Hello :)

I’m a psychiatrist and interdisciplinary researcher in mental health and philosophy of psychology, affiliated with Birmingham University’s Institute for Mental Health and the University of Melbourne’s Centre for Youth Mental Health.

I have recently completed a joint PhD (Birmingham/Melbourne), while working as a consultant in an NHS team providing early intervention for people experiencing psychosis and in general community settings in the UK.

Research interests: early psychosis, delusion formation, phenomenological psychopathology, philosophy of psychiatry, qualitative methods, embodied cognition, embodied metaphor. 

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in The Lancet

My PhD research (Priestley Scholarship, 2019-2025) investigated the experience and meaning of delusions in psychosis from multiple perspectives, focusing on applications of phenomenology across psychiatry, psychology, philosophy, and linguistics.

I’m also interested in the therapeutic and ethical implications of phenomenological philosophy, including how phenomenology can help address stigma and epistemic injustice in mental healthcare. I was awarded the 2021 Wolfe Mays Essay Prize for an essay on this topic.

I’m currently part of the Birmingham Network for Phenomenology and Mental Health and working in collaboration with Prof. Matthew Broome, Prof. Lisa Bortolotti, Prof. Barnaby Nelson, Dr. Clara Humpston, Prof. Jeannette Littlemore.

Keep an eye out for upcoming events, including our workshop Metaphorical Framings of Emotions in Mental Health, to be held at the University of Birmingham (and hybrid) on Wednesday 14th January 2025.

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