Dr Christopher DJ Taylor
School of Psychology
Senior Lecturer
+44 114 222 6517
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School of Psychology
Interdisciplinary Centre of the Social Sciences (ICOSS)
219 Portobello
Sheffield
S1 4DP
- Profile
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Dr Christopher Taylor is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology in Department of Psychology at University of Sheffield. He is also Consultant Clinical Psychologist with Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust. He has degrees in Psychology from the Universities of Edinburgh, Aberdeen and Manchester, including a Doctor of Clinical Psychology degree (ClinPsyD) and a Doctor of Philosophy in Clinical Psychology degree (PhD). His research interests are in the understanding and development of new psychological therapies for people with severe mental health experiences, including psychosis, with a focus on schemas and mental imagery.
Dr Taylor is the recipient of the British Psychological Society's (BPS) 2021 May Davidson Award, a major research prize, for "an outstanding contribution to the development of British Clinical Psychology within the first ten years of qualifying". Since 1985, only 40 clinical psychologists in the UK have been recipients of this award from the BPS.
Chris was the first clinical psychologist in the UK to be awarded a Doctoral Research Fellowship in Psychosis from the National Institute for Health & Care Research (NIHR). Dr Taylor is also a member of the National Scientific Committee (CPAG) of the British Association of Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP), the lead organisation for CBT in the UK. He is also a BABCP accredited Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist. Dr Taylor supervises a number of doctoral students and postgraduates. He regularly presents his work at National and International Conferences, including clinical workshops.
- Qualifications
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- BSc (Hons)
- PG Cert.
- MSc
- ClinPsyD
- PhD
- CPsychol
- AFBPsS
- Research interests
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The understanding and development of new psychological therapies for people with severe mental health experiences, including psychosis, with a focus on schemas and mental imagery.
- Publications
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Journal articles
- Imagery‐focused therapy for visual hallucinations: a case series. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, 31(3). View this article in WRRO
- Emotional and non‐emotional mental imagery and auditory verbal hallucinations (hearing voices): A systematic review of imagery assessment tools. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, 31(1).
- Attachment‐focused
iMAgery therapy forPSychosis (A‐iMAPS) : A case series targeting psychosis‐related trauma. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 62(3), 621-641.
- Assessing the delivering of i
MA gery‐focused therapy forPS ychosis (iMAPS ) via telehealth. Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, 96(3), 678-696.
- Commentary: Bringing together lived experience, clinical and research expertise – a commentary on the May 2022 debate (should
CAMH professionals be diagnosing personality disorder in adolescence?). Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 27(3), 246-249.
- ‘Care co-ordinator in my pocket’: a feasibility study of mobile assessment and therapy for psychosis (TechCare). BMJ Open, 11(11), e046755-e046755.
- iMAgery focused psychological therapy for persecutory delusions in PSychosis (iMAPS): a multiple baseline experimental case series. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 48(5), 530-545.
- Characterizing core beliefs in psychosis: a qualitative study. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 48(1), 67-81.
- iMAgery-Focused Psychological Therapy for Persecutory Delusions in PSychosis (iMAPS): A Novel Treatment Approach. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 26(3), 575-588.
- Delivery of cognitive-behaviour therapy for psychosis: a service user preference trial. Journal of Mental Health, 27(4), 336-344.
- Early maladaptive schema, social functioning and distress in psychosis: A preliminary investigation. Clinical Psychologist, 21(2), 135-142.
- Does schema therapy change schemas and symptoms? A systematic review across mental health disorders. Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, 90(3), 456-479.
- TechCare: mobile assessment and therapy for psychosis – an intervention for clients in the Early Intervention Service: A feasibility study protocol. SAGE Open Medicine, 4, 205031211666961-205031211666961.
- Digital inclusion: The concept and strategies for people with mental health difficulties. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 49(9), 772-773.
- An exploration of the therapeutic alliance within a telephone‐based cognitive behaviour therapy for individuals with experience of psychosis. Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, 87(4), 393-410.
- Assessing Therapist Adherence to Recovery-Focused Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Psychosis Delivered by Telephone with Support from a Self-Help Guide: Psychometric Evaluations of a New Fidelity Scale. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 42(4), 435-451.
- Accelerating the development of a psychological intervention to restore treatment decision-making capacity in patients with schizophrenia-spectrum disorder: a study protocol for a multi-site, assessor-blinded, pilot Umbrella trial (the DEC:IDES trial). Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 9(1).
- Developing Best Practice Guidance for Discharge Planning Using the RAND/UCLA Appropriateness Method. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12.
Other
- Schema Therapy, 461-476.
- Imagery‐focused therapy for visual hallucinations: a case series. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, 31(3). View this article in WRRO
- Research group
- Grants
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Current Grant Funded Projects:
Title: iMAgery focused therapy for PSychosis (iMAPS-2): A feasibility randomised controlled trial
Funder: National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) £255,909
Role: Chief Investigator
Title: DEcision-making Capacity: Intervention Development and Evaluation in Schizophrenia specturm disorder
Funder: Chief Scientist Office (CSO) £309,266
Role: Co-Investigator and Site Lead for Pennine
Completed Projects:
Title: Core Belief focused therapy for Psychosis and Schizophrenia
Funder: National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Fellowships £152,057
Role: Chief Investigator
- Teaching activities
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PSY 2003 Neuroscience and Clinical Psychology II
PSY346 Research Projects
PSY331 Essay Topics
- Professional activities and memberships
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National Scientific Committee, British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies (BABCP), The lead organisation for CBT in the UK
- PhD Opportunities
I am happy to receive applications for PhD study in my area of research.
We advertise PhD opportunities (Funded or Self-Funded) on FindAPhD.com
For further information, please see the department PhD Opportunities page.