Professor Michael Barkham

School of Psychology

Professor of Clinical Psychology

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m.barkham@sheffield.ac.uk
+44 114 222 6610

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Professor Michael Barkham
School of Psychology
Cathedral Court
1 Vicar Lane
Sheffield
S1 2LT
Profile

I currently work and collaborate with colleagues based in the PEARLS Lab () in the Clinical and Applied Psychology Unit within the Department. A common thread of my work comprises the complementary methodologies of practice-based evidence (large routine datasets) and pragmatic randomised controlled trials in the psychological therapies. I have longstanding collaborations with international researchers, particularly in Germany, the Netherlands, and the US. Recent texts include: Bergin and Garfield's Handbook of Psychotherapy and Behavior Change (Eds. M. Barkham, W. Lutz, & L. G. Castonguay), Wiley, 2021; Routine Outcome Monitoring and Feedback in Psychological Therapies (K. de Jong, J. Delgadillo, & M. Barkham), Open СŷÊÓƵ Press, 2023.

Research interests

My research interests focus on psychological therapies

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Research group

Psychological Health Group

Current postgraduate students

  • Nicholas Firth (DClin Psy): A multi-level modelling approach to investigating therapist effects and factors influencing therapy outcome with IAPT low intensity workers (joint supervisor with Dr Stephen Kellett)
  • Katharine Harvey (DClin Psy): Identifying client and therapist predictors of no reliable client change in routine clinical practice
  • Keeley Rolling (DClin Psy)
  • Jo-Ann Pereira (PhD)
Teaching activities

I teach on module PSY319: Clinical Psychology.

Professional activities and memberships

I am an active member of the PEARLS Lab (https://pearlsresearchlab.group.shef.ac.uk/) and also of the international Society for Psychotherapy Research.

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