Research

I am a Visiting Lecturer at the Institute of Psychiatry, King's College London. My research focuses on empathy, emotion regulation and mindfulness. I am also interested in neural plasticity i.e. how the brain changes and adapts thoughout the lifespan.

Part of my research involves working with people who report feeling emotionally numb or detached from their body and/or mental processes - a condition known as Depersonalisation.

My research is within a Cognitive neuropsychiatry framework which views psychological and behavioural difficulties as occurring when the usual mental processes and their brain correlates become altered. This can be due to a multitude of factors such as psychological and/or environmental triggers, brain injury, and unusual brain development .