Using theories from clinical, social and cognitive psychology - and drawing on accounts from patients in clinical practice - we tackle questions related to the development and testing of psychological treatments (or combinations of pharmacological and psychological treatments) for a range of disorders.

Current projects focus on:

(i)   Developing novel treatment combinations (psychological- plus pharmaco-therapies) for addiction, anxiety and mood disorders using an experimental medicine framework
(ii)    Experimental psychopharmacology of cognition and emotion processes, for example examining the interaction between stress- and ovarian- hormones and drugs on memory processes
(iii)  Gaining an improved understanding of uncommon anxiety conditions (particularly ‘toilet-related phobias’ in adults) and developing of novel psychological treatments for anxiety disorder symptoms (particularly intrusive memories and viscerally-focused anxiety).