Dr Christopher DJ Taylor

School of Psychology

Senior Lecturer

chris.d.j.taylor@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 6517

Interdisciplinary Centre of the Social Sciences (ICOSS)

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Dr Christopher DJ Taylor
School of Psychology
Interdisciplinary Centre of the Social Sciences (ICOSS)
219 Portobello
Sheffield
S1 4DP

Profile: 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

BSc (Hons)
PG Cert.
MSc
ClinPsyD
PhD
CPsychol
AFBPsS

Research interests: 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

Journal articles

Paulik G & Taylor CDJ (2024) Imagery‐focused therapy for visual hallucinations: a case series. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, 31(3). View this article in WRRO
Janssen H, van den Berg KC, Paulik G, Newman‐Taylor K, Taylor CDJ, Steel C, Keijsers GPJ & Marcelis MC (2024) Emotional and non‐emotional mental imagery and auditory verbal hallucinations (hearing voices): A systematic review of imagery assessment tools. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, 31(1).
Airey ND, Berry K & Taylor CDJ (2023) Attachment‐focused iMAgery therapy for PSychosis (A‐iMAPS): A case series targeting psychosis‐related trauma. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 62(3), 621-641.
Cairns AJJ, Kelly J & Taylor CDJ (2023) Assessing the delivering of iMAgery‐focused therapy for PSychosis (iMAPS) via telehealth. Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, 96(3), 678-696.
Hartley S, Baker C, Birtwhistle M, Burgess JL, Chatburn E, Cobbaert L, Howley M, Huggett C, MacKenzie‐Nash C, Newton A , Parry S et al (2022) 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.
Gire N, Caton N, McKeown M, Mohmed N, Duxbury J, Kelly J, Riley M, J Taylor P, Taylor CDJ, Naeem F , Chaudhry IB et al (2021) ‘Care co-ordinator in my pocket’: a feasibility study of mobile assessment and therapy for psychosis (TechCare). BMJ Open, 11(11), e046755-e046755.
Taylor CDJ, Bee PE, Kelly J, Emsley R & Haddock G (2020) iMAgery focused psychological therapy for persecutory delusions in PSychosis (iMAPS): a multiple baseline experimental case series. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 48(5), 530-545.
Taylor CDJ, Haddock G, Speer S & Bee PE (2020) Characterizing core beliefs in psychosis: a qualitative study. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 48(1), 67-81.
Taylor CDJ, Bee PE, Kelly J & Haddock G (2019) iMAgery-Focused Psychological Therapy for Persecutory Delusions in PSychosis (iMAPS): A Novel Treatment Approach. Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 26(3), 575-588.
Haddock G, Berry K, Davies G, Dunn G, Harris K, Hartley S, Holland F, Kelly J, Law H, Morrison AP , Mulligan J et al (2018) Delivery of cognitive-behaviour therapy for psychosis: a service user preference trial. Journal of Mental Health, 27(4), 336-344.
Taylor CDJ & Harper SF (2017) Early maladaptive schema, social functioning and distress in psychosis: A preliminary investigation. Clinical Psychologist, 21(2), 135-142.
Taylor CDJ, Bee P & Haddock G (2017) 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.
Husain N, Gire N, Kelly J, Duxbury J, McKeown M, Riley M, Taylor CDJ, Taylor PJ, Emsley R, Farooq S , Caton N et al (2016) 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.
Farooq S, Taylor CDJ, Gire N, Riley M, Caton N & Husain N (2015) Digital inclusion: The concept and strategies for people with mental health difficulties. Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 49(9), 772-773.
Mulligan J, Haddock G, Hartley S, Davies J, Sharp T, Kelly J, Neil ST, Taylor CDJ, Welford M, Price J , Rivers Z et al (2014) 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.
Hartley S, Scarratt P, Bucci S, Kelly J, Mulligan J, Neil ST, Rivers Z, Taylor CDJ, Welford M & Haddock G (2014) 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.
Sivarajah N, Taylor C & Steel C () Brief Imagery-Based Metacognitive Intervention for Flashforwards in Psychosis: A fixed baseline case series. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy.
Vogt K, Baker J, Coleman R, Kendal S, Griffin B, Anjum T, Ashley K, Archer B, Taylor C, Berry K , Feldman R et al () How can we measure psychological safety in mental healthcare staff? Developing questionnaire items using a nominal groups technique. International Journal for Quality in Health Care.
Cairns A, Taylor C & Kelly J () The Outcomes of Imagery-Focused interventions in Relation to Distress in People with Delusions: A Systematic Literature Review. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy.
Hutton P, Kelly J, Taylor CDJ, Williams B, Emsley R, Alexander CH, Vikram A, Saddington D, McCann A, Burke J , Eliasson E et al () 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).
Tyler N, Planner C, Byrne M, Blakeman T, Keers RN, Wright O, Pascall Jones P, Giles S, Keyworth C, Hodkinson A , Taylor CDJ et al () Developing Best Practice Guidance for Discharge Planning Using the RAND/UCLA Appropriateness Method. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12.

Chapters

Airey N, Berry K & Taylor C (2024) Attachment, Schemas and Imagery Focused Therapy for Psychosis (iMAPS) In Rhodes J & Vorontsova N (Ed.), Schema Therapy Adapted for Psychosis and Bipolarity Exploring the Multi-Self Routledge

Other

Taylor CDJ & Arntz A (2016) Schema Therapy, 461-476.
Taylor C, Haddock G & Taylor C (2012) The relationship between positive and negative schema and psychotic experiences. Clinical Psychology Forum(240), S20-S21.

Research group: Wellbeing of individuals and society

Grants

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: PSY 2003 Neuroscience and Clinical Psychology II
PSY346 Research Projects
PSY331 Essay Topics

Professional activities and memberships: 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.