Psychological treatments and psychotherapy research

I work with psychological therapists and academic psychologists to conduct randomized controlled trials of psychological therapies. These studies evaluate new interventions and estimate how effective they are. We also use mixed methods to investigate the therapy process and to find out why and how, not just if, therapies are successful.

I am a member of ChAPTRe, the Child Attachment and Psychological Therapies Research unit at the Anna Freud Centre and UCL.

Health Services Research

My collaborations with medical doctors and clinical academics involve observational studies of clinical records, administrative data, and purposely collected patient cohorts. These investigations evaluate care pathways and identify risk factors associated with poor outcomes for patients. I also work on innovative data visualization (control charts) that help hospital clinicians monitor patient outcomes in real time.

I am a member of HSRC, the Health Services Research Centre at the Royal College of Anaesthetists.

Social Epidemiology

With epidemiologists and other scientists I investigate health inequalities, as well as psycho-social and socio-structural causes of poor health, including mental health. These studies use data from national birth cohorts and large samples of clinical records.

I am an associate member of ICLS, the ESRC International Centre for Lifecourse Studies.

Methodology

I have published methodological work on social survey methods and on sequence analysis. I am interested in combining qualitative and quantitative data ("mixed methods"), particularly in the context of psychotherapy research.