Caitlin Phillips
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Email
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Location
2S2.5.07, Colchester Campus
Profile
Biography
Caitlin Phillips is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Health and Human Sciences (HSC) working within the Division of Psychological Therapies for the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (DCP). She joined the School in 2022 and leads on different modules and academic activities for the DCP programme. She is a Chartered Clinical Psychologist and Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society (BPS) and a registered Clinical Psychologist (HCPC). She has previously worked in NHS adult mental health services in North London and the East of England as well as in Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) roles overseas. Her research interests are concerned with mental health, access to services, and experiences of forced displacement.
Qualifications
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MA (Distinction) Refugee Protection and Forced Migration Studies School of Advanced Study, (2019)
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MSc Clinical Psychology University College London,
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BA (Hons) Psychology and Philosophy University of Oxford,
Teaching and supervision
Current teaching responsibilities
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Personal and Professional Development 1 (HS764)
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Clinical Interventions and Skills 1 (HS765)
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Personal and Professional Development 3 (HS784)
Current supervision
Previous supervision
Degree subject: Clinical Psychology (D Clin Psych)
Degree type: Professional Doctorate
Awarded date: 18/12/2025
Publications
Journal articles (2)
Wardman-Browne, J., McPherson, S. and Phillips, C., (2025). Cognitive behavioural therapists’ experiences of working remotely with language interpreters. Cognitive Behaviour Therapist. 18
Phillips, CM., Cooke, MA., Cooke, A. and Peters, ER., (2007). Identity and Cause of Problems: The Perceptions of Patients with a Diagnosis of Schizophrenia. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy. 35 (2), 237-240
Book chapters (1)
Hayes, R., Blumenfeld, F., McPherson, S. and Cavenagh, P., (2023). Escape, autonomy, friendship, and resilience: Positive experiences of British boarding school. In: The Psychological Impact of Boarding School The Trunk in the Hall. Editors: Cavenagh, P., McPherson, S. and Ogden, J., . Routledge. 1003280498. 9781003280491
Reports and Papers (1)
Phillips, C., (2020). In-between lives: Attending to age-position in adolescent refugees’ experiences of forced migration in the Horn of Africa
Grants and funding
2025
NIHR Mental Health Research Leader Award - University of Essex
National Institute for Health Research