Investigating levels of anxiety, depression, fatigue and cognitive dysfunction in subtypes of Ataxia compared to healthy controls.
My research projects include:
- Psychological Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic with various subprojects (e.g. self-reported attention and memory problems related to mental health during lockdown)
- Development of a ‘neuropsychological assessment observation tool’ for developing competences in trainee clinical psychologists.
- Qualitative study on a young person’s experiences of having a parent with a brain injury.