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Dr Fiona Warren
Senior Lecturer and Senior Research Tutor and Interim Research Lead, DClinPsy
Office hours: I work part-time for Exeter University on the DClinPsy, generally I work on Mondays thru Thursdays.
Overview
I joined Exeter University as Senior Lecturer and Senior Tutor on the DClinPsy programme in Autumn 2022. I am currently Co-Research Lead for the programme and I also co-lead the Lived Experience Group.
Qualifications
BA (hons) (Oxon)
PhD (London)
PGCAP (Surrey)
Career
I have worked in the NHS and academic psychology teaching and researching “Personality Disorders” and related aspects such as impulsive behaviours and self-harm; offending; attachment styles and mentalization; treatment outcomes and staff training since early 1990s, including ten years in Clinical Psychology Training. Having trained more recently in coaching, I am also interested in contributing to the evidence base in coaching psychology. I have taught and examined both quantitative and qualitative methodologies.
Doing much of my "growing up" as a psychologist and researcher in a Democratic Therapeutic Community, I am committed to the involvement of those with "lived experience" in Clinical Training, research and service development.
Research
External Engagement and Impact
Committee/panel activities
Member Group of Trainers in Clinical Psychology Research Group
Member Group of Trainers in Clinical Psychology Lived Experience Group
External Examiner Positions
University of Oxford
Queen's University Belfast