Katherine Newman-Taylor

Professor Katherine Newman-Taylor is a Professorial Fellow in Education at the University of Southampton, serving as lead for the Postgraduate CBT programmes and working across CBT and Clinical Psychology programmes. She also holds an honorary position as a Consultant Clinical Psychologist with the local NHS Trust. Her work bridges academic research and clinical practice in mental health services.

Dr Newman-Taylor's research focuses on integrating attachment theory, mindfulness practices, and recovery principles into cognitive behavioral approaches for psychosis. Her work addresses critical issues including auditory verbal hallucinations, paranoia, and other unusual experiences associated with psychosis. She investigates how attachment styles influence emotion regulation, help-seeking behaviors, and recovery trajectories in individuals living with severe mental illness.

Her recent publications (2023-2025) demonstrate a cohesive research program centered on attachment-based interventions for psychosis, with particular emphasis on how secure attachment imagery can facilitate help-seeking and treatment acceptance. Her work spans experimental case series, systematic reviews, and clinical trials, primarily published in leading psychology and psychiatry journals including Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, Schizophrenia Bulletin, and BJPsych Open.

Dr Newman-Taylor is actively involved in research projects including 'Utilising Attachment-Based Experimental Research to Understand and Reduce Paranoia,' 'Attachment based psychological interventions for people with psychosis,' and 'Measuring recovery from serious mental ill-health.' She is a member of the Institute for Life Sciences and the Centre for Innovation in Mental Health at the University of Southampton.

She currently supervises PhD students including Areti Molasioti (DClin) and Wenjin Liu (PhD Psychology), accepting new PhD applicants interested in her research areas. Her work has significant implications for improving primary mental health care services for people experiencing early signs of psychosis and developing more effective, attachment-informed therapeutic approaches.