I’m a combined MPsych(Clinical)/PhD student and a provisional psychologist. My project investigates the relationship between empathy and hoarding and how we can use this to improve treatment for hoarding disorder. People who live with hoarding disorder often face difficulties in their social life and research suggests that one of the causes could be trouble tuning in to what others are feeling or thinking. If we can improve their skills in this area, it could lead to improved relationships and hopefully improved quality of life.

I’m a PhD student and clinical psychologist. My research at the Grisham Lab looks at how we can improve treatment for people who live with hoarding disorder. Many people who live with hoarding disorder also live alone. Some research suggests that keeping objects might be a way to fill a need for security and connection that would normally be met through social relationships. I’m testing whether we can reduce hoarding symptoms by reducing their sense of isolation.

I’m a PhD student and clinical psychologist. My research explores how treatment for OCD might be improved by “re-scripting” OCD-related images or memories that keep repeating. This technique uses the imagination to evoke deeper emotion-based learning or change, but researchers are still investigating how it works. I’m also excited about how people can use technology to guide them through therapeutic techniques. I hope to combine these two interests in my research output.

I’m a combined MPsych(Clinical)/PhD student and provisional psychologist. My research looks at OCD and reassurance-seeking in family situations. I’m investigating how reassurance-seeking maintains OCD symptoms (like a checking compulsion) and how the way family members respond can feed or starve the OCD cycle. This research will help us give better guidance to family members so they can respond in ways that challenge symptoms and maintain relationships.

I am a combined MPsych(Clinical)/PhD student and provisional psychologist. My research explores how we can use mental imagery to reduce worry. People who worry a lot often tend to ask “what if” and fear the worst. Sometimes worry can be a way to avoid upsetting mental images and emotions. If we can harness mental images of feared events, and “re-script” what happens in these scenarios to something realistic, we might be better able to process emotions and weaken the cycle of worry.

I am a combined MPsych(Clinical)/PhD student and provisional psychologist. My research explores whether we can use mental imagery to help improve the treatment of hoarding disorder. People who live with hoarding disorder often worry about and avoid discarding because they have mental images about their items - such as troublesome memories. If we can ‘re-script’ these images, we might be able to help people with hoarding disorder discard the items they no longer need in their lives.