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Teaching
I hold a full-time senior lectureship at Bournemouth University, where I teach clinical psychology, statistics, and sessions relating to my research into sleep and maternal mental illness. I also work as an associate lecturer for the Open University, where I teach child development (ED209). Click the link for more details about my teaching. Read More
Community and professional
I currently undertake sleep workshops at two schools in the Bournemouth area: Winton Primary School and St Walburga’s Catholic School. We hope to extend these to be accessible to other schools in the near future. The workshops help educate parents in the need for their children to have good, regular sleep. To find out more, have a look at the Sleep page on this website. I am also proud to be associated with a number of community and charitable organisations, including the Samaritans, Barnardo’s, FirstPoint, and the Dorset Mental Health Forum. I strongly support the recovery model for mental illness; giving people the power to help themselves back to wellness. |
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Research
My current research focuses on the relationship between sleep and depression, and factors relating to maternal mental illness, such as postnatal depression and postnatal psychosis (including how poor sleep may be implicated in PND). Previous work has additionally explored rural mental health and the use of complementary medication to treat mental illness. Click on the link to see more about this research and planned future work. Read More
The Samaritans
It is my very great honour to be Patron for Bournemouth and District Samaritans. I am also responsible for publicity . Many people believe that the Samaritans are all about suicide; it is very much more than that. Samaritan listeners provide emotional support to anyone feeling distressed, despairing, or suicidal. They do this 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, and 365 days a year. It isn’t just telephone calls either; the Samaritans can be contacted by e-mail, text, and letter. Branches are open in many towns and cities across the UK and Ireland for people to call into. Samaritans also provide outreach at music festivals. All of this is undertaken by dedicated volunteers, who receive no payment for the essential work that they do. We are currently exploring the opportunity to instigate a night helpline at Bournemouth University. Click on the link to find out more about the work the Samaritans do locally and nationally. Read More |
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