Research
I am committed to delivering the highest quality of care clinically and have strong background in research that seeks to improve therapy outcomes for people experiencing a range of mental health difficulties. Areas of particular interest are investigations into appearance-related anxiety (to include body dysmorphic disorder), eating distress (to include clinical eating disorders) and obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). I am particularly interested in the impact of these difficulties on significant others and research into how others respond to loved one’s distress.
Publications
I contributed to the development of some Good Practice Guidelines for UK Clinical Psychology training providers on behalf of the Faculty of Eating Disorders (British Psychological Society): Faculty for Eating Disorders (2021). Good practice guidelines for UK clinical psychology training providers for trainee clinical psychologists and qualified clinical psychologists working with people with eating disorders. Leicester: BPS
Hale, L. et al. (convenor and presenter; 2023). Expanding the route to BABCP Accreditation on Clinical Psychology Programmes Symposium presented in July 2023 at the BABCP Annual Conference.
Rodwell, D, Kent, T., & Hale, L. (2023). Trainee clinical psychologists’ views on the facilitators and barriers to cognitive behavioural practice: A thematic exploration. Clinical Psychology Forum, 362, 64-70. DOI: https://doi.org/10.53841/bpscpf.2023.1.362.64
Brownings S, Hale L, Simonds LM, Jassi A. (2023). Exploring the experiences and responses of siblings living with a brother or sister with obsessive compulsive disorder. Psychology and Psychotherapy. 96(2), 464-479. doi: 10.1111/papt.12454.
Rodwell, D., Kent, T., Hale, L. (2022). Trainee Clinical Psychologists’ Views on Facilitators and Barriers to Cognitive Behavioural Practice: A Thematic Exploration. Poster presented at: The BABCP Annual Conference July 2022.
Zinser, JL., O’Donnell, N., Hale., L., Jones, CJ. (2022). Multi‐family therapy for eating disorders across the lifespan: A systematic review and meta‐analysis. European Eating Disorders Review, DOI: 10.1002/erv.2919.
O’Donnell, N., Satherley, RM., John, M., Cooke, D., Hale., L., Stewart, R., Jones, CJ. (2022). Development and Theoretical Underpinnings of the PRIORITY Intervention: A Parenting Intervention to Prevent Disordered Eating in Children and Young People With Type 1 Diabetes. Frontiers in Clinical Diabetes and Healthcare, DOI: 10.3389/fcdhc.2022.822233
Daley, J., Hale, L. & Patton., B. (2022). Clinical Psychology Trainees’ experiences of following a specialised Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) Pathway accredited by The British Association of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP): A pilot evaluation. Clinical Psychology Forum, 349 – 28-34.
Kelly, O., Hale, L. (2021). The Provision of Eating Disorder Training Across Clinical Psychology Doctoral Programmes in the UK. Presented as part of a symposium at the Group of Trainers in Clinical Psychology Annual Conference November 2021.
Jones CJ, O’Donnell N, John M, Cooke, D., Stewart, R., Hale, L., Skene, S.S. Kanumakala, S. Harrington, M., Satherley, R. (2021). PaRent InterventiOn to pRevent dIsordered eating in children with TYpe 1 diabetes (PRIORITY): Study protocol for a feasibility randomised controlled trial. Diabetic Medicine. 00:e14738. doi:10.1111/dme.1473
Konstantellou, A., Sternheim,L., Hale, L., Treasure, J., Simic, M., & Eisler,I. (2021). The experience of intolerance of uncertainty for parents of young people with a restrictive eating disorder. Eating and Weight Disorders -Studies on Anorexia, Bulimia and Obesity. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40519-021-01256-8
Konstantellou,A., Hale, L., Sternheim, L., Simic, M., & Eisler, I. (2019). The Experience of Intolerance of Uncertainty for Young People with a Restrictive Eating Disorder: A Pilot Study. Eating and Weight Disorders -Studies on Anorexia, Bulimia and Obesity, 24,1-8. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40519-019-00652-5 5
Hale, L., Strauss, C., Stobie, B. & Lever, W. (2019). Family accommodation and OCD symptom severity: The role of distress and distress tolerance. A pilot study. Poster presented at: The BABCP Annual Conference September 2019.
Strauss, C., Hale, L. & Stobie, B. (2015). A Meta-analytic Review of the Relationship between Family Accommodation and OCD Symptom Severity. Journal of Anxiety Disorders, 33, 95-102.
Hale, L. & Strauss, C. (2014). Mindfulness for Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: FAQs Answered. Compulsive Reading: OCD UK
Hale, L., Eke, G., & Warren, F. (2012). An evaluation of the effectiveness and acceptability of a dialectical behaviour therapy service for individuals with a diagnosis of borderline personality disorder in East Surrey. Surrey and Borders Online Journal, 2, 10-16. Available at http://www.sabp.nhs.uk/journal/.
Hale, L., Strauss, C., & Lever Taylor, B. (2012). The effectiveness and acceptability of mindfulness-based therapy for obsessive compulsive disorder: A review of the literature. Mindfulness 6, 1-8. DOI:10.1007/s12671-012-0137-y.
Castro, L., Davies, H., Hale, L., Surguladze, S., & Tchanturia, K. (2010). Facial Affect Recognition in Anorexia Nervosa: Is Obsessionality a Missing Piece of the Puzzle? Australian and New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry,44 (12), 1118-25.
Further information regarding my research activity is available at: https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Lucy-Hale