Dr Louise Waddington
Therapies Director
- waddingtonl1@cardiff.ac.uk
- +44 (0)29 2087 5370
- Tower Building, 70 Park Place, Cardiff, CF10 3AT
Overview
I am a clinical psychologist and BABCP-accredited CBT practitioner with a strong interest in improving access to evidence-based therapies. My background includes working as a therapist on research trials of psychological therapies for anxiety disorders and depression, and leading the Bath University Centre for Specialist Psychological Treatments. I established the CBT programmes at Cardiff University and I am now Therapies Director for the south Wales Doctoral Programme in Clinical Psychology.
Biography
Employment
Following qualification in 2006 I worked as a clinical psychologist in adult mental health and forensic services in Leeds while working one day a week as a research therapist on a trial of CBT for depression. I then moved to London and worked at the Institute of Psychiatry as a research therapist on trials of CBT for anxiety disorders with Salkovskis, Ehlers and Clark. On moving to Wales in 2003 I led the Panic Treatment Project in Cardiff before taking a position as senior clinical tutor on the South Wales Clinical Psychology Programme in 2006. I established new CBT training programmes at Cardiff Unveristy in 2012 and took a role as clinic lead in the Bath University Centre for Specialist Psychological Treatments. I am now Therapies Director for the South Wales Clinical Psychology Programme.
Professional activities and interests
I am interested in evidence based therapies for common mental health problems. I presented at the CBT4Wales Conference on access to psychological therapies in Wales. I am Chair of CBT4Wales, a member of the BABCP course accreditation committee and a reviewer for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy.
Conference presentations
Waddington, L. (2014) Increasing Access to Psychological Therapies: A comparison between two devolved nations. CBT4 Wales Conference, Cardiff
Waddington, L. (2009) The therapy relationship in CBT: Practical Skills BABCP Conference, Exeter.
Waddington, L. (2003)I wish I hadn’t said that…. Post-event processing in social phobia. BABCP Conference, York
Publications
2024
- Wedge, H. E. F., Waddington, L. and Thompson, A. R. 2024. Experiences of imagery in obsessive-compulsive disorder: an interpretative phenomenological analysis. British Journal of Clinical Psychology
2022
- Johns, G., Waddington, L. and Samuel, V. 2022. Prevalence and predictors of mental health outcomes in UK doctors and final year medical students during the COVID-19 pandemic. Journal of Affective Disorders 311, pp. 267-275. (10.1016/j.jad.2022.05.024)
- Ffion, E., Penny, H. and Waddington, L. 2022. Service support, work engagement and psychological wellbeing: Validating an index of resource and infrastructure support for the delivery of CBT. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy 50(4), pp. 351-366. (10.1017/S135246582200011X)
- Johns, G., Samuel, V., Freemantle, L., Lewis, J. and Waddington, L. 2022. The global prevalence of depression and anxiety among doctors during the covid-19 pandemic: systematic review and meta-analysis. Journal of Affective Disorders 298(Part A), pp. 431-441. (10.1016/j.jad.2021.11.026)
- Rayson, K., Waddington, L. and Hare, D. J. 2022. The quality of research exploring in-session measures of CBT competence: a systematic review. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy 50(1), pp. 40-56. (10.1017/S1352465821000242)
2019
- Waddington, L. 2019. Panic disorder as a psychological problem – building on Clark (1986). In: Davey, G. C. L. ed. Clinical Psychology: Revisiting the Classic Studies. Psychology: Revisiting the Classic Studies Sage
2018
- Jenkins, H., Waddington, L., Thomas, N. and Hare, D. J. 2018. Trainees' experience of cognitive behavioural therapy training: a mixed methods systematic review. Cognitive Behaviour Therapist 11, article number: e2. (10.1017/S1754470X17000253)
2016
- Onslow, L., Woodward, D., Hoefkens, T. and Waddington, L. 2016. Experiences of enhanced cognitive behaviour therapy for Bulimia Nervosa. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy 44(2), pp. 168-178. (10.1017/S135246581400068X)
2013
- Waddington, L. and Jury, R. 2013. Improving access to psychological therapies: a comparison between two devolved nations. The Cognitive Behaviour Therapist 6, article number: e2. (10.1017/S1754470X1300007X)
2010
- Ehlers, A. et al. 2010. Intensive Cognitive Therapy for PTSD: a feasibility study. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy 38(4), pp. 383-398. (10.1017/S1352465810000214)
2009
- McManus, F. et al. 2009. A demonstration of the efficacy of two of the components of cognitive therapy for social phobia. Journal of Anxiety Disorders 23(4), pp. 496-503. (10.1016/j.janxdis.2008.10.010)
2006
- Clark, D. M. et al. 2006. Cognitive therapy versus exposure and applied relaxation in social phobia: a randomized controlled trial.. Journal of Consulting and Clinical Psychology 74(3), pp. 568-578. (10.1037/0022-006X.74.3.568)
2002
- Waddington, L. 2002. The therapy relationship in cognitive therapy: a review. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy 30(2), pp. 179-191. (10.1017/S1352465802002059)
2000
- Waddington, L. and Morley, S. 2000. Availability bias in clinical formulation: the first idea that comes to mind?. British Journal of Medical Psychology 73(1), pp. 117-127. (10.1348/000711200160345)
My research expertise stems from working as a research therapiest on large-scale trials of psychological therapies for anxiety disorders and depression. My research interests continue to centre around cognitive behavioural practice with a particular emphasis on factors associated with the development of effective therapy skills and evaluating the experience and impact of therapies training. I also have an interest in supporting research associated with the wellbeing of healthcare staff.
I have acted as an independent reserach rater on a number of CBT studies such as Ehlers et al. (2014) and Barkham et al. (2021)
Supervision
Postgraduate research interests
If you are interested in applying for a PhD, or for further information regarding my postgraduate research, please contact me directly (contact details available on the 'Overview' page), or submit a formal application.