About
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Research
Research interests
- Children and young people's development in the face of adversity.
- Prevention of common mental health problems in children and young people.
- Parents' mental health.
Current research
Pete’s work, funded by UK Research and Innovation, the ESRC, the Kavli Trust and the Wellcome Trust, includes:
- examining the mental health of UK pre-school children and their families during the COVID-19 pandemic; and
- randomised controlled trials to prevent anxiety disorders in children at risk of developing these (MY-CATS and Parenting with Anxiety);
- laboratory based experiments examining infants' learning from their mothers and fathers.
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Research groups
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Research interests
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Current research
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Research projects
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Publications
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Supervision
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Teaching
My primary teaching duties are on the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (DClinPsych) Programme.
I lead the module 'Research 3' (PSYC8048).
I also contribute to:
Research 1 (PSYC6172) and Research 2 (PSYC8049) and Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Skills (PSYC6171).
Furthermore, as a Clinical, Academic and Personal Tutor, I contribute to the DClinPsych clinical placements (PSYC8013; PSYC8014; PSYC8015; PSYC8016; PSYC8035).
I lecture on other programmes, e.g., CBT for [more] Severe Mental Health, (PSYC8829); CBT for Anxiety and Depression (PSYC8455).
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External roles and responsibilities
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Biography
Appointments:
2022 – Associate Professor of Clinical Psychology, University of Southampton
2014 – 2022 Lecturer in Clinical Psychology, University of Southampton
2015 – 2018 NIHR Research Training Fellow, University of Reading
2010 – 2014 Psychological Therapist, Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford.
2009 – 2010 Locum Clinical Psychologist, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust.
2006 – 2009 Trainee Clinical Psychologist, Oxford Doctoral Course in Clinical Psychology, Oxfordshire and Buckinghamshire Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust.
2005 – 2006 Assistant Psychologist, Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.
2003 – 2004 Assistant Psychologist, Social Work with Abused and Abusive Youth (SWAAY), Berkshire.
Academic:
2015 – 2020 PhD, Anxiety and Depression in Young People Clinical Research Unit, University of Reading.
2006 – 2009 DClinPsych, Harris Manchester College, University of Oxford.
2004 – 2005 MSc, Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London.
2000 – 2003 BA (Hons) First Class, Downing College, University of Cambridge.
Prizes
- National Doctoral Researcher Awards, First Prize (Social Sciences), Springer Nature / Association of British Turkish Academics (2020)
- Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Finalist, Trainee of the Year, 2020 (2020)
- Association for Child and Adolescent Mental Health, Research Trainee of the Year, Finalist, 2021 (2021)
- Early Career Researcher, Best Research Output, Division of Psychopathology and Affective Neurosciences, University of Reading (2019)
- Dean's Award for Outstanding Early Career Research Contribution, Faculty of Environmental and Life Sciences, University of Southampton (2020)
- British Psychological Society, Award for Outstanding Doctoral Contributions to Research in Psychology, 2021 (2022)
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Prizes
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