Professor of clinical Psychology and Programme Director of the Doctor of Clinical Psychology Training Programme

Member of the British Psycholopgiacl Society - Chartered Clinical Psychologist
Member of the British Association for Family Therapy

• Chair of Research Steering Committee ( 2014 - present)  - Thrive Research evaluation, University of Glasgow, MRC
• Academic and Research National  Committee - Association for Family Therapy
• QAA Assessor - University of Birmingham - major review 2006
• Research Project Evaluator (end of programme report) - SSRC (2005)
• Member External Validating Committee - B.Sc Psychology Degree - University of Wolverhampton 1990 - 1992
• External Assessor - Introductory Course in Family Therapy, Exeter Dept. of Clinical and Community Psychology 1991

Current Ph.D. supervision ( 2005 - present) 

    Movita Chapman -  Attachment and pain behaviours in mothers with chronic pain 

     7 current dissertation 

Completed Ph.D.s: 

• Bartosz Zaniewski (2016)  - Attachment and young people who engage in sexual offending behaviours 
• Liz Burns (2003) - Therapists use of literature in systemic therapies. Including a Delphi technique to gather information regarding the use of literature by experienced/leading family therapists’ -
• Jo Evans – Jones (2002) - How G.P.s make decisions to refer patients to psychotherapy
• Margaret Satchell (2001) - How couples make changes - a comparison of the accounts of hetero and homo-sexual couples in relation to transitional milestones and perceived significant changes in their relationships’
• Sally Foreman (1996) - Inequalities of Power and Sexual problems in Couples
• Vic Tuck (1992) - Social deprivation and child abuse
• Barry Cripps (1988) -Social Interaction in Soccer Teams
• David Aldridge (1983) - An Investigation of Deliberate Self Harm in Families. 

• Systemic therapies
• Attachment Theory
• Eating disorders
• Personal construct theory
• Narrative Therapy
• Social constructionism
• Research methods - qualitative methods, psychotherapy process research

Personal interest in music , guitar , rock and blues