I have been an active researcher since 2008. My areas of interest include aspects of appearance-related anxiety, obsessive compulsive disorder and developing interventions and training in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT).
Recent Publications
Journal Articles
Pettitt, L., Satherley, R., Hale, L. (2025). No one was coming to save us: an interpretative phenomenological analysis exploring the experience of parents supporting their autistic daughter through anorexia nervosa. Journal of Eating Disorders, 13 (1), 264 – 277.
Tallentire, H., Maddison-Roberts, H., Satherley, RM., Hale, LS., & Jones, CJ. (2025). Understanding the needs of children and young people with food hypersensitivities: A qualitative study. Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, 134 (1), 79-84.
Jones C.J., Tallentire H., Edgecumbe R., Sherlock G., & Hale, L. (2024). Online, group, low-intensity psychological intervention for adults, children, and parents with food allergy. Annals of Allergy, Asthma & Immunology, 133(4), 453-461.
Lumslade, G., Frith, H., & Hale, L. (2024). Cheering on from the side-lines’; The perceived impact of romantic partner’s commentary and behaviour on maintaining women’s appearance anxiety. Psychology and Psychotherapy. Theory Research and Practice, 97, 606-625.
Lack, S., Handley, R., Barr, L., Rivers, M., Patel, A., Coe, M., & Hale, L. (2024). CBT accreditation for clinical psychologists: A limitation or an opportunity to apply and maintain our organisational and systemic influence and leadership? Clinical Psychology Forum 375, 102-112.
Coe, M., Cattra, N., Hale, L. & John, M. (2024). “I’m really glad I did do it and that on balance the extra work was worth it”: A COM-B framework of Final Year trainees experiences of attaining Secondary Accreditation in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy on a Clinical Psychology Programme in the UK. Clinical Psychology Forum, 378, 10-15.
Book Chapters
Hale, L. (2025). Afterword, In Roscoe, J. (Ed.) Becoming a CBT Therapist: Thriving in Training and Beyond (pp. 295-298). Routledge.
Further details of my research and work can be found here: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1520-452X. Most of my published articles are open access and freely available to download.