Project overview
People with psychosis see, hear or believe things that others don't. These experiences can be compelling, highly distressing, and disrupt people’s lives.
We are working with people with psychosis, their family and friends, and NHS clinicians, to develop attachment based interventions and therapies.
Our 'attachment style' is informed by early relationships, and describes the way that we cope with difficult feelings and interact with others. Many people with psychosis report adverse early experiences and develop an insecure attachment style. This makes it hard to cope with their unusual experiences or access treatments that may beneficial.
Our work aims to support people to live well with psychosis – to feel safe, manage their distress, and access recommended treatments if they so choose.
We are working with people with psychosis, their family and friends, and NHS clinicians, to develop attachment based interventions and therapies.
Our 'attachment style' is informed by early relationships, and describes the way that we cope with difficult feelings and interact with others. Many people with psychosis report adverse early experiences and develop an insecure attachment style. This makes it hard to cope with their unusual experiences or access treatments that may beneficial.
Our work aims to support people to live well with psychosis – to feel safe, manage their distress, and access recommended treatments if they so choose.
Staff
Lead researcher
Other researchers
Collaborating research institutes, centres and groups
Centre for Innovation in Mental Health
We use our expertise in child development, psychological interventions and affective neuroscience to research ways to help those affected by mental health issues.
Centre for Research on Self and Identity
Our research group studies the identity and the sense of concept of the self through a focus on factors like the environment, evolution, self-esteem and life experience.
Research outputs
& Katherine Newman-Taylor
, 2022
, British Journal of Clinical Psychology
, 61 (3) , 781--815
DOI: 10.1111/bjc.12361
Type: article
Olivia, Josephine Partridge,
& Katherine Newman-Taylor
, 2022
, Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy
, 50 (4) , 404--417
Type: article
Olivia Partridge,
& Katherine Newman-Taylor
, 2021
, Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice
DOI: 10.1111/papt.12371
Type: review
Monica Sood,
, 2021
, Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice
, 94 (4) , 973--993
DOI: 10.1111/papt.12354
Type: article