The Experimental Psychopathology and Cognitive Therapies Research Group (EPaCT)
Research Supervisor:
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Research clinical psychologist Professor Emily A Holmes is a Senior Research Fellow, Wellcome Trust Intermediate Clinical Fellow and Consultant Clinical Psychologist at the University of Oxford’s Department of Psychiatry. She is a Fellow of Merton College Oxford. She set up the EPaCT Research Group with support from the Royal Society, ESRC, MRC and John Fell OUP Research Fund. Emily is a Clinical Psychologist with a PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience. Her overarching research interest is investigating mental imagery and emotion in psychopathology for cognitive therapies. |
Publications:
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Research Group:
| Dr Simon Blackwell | Dr Susie Hales | Sophie Wallace-Hadrill |
Dr Martina Di Simplicio |
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| Postdoc | Clinical psychologist |
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| Dr Lalitha Iyadurai | Aiysha Malik | Arnaud Pictet | Ella James | Ian Clark | |
| DPhil Student | DPhil student | DPhil student | DPhil student | DPhil student (joint) | |
| Dr Catherine Deeprose Honorary |
Dr Stephanie Burnett Heyes Postdoc |
Hannah Stratford Trainee clinical psychologist |
See also our Former team members
The Experimental Psychopathology and Cognitive Therapies team aim to use experimental psychology techniques to increase our understanding of the mechanisms underlying psychological disorders. Cognitive psychology is a rapidly developing science with rigorous techniques to investigate mental processes. Our projects aim to test recent theory, which will in turn deliver information to drive future cognitive therapies (e.g. "CBT") innovations informed by basic science.
Our current research focuses on understanding the role of mental imagery and emotion, particularly in relation to for anxiety, depression and bipolar disorder. Current projects include (i) investigation of intrusive memories (which tend to be image based); and (ii) developing computerised technologies for cognitive bias modification.
We are looking for volunteers for psychological research. If you are interested please follow this link
If you are feeling depressed or down, you may be eligible for our "OxIGen" study - please click here for more information.