The Team

We are a group of clinicians and researchers, working collaboratively alongside people with lived experience, relatives, and healthcare organisations and charities.

Professor Lyn Ellett

BSc (Hons), PhdD, D.Clin.Psych

Professor in Psychology | Clinical Psychologist

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Doctor Thomas Richardson

B.A (Hons), D.Clin.Psych

Associate Professor

Research Interests:

Relationship between Financial Difficulties such as Debt and Impulsive Spending and Mental Health
Psychological understanding and treatment of Bipolar Disorder
Cannabis Use and Psychosis
Read about Tom’s Research here

Doctor Emma Palmer-Cooper

BSc, MRes, PhD

Lecturer in Psychology

Research Interests:

Metacognition in Psychosis, Bipolar Disorder and other serious mental health conditions
Creativity and Wellbeing
Student Mental Health
Read about Emma’s Research here

Professor Katherine Newman-Taylor

D.Clin.Psyc

Professor in Psychology | Clinical Psychologist

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Doctor Tess Maguire

MSc, PGCE, PhD, D.Clin.Psyc

Principle Teaching Fellow

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Doctor Alison Bennetts

D.Clin.Psyc

Snr Teaching Fellow | Deputy Academic Director

Research Interests:

Yoga and holistic/ non-western approaches and the relationship to transdiagnostic processes, with an emphasis on compassion and emotion regulation
Mental health and wellbeing in diversity, with a particular interest in male psychology and spirituality
Relational trauma
Read about Ali’s Research here

Doctor Monica Sood

BSc, MSc, PhD

ESRC Postdoctoral Research Fellow

Research interests:

Attachment and psychosis
Cognitive and attachment-based mechanisms associated with the maintenance of paranoia
The impact of attachment security priming on psychotic-type experiences
Read about Monica’s Research here