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Overview
Academic qualifications
Psychology, Other postgraduate qualification (e.g. PGCE, Postgraduate Certificate, Postgraduate Diploma), Mindfulness-based approaches, Bangor University
Psychology, Doctorate, Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, Kings College London
Psychology, First Degree, Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford
Psychology, Doctorate, D.Phil., University of Oxford
Research Interests
- Transdiagnostic factors in mental health, especially self- or other-related processes e.g. beliefs and behaviours relating the self/others; self-esteem, self-compassion; self-criticism; perfectionism; fear of negative evaluation; no-self or non-self (anattā); transpersonal psychological processes.
- Psychological intervention development and evaluation including nature-based interventions; use of photography; CBT; compassion-focused approaches; interventions incorporating mindfulness or spirituality.
- LGBTQ+ mental health. Impact of stigma and prejudice on self- and other-related processing and mental health, including in relation to sex, gender, sexual orientation and appearance.
- Climate and environmental psychology.
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Projects
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MHRG: NIHR Mental Health Research Group at the University of Plymouth
Byng, R. (PI - Principal Investigator), Hardwick, R. (CoI - Co-Investigator), Hayes, A. A. (CoI - Co-Investigator), Hunt, D. M. (CoI - Co-Investigator), Lang, I. (CoI - Co-Investigator), Elston, J. (CoI - Co-Investigator), Ryan, M. P. (CoI - Co-Investigator), Homer, S. (CoI - Co-Investigator), Spicer, S. (CoI - Co-Investigator), Zhou, Y. (CoI - Co-Investigator), Burns, L. (CoI - Co-Investigator), Hobson-Merrett, C. (CoI - Co-Investigator), Barrett, B. (CoI - Co-Investigator), Shankar, R. (CoI - Co-Investigator), Rimes, K. (CoI - Co-Investigator), Stewart, R. (CoI - Co-Investigator) & Farrell, R. (RF - Research Fellow)
1/04/26 → 31/03/31
Project: Research
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Aberrant recruitment of the striatum and insula is associated with recalling and suppressing fatigue- and anger-related memories in people with chronic fatigue syndrome/myalgic encephalomyelitis
Rimes, K., Giampietro, V., Chalder, T., Zahn, R. & Fallon, S., 26 Mar 2026, In: Brain Communications. 8, 2, fcag101.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Barriers and facilitators to accessing addiction treatment services for sexual minority (LGBQ+) people: systematic review
Hillyard, M., Cockbain, B., Drummond, C., Rimes, K. & Roberts, E., 30 Mar 2026, In: British Journal of Psychiatry. p. 1-11Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
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Building a prediction model for outcomes following treatment in UK NHS Talking Therapies services for depression and anxiety
Kanso, N., Skelton, M., Rimes, K. A., Wong, G., Eley, T. C. & Carr, E., 13 Mar 2026, MedRxiv.Research output: Working paper / Preprint › Preprint
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Sexual minority (LGBQ+) women's experiences of accessing addiction services: a qualitative study
Hillyard, M., Hakim, J., Drummond, C., Rimes, K. & Roberts, E., 14 May 2026, In: Frontiers in Public Health. 14, 1784134.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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A web-based intervention to support the mental well-being of sexual and gender minoritised adolescents: Formative evaluation of Oneself
Lucassen, M., Samra, R., Rimes, K., Brown, K., Nunez-Garcia, A. & Wallace, L., 27 Jan 2025, (Accepted) In: Digital Health.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
Activities
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Trans masculine community experience and needs
McBride, K. (Participant), Rimes, K. (Other), Smietanka, J. (Other) & Mackay, F. (Other)
2024 → …Activity: Contribution to research, leadership and development, and other activities › Building a research partnership or collaboration