Stephanie is a Chartered Psychologist.  She graduated from the University of Sunderland with a BSc (Hons) in Psychology, from Teesside University with an MSc Health Psychology and has completed the BPS Stage Two Qualification in Health Psychology. Her PhD explored the experience of living with adult-onset epilepsy. She .  As a member of Neuro Key (the working title of the Tees Valley, Durham and North Yorkshire Neurological Alliance) she works on various projects concerned with improving the psychological wellbeing of people with neurological conditions.

Stephanie's research interests lie in qualitative health research, specifically the experience and self-management of long-term conditions and creativity and wellbeing.  In particular, she adopts a phenomenological approach to explore the experience of living with neurological and long-term conditions.  She also adopts a co-production approach in her research and is interested in the use of visual methodologies.