Professor John Fox

School of Psychology

Dclin Programme Director

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j.e.fox@sheffield.ac.uk

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Professor John Fox
School of Psychology
Cathedral Court
1 Vicar Lane
Sheffield
S1 2LT

Profile: John Fox is a Professor of Clinical Psychology at the University of Sheffield, and the Programme Director of the Clinical Psychology Training Programme. John has over twenty years of clinical experience of working in the NHS/ Independent Sector and has worked mainly with people with eating disorders and severe psychological issues. John has also worked on a number of clinical psychology training programmes and is a successful researcher in the field of eating disorders. He has published many scientific papers, book chapters and books, mainly on eating disorders. He is a member of a number of esteemed societies (e.g. eating disorders research society and the International Society of Research into Emotions) and an associate editor of Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice.

Qualifications

PhD
DClinPsy
BSc (Hons.)
Diploma in Cognitive Analytic Therapy

Research interests: Eating Disorders, overlap between anorexia nervosa and autism, Clinical service use and emotional functioning in eating disorders.

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Maynard H, Gregory JD, Davies A & Fox J (2024) Psychological Factors Protecting Against Suicidality in Older Adults: A Systematic Review. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, 31(4).
Field SL, Williams MO, Jones CRG & Fox JRE (2024) A meta-ethnography of autistic people’s experiences of social camouflaging and its relationship with mental health. Autism, 28(6), 1328-1343.
McKechnie V, Oliver N, Amiel SA & Fox JRE (2024) Hyperglycaemia aversion in type 1 diabetes: A grounded theory study. British Journal of Health Psychology, 29(1), 254-271.
Marffy M, Fox J & Williams M (2024) An exploration of the relationship between loneliness, the severity of eating disorder‐related symptoms and the experience of the ‘anorexic voice’. Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, 97(1), 122-137.
Field SL, Fox JRE, Jones CRG & Williams MO (2023) “Work WITH us”: a Delphi study about improving eating disorder treatment for autistic women with anorexia nervosa. Journal of Eating Disorders, 11(1), 17.
Howard TLM, Williams MO, Woodward D & Fox JRE (2023) The relationship between shame, perfectionism and Anorexia Nervosa: A grounded theory study. Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, 96(1), 40-55.
Morrison J, Williams MO & Fox JRE (2022) Negative childhood events and the development of the anorexic voice: A grounded theory. Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, 95(4), 1018-1035.
Adamson J, Brede J, Babb C, Serpell L, Jones CRG, Fox J & Mandy W (2022) Towards identifying a method of screening for autism amongst women with restrictive eating disorders. European Eating Disorders Review, 30(5), 592-603.
Babb C, Brede J, Jones CRG, Serpell L, Mandy W & Fox J (2022) A comparison of the eating disorder service experiences of autistic and non‐autistic women in the UK. European Eating Disorders Review, 30(5), 616-627.
Mason D, James D, Andrew L & Fox JRE (2022) ‘The last thing you feel is the self‐disgust’. The role of self‐directed disgust in men who have attempted suicide: A grounded theory study. Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, 95(2), 575-599.
Babb C, Jones CRG & Fox JRE (2022) Investigating service users' perspectives of eating disorder services: A meta‐synthesis. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, 29(4), 1276-1296.
Hibbs R, Pugh M & Fox JRE (2021) Applying emotion-focused therapy to work with the “anorexic voice” within anorexia nervosa: A brief intervention.. Journal of Psychotherapy Integration, 31(4), 327-347.
Stott N, Fox JRE & Williams MO (2021) Attentional bias in eating disorders: A meta‐review. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 54(8), 1377-1399.
Babb C, Brede J, Jones CRG, Elliott M, Zanker C, Tchanturia K, Serpell L, Mandy W & Fox JRE (2021) ‘It’s not that they don’t want to access the support . . . it’s the impact of the autism’: The experience of eating disorder services from the perspective of autistic women, parents and healthcare professionals. Autism, 25(5), 136236132199125-136236132199125.
Hampshire K, Tierney S, Varese F, Haddock G, Saeidi S & Fox JRE (2020) The development and assessment of a scale to measure the experience of an anorexic voice in anorexia nervosa. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, 27(6), 940-954.
Brede J, Babb C, Jones C, Elliott M, Zanker C, Tchanturia K, Serpell L, Fox J & Mandy W (2020) “For Me, the Anorexia is Just a Symptom, and the Cause is the Autism”: Investigating Restrictive Eating Disorders in Autistic Women. Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders, 50(12), 4280-4296.
Graham MR, Tierney S, Chisholm A & Fox JRE (2020) The lived experience of working with people with eating disorders: A meta‐ethnography. International Journal of Eating Disorders, 53(3), 422-441.
Blythin SPM, Nicholson HL, Macintyre VG, Dickson JM, Fox JRE & Taylor PJ (2020) Experiences of shame and guilt in anorexia and bulimia nervosa: A systematic review. Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, 93(1), 134-159.
Graham MR, Tierney S, Chisholm A & Fox JRE (2019) Perceptions of the “anorexic voice”: A qualitative study of health care professionals. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, 26(6), 707-716.
Henderson ZB, Fox JRE, Trayner P & Wittkowski A (2019) Emotional development in eating disorders: A qualitative metasynthesis. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, 26(4), 440-457.
Dean R, Siddiqui S, Beesley F, Fox J & Berry K (2018) Staff perceptions of borderline personality disorder and recovery: A Q‐sort method approach. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 57(4), 473-490.
Faija CL, Tierney S, Gooding PA, Peters S & Fox JRE (2017) The role of pride in women with anorexia nervosa: A grounded theory study. Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, 90(4), 567-585.
Backer C, Murphy R, Fox JRE, Ulph F & Calam R (2017) Young children's experiences of living with a parent with bipolar disorder: Understanding the child's perspective. Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, 90(2), 212-228.
Fox JRE, Msetfi RM, Johnson RS & Haigh E (2016) The Perception of Threat from Emotions in Predicting Binge Eating Behaviours in People Who Are Obese and Seeking Treatment for Their Weight. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, 23(5), 452-459.
Seed T, Fox J & Berry K (2016) Experiences of Detention under the Mental Health Act for Adults with Anorexia Nervosa. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, 23(4), 352-362.
Fairclough G, Fox J, Mercer G, Reuber M & Brown RJ (2014) Understanding the perceived treatment needs of patients with psychogenic nonepileptic seizures. Epilepsy & Behavior, 31, 295-303.
Davies H, Fox J, Naumann U, Treasure J, Schmidt U & Tchanturia K (2012) Cognitive Remediation and Emotion Skills Training for Anorexia Nervosa: An Observational Study Using Neuropsychological Outcomes. European Eating Disorders Review, 20(3), 211-217.

Chapters

Thompson AR & Fox JR () CAT for long-term health conditions, Oxford Handbook of Cognitive Analytic Therapy (pp. 557-571). Oxford University Press

Research group: Psychological Health

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