I am a clinical-academic (Clinical Psychologist by profession) whose research advances the scientific understanding and treatment of mental health difficulties, with a particular focus on adolescent paranoia and on treatments underpinned by contextual behavioural science. My programme of research integrates theory development, methodological innovation and intervention design, underpinned by close collaboration with lived-experience experts, charities, industry partners, the National Health Service and international academic colleagues. Currently, I am investigating a novel schools-based treatment for paranoia in adolescents (NIHR RfPB grant funded, co-PI) and working with charity partners to better understand Emotionally-Based School Non-Attendance (EBSNA). I am conducting longitudinal and experiemntal research, integrating computation science, to advance theoretical understanding of paranoia and to identify targets of change for developing treatments. I am also working on developing valid methods for assessing paranoia in adolescencents.