Projects per year
Personal profile
Academic Biography
I am a Chartered Psychologist and Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society, and sit on the Register of Applied Psychology Practice Supervisors. I am also a Fellow of Advanced HE (formally Higher Education Academy), and an accredited psychological therapist.
I joined Teesside University in December 2016 as a Senior Lecturer in Mental Health, after 12 years of working in a range of clinical roles with individuals with a vast array of mental health difficulties. I remain clinically active, and am currently accredited in the following therapies, as well as in the final stages of IPT accreditation:
- CBT-Based Interventions
- Acceptance and Committment Therapy (ACT)
- Motivational Interviewing
- Dialectic Behavior Therapy (DBT)
My principle teaching and course responsibilities within the University are on postgraduate programmes and continued professional development courses, including:
- PgC/UCAPD Low Intensity Assessment and Intervention Skills for Psychological Wellbeing Practice
- UCPPD Approaches to Long Term Conditions for Psychological Wellbeing Practice
- UCPPD Supervision for Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners
- UCPPD Trauma Sensitive Approaches to Psychological Wellbeing Practice
- UCAPD Dialectic Behavior Therapy
- UCPD Integrating Cognitive Behavioral Theory and Interventions in Mental Health Practice
My academic background is within Psychology, with a specific interest in Developmental Psychology/Psychopathology, mental health, and CBT Interventions. I completed my degree in Psychology and Masters degree in Developmental Psychopathology at the University of Durham, whilst also working within the field of mental health. I have also completed a Postgraduate Certificate in Primary Mental Health Care at Teesside University, before undertaking a PhD in Psychology at the University of York. Since commencing at Teesside, I have completed a PgC in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education.
I continue to work clinically, alongside working in academia.
Summary of Research Interests
My research interests are relatively diverse; my primary research interest is in the quality of the parent-child relationship, specifically parental mind-mindedness, and its role in predicting children's developmental outcomes, including children's social cognition. I am particularly interested in non-normative groups such as adoptive parents/foster carers/blended families, and families that differ from the typical 'nuclear' set-up.
I am also interested more broadly in mental health and wellbeing, and am involved in several streams of research in the field of mental health.
Research Projects & External Funding
Current Projects
A Mixed-Methods Study Using Co-Production to Explore Food Insecurity in Adults with Severe Mental Illness Living in Northern England (2021 - 2023)
Funding Body: NIHR Research for Patient Benefit
Role: Steering Group member
Co-production of an Evidence-Based Framework and Related Guidance for Practitioners on Personalised Risk Management and Safety Planning for Adults Experiencing Suicidality (2021 - 2022)
Funding Body: NIHR Applied Research Collaboration North East & North Cumbria
Role: Researcher
The aim of the project is to co-produce (with people with lived experience of suicidality) an evidence-based framework for supporting personalised risk management and safety planning, which is sensitive to the needs, preferences and values of people experiencing suicidality.
A Predisposition for Perfectionism: Are Trainee Psychological Wellbeing Practitioners Well Beings? (2021-2022)
Funding Body: Unfunded
Role: Principle Investigator
Thinking about Parenting - Exploring Parent-Child Relationships and Emotional Wellbeing with Biological Parents and Stepparents (2021-22)
Funding Body: Unfunded
Role: Principle Investigator
Parents' Experience of Children's Emotional and Behavioural Difficulties (2021-22)
Funding Body: Unfunded
Role: Co-Investigator
Past Projects
Developing an Audit Tool for Suicide Prevention Training Across North East and North Cumbria (2021)
Funding Body: North East and North Cumbria Suicide Prevention Network.
Role: Lead researcher
Rapid Scoping Review of Evidence-Based Best Practice in the Design and Delivery of Self-Harm and Suicide Prevention Training (2021)
Funding Body: North East and North Cumbria Suicide Prevention Network.
Role: Researcher
NHS 111 Mental Health Support Team Service Evaluation (2020)
Funding Body: North East and North Cumbria Integrated Care System (NENC ICS), Mental Health (MH) workstream
Role: Researcher
University Mental Health Charter; Student Minds (2019)
Funding Body: UPP Foundation and the Office for Students
Role: Recruited as part of an academic research team to collect and analyse the evidence that informed the University Mental Health Charter.
Mind-Mindedness in Research and Practice (2013 - 2017)
Funding Body: Economic and Social Research Council
Role: PhD Researcher
Tees Valley Baby Study (2011 - 2013)
Funding Body: Economic and Social Research Council
Role: Volunteer Research Assistant
External Roles and Professional Activities
British Psychological Society (244957):
- Chartered Psychologist (CPsychol)
- Associate Fellow (AFBPsS)
- Register of Applied Psychology Practice Supervisors (RAPPS)
British Association of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (1010888):
- CBT Register: Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner
IPT UK (2021014):
Trainee Member
Advanced HE (RP156431):
- Fellow
External Examiner, University of East Anglia:
Programme: PGCert Evidence Based Low Intensity CBT Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner
Learning and Teaching Interests and Activities
- Mental Health and Wellbeing
- Psychological Therapies
- Low Intensity Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
- Dialectic Behaviour Therapy
- Acceptance and Committment Therapy
- Motivational Interviewing
- Clinical and Case Management Supervision
- Delivering Psychological Therapies to 'Hard to Reach' Groups
- Forensic Mental Health
Education/Academic qualification
PhD, University of York
Sep 2013 → Jun 2017
Master, Durham University
Oct 2010 → Sep 2011
Bachelor, Durham University
Oct 2005 → Jun 2008
External positions
External Examiner, University of East Anglia
2021 → …
Chartered Psychologist & Associate Fellow, The British Psychological Society
2019 → …
Fellow, Higher Education Academy
2018 → …
Senior Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner , Rethink Mental Illness
Mar 2015 → …
Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner , Tees Esk and Wear Valleys NHS Foundation Trust
Jan 2013 → Mar 2015
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Projects
- 4 Finished
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Developing an audit tool for mapping training for suicide and self-harm
Giles, E., Barker, J., Ramtohul, A., Fishburn, S., Robinson, J. & Hodgson, J.
1/03/21 → 30/06/21
Project: Research
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Weight management interventions for adults living with overweight or obesity and severe mental illness: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Stevens, H., Smith, J., Walker, L., Innerd, A., McGeechan, G., Fishburn, S. & Giles, E.
1/02/21 → 30/06/22
Project: Research
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Rapid scoping review of evidence of best practice in the design and delivery of self-harm and suicide prevention training
Barker, J., Giles, E., Byrnes, K., Lilley, R., Fishburn, S., Ramtohul, A., McGeechan, G., Thompson, P., Robinson, J. & Hodgson, J.
22/09/20 → 19/02/21
Project: Research
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NHS 111 Mental Health Support Service Evaluation
Barker, J., Giles, E., Dingwall, A., Smith, J., Byrnes, K., Watson, P., Fishburn, S., Thompson, P., Bednarz-Withers, P. & Johnson, K.
12/06/20 → 28/10/20
Project: Consultancy
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Weight management interventions for adults living with overweight or obesity and severe mental illness: A systematic review and meta-analysis
Stevens, H., Smith, J., Bussey, L., Innerd, A., McGeechan, G., Fishburn, S. & Giles, E., 3 Nov 2022, In: British Journal of Nutrition. p. 1-60 60 p., doi:10.1017/S0007114522003403.Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Explaining the Relation between Early Mind-Mindedness and Children’s Mentalizing Abilities: The Development of an Observational Preschool Assessment
Fishburn, S., Meins, E., Fernyhough, C., Munoz Centifanti, L. & Larkin, F., 20 Dec 2021, In: Developmental Psychology. 58, 1, p. 17-31Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Rapid scoping review of evidence of best practice in the design and delivery of self-harm and suicide prevention training
Barker, J., Giles, E., Byrnes, K., Lilley, R., Fishburn, S., Ramtohul, A., McGeechan, G., Thompson, P., Robinson, J. & Hodgson, J., 19 Feb 2021, 97 p.Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
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Self-Harm and Suicide Prevention Training Audit Tool (SHSPAT) v1.0
Barker, J., Giles, E., Fishburn, S., Lilley, R., Ramtohul, A., Ngeyu, E. X., Hodgson, J. & Robinson, J., 2 Jul 2021, (Submitted) 11 p.Research output: Other contribution
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Self-Harm and Suicide Prevention Training Audit Tool (SHSPAT) v1.0 Auditors Manual
Barker, J., Giles, E., Fishburn, S., Lilley, R., Ramtohul, A., Ngeyu, E. X., Hodgson, J. & Robinson, J., 2 Jul 2021, (Submitted) 28 p.Research output: Other contribution
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