Eleanor Leigh

I am an Associate Professor and MRC Clinician Scientist Fellow here at the Department of Experimental Psychology and I am a member of the Senior Leadership Team for the Oxford Centre for Emerging Minds Research. I am also Honorary Associate Professor at UCL and an Honorary Clinical Psychologist at Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust.

I lead the CAMY team (Cognitive and behavioural Approaches to Mental health in Young people). Our work is focused on improving the understanding and treatment of common mental health problems in young people, with an emphasis on cognitive behavioural approaches. To do this, I use a broad range of methods, including experimental and prospective methods, meta-analysis, and clinical trial designs. You can find more information about our team's work on our university webpage here and on our website here.  

Within the NIHR Oxford Health Biomedical Research Centre Mental Health in Development theme, I lead work on understanding, measuring, and modifying mechanisms underpinning mental health problems in children and young people https://mhid.org.uk/. 

My work is or has been supported by the Medical Research Council, the Wellcome Trust, the NIHR, the Medical Research Foundation and the Paul Foundation. Previously, I worked as a Clinical Psychologist at National & Specialist Child & Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) at The Maudsley Hospital, London. I teach and train on a number of national training courses, including Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (DClinPsy) and CYP-IAPT courses. 

Overcoming Social Anxiety and Building Self Confidence is a book for young people and families from the Overcoming For Teenagers series published by Little, Brown: https://www.hachette.co.uk/titles/eleanor-leigh/overcoming-social-anxiety-and-building-self-confidence/9781472147417/