Prof Michaela Swales
Professor in Clinical Psychology
Affiliations
Contact info
Professor Swales can be contacted as follows:
email: m.swales@bangor.ac.uk
phone: 01248 382552
Postgraduate Project Opportunities
Self-funded (inc. agency-funded projects): Professor Swales welcomes enquiries from prospective PhD students interested in Dialectical Behaviour Therapy. Please contact Professor Swales in the first instance with a 1-2 page draft of your idea, to see if she has any capacity for new students.
Contact Info
Professor Swales can be contacted as follows:
email: m.swales@bangor.ac.uk
phone: 01248 382552
Overview
Professor Swales is Director of the North Wales Clinical Psychology Programme that provides Doctoral level training to 30+ trainees. She is also the Director of the Post-Graduate Diploma in Dialectical Behaviour Therapy.
Research
Professor Swales conducts research into Dialectial Behaviour Therapy with a particular interest in implementation of the treatment in routine healthcare settings.
Teaching and Supervision
Professor Swales focuses on increasing competence in evidence-based psychological therapies in both her work on the doctoral programme and on the PGDip in DBT. She also leads a National Team of Trainers in DBT whose skill and expertise are recognised in their International Affiliate Status with the Linehan Institute. Professor Swales' team have trained over a thousand practitoners in DBT across the UK and Ireland. More recently they have trained practitioners in Poland, Lithuania and Hong Kong.
Professor Swales supervises PhD candidates and DClinPsy candidates. Current projects are focusing on DBT for children with an ASD diagnosis, understanding effective processes in DBT Consultation Teams, shaping competence in DBT therapists and understanding relationships between ACEs and suicidal behaviour in Jordan.
Research outputs (37)
- Published
Euthanasia and assisted suicide in patients with personality disorders: a review of current practice and challenges
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
- Published
Multisite Implementation and Evaluation of 12-Month Standard Dialectical Behavior Therapy in a Public Community Setting
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
- Published
Evaluating the national multisite implementation of dialectical behaviour therapy in a community setting: a mixed methods approach
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article
Projects (2)
PhD Studentship
Project: Research
KTP With Integral Business Support Ltd.
Project: Research