Emily Holmes
PhD DClinPsych
Visiting Professor in Clinical Psychology
- Professor; Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Sweden
I am currently a Visiting Professor in Clinical Psychology, Department of Psychiatry, University of Oxford and worked here between 2005-2012. I am now Professor at the Karolinska Institutet, Sweden. I also hold an Honorary Appointment at the MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Cambridge.
I am a Clinical Psychologist with a PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience. My overarching research interest is investigating mental imagery and emotion in psychopathology for cognitive therapies. I set up the Experimental Psychopathology and Cognitive Therapies Research Group (EPaCT) initially with support from the Royal Society, ESRC, MRC and John Fell OUP Research Fund. The EPaCT team aim to use experimental psychology techniques to increase our understanding of the mechanisms underlying psychological disorders. Cognitive psychology is a rapidly developing science with rigorous techniques to investigate mental processes. Our projects aim to test recent theory, which will in turn deliver information to drive future cognitive therapies (e.g. "CBT") innovations informed by basic science.
Our current research focuses on understanding the role of mental imagery and emotion, particularly in relation to for anxiety, depression and bipolar disorder. Current projects include (i) investigation of intrusive memories (which tend to be image based); and (ii) developing computerised technologies for cognitive bias modification.
Appointments:
11/2016-onward: Professor, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
2012-onward: Visiting Professor of Clinical Psychology, University of Oxford, Dept. of Psychiatry.
2012-10/2016: Programme Leader, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Cambridge.
2010-2012: Professor of Clinical Psychology, University of Oxford, Dept. of Psychiatry.
2010-2014: Wellcome Trust Intermediate Clinical Fellow.
2005-2010: Royal Society Dorothy Hodgkin Fellow. University of Oxford, Dept. of Psychiatry.
2002-2005: PhD Cognitive Neuroscience, MRC Cognition and Brain Sciences Unit, Cambridge.
2000-2005: Clinical Psychologist, The Traumatic Stress Clinic, London.
1997-2000: Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, Royal Holloway, University of London.
1995-1997: Research Associate, The Lighthouse Int., New York, USA.
1994-1995: MA Social Sciences, Institute of Psychology, Uppsala University, Sweden; and Research Assistant.
1989-1993: BA Hons (Oxon), Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford.
Recent publications
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Preventing intrusive memories after trauma via a brief intervention involving Tetris computer game play in the emergency department: a proof-of-concept randomized controlled trial.
Journal article
Iyadurai L. et al, (2018), Mol Psychiatry, 23, 674 - 682
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Anxious Imagery in Children With and Without Autism Spectrum Disorder: An Investigation into Occurrence, Content, Features and Implications for Therapy.
Journal article
Ozsivadjian A. et al, (2017), J Autism Dev Disord, 47, 3822 - 3832
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Erratum to: Anxious Imagery in Children With and Without Autism Spectrum Disorder: An Investigation into Occurrence, Content, Features and Implications for Therapy.
Journal article
Ozsivadjian A. et al, (2017), J Autism Dev Disord, 47
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Emotion Regulation Strategies in Depressive and Anxiety Symptoms in Youth: A Meta-Analytic Review.
Journal article
Schäfer JÖ. et al, (2017), J Youth Adolesc, 46, 261 - 276
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Mental Imagery-Based Training to Modify Mood and Cognitive Bias in Adolescents: Effects of Valence and Perspective
Journal article
Burnett Heyes S. et al, (2017), Cognitive Therapy and Research, 41, 73 - 88