Research groups
Colleges
Websites
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The Loss Foundation
Trustee and Head of Research
Collaborators
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Anke Ehlers
Professor of Experimental Psychopathology and Wellcome Trust Principal Research Fellow
Kirsten Smith
MA (HONS), DClinPsy, DPhil
MRC Clinical Scientist Fellow
- Clinical Psychologist
Research Interests
My interests include psychological and neurobiological responses to traumatic experiences and the clinical translation of experimental research. My DPhil research focused on increasing our understanding of the processes involved in an intense or enduring grieving process or Prolonged Grief (PG) with a view to developing more effective psychological treatments to manage distress.
I was awarded an MRC Clinical Scientist Fellowship to develop and provide initial empirical support for a new therapist-assisted digital cognitive therapy for Prolonged Grief Disorder (ICT- PG).
I am a trustee on the board of a registered charity providing free facilitated group support to those who have lost loved ones to cancer (www.thelossfoundation.org). In acknowledging the scale and impact of loss to cancer, we aim to encourage discussion, provide information and raise awareness through our bereavement support services across the UK.
Key publications
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Journal article
Smith KV. et al, (2015), Neurobiol Learn Mem, 119, 69 - 76
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Journal article
Jerome H. et al, (2019), J Loss Trauma, 23, 574 - 587
Recent publications
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The relationship between social acknowledgment and prolonged grief symptoms: a multiple mediation effect of beliefs about the goodness and controllability of grief-related emotions
Journal article
Zhou N. et al, (2023), European Journal of Psychotraumatology
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How the Bereaved Behave: A Cross-cultural Study of Emotional Display Behaviors and Rules
Journal article
Zhou N. et al, (2023), Cognition and Emotion
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Journal article
Wanza C. et al, (2023), European Journal of Trauma & Dissociation, 100327 - 100327
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Journal article
Zhou N. et al, (2023), Clin Psychol Psychother
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Journal article
Smith KV. et al, (2022), Front Psychiatry, 13