Kirsten Smith

MA (HONS), DClinPsy, DPhil, mBPsS

Anxiety & Trauma (Ehlers)

Wellcome Trust Doctoral Training Fellow
Clinical Psychologist

Research Interests

My interests include psychological and neurobiological responses to traumatic experiences and the clinical translation of experimental research. My research is focused on increasing our understanding of the processes involved in an intense or prolonged grieving process or Complicated Grief (CG) with a view to developing more effective psychological treatments to manage distress.

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

Effectiveness of a Cancer Bereavement Therapeutic Group
Journal article

Jerome H. et al, Journal of Loss and Trauma
Treatment Efficacy for Veterans With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Latent Class Trajectories of Treatment Response and Their Predictors.
Journal article

Murphy D. and Smith KV., (2018), J Trauma Stress, 31, 753 - 763

Recent publications

Treatment Efficacy for Veterans With Posttraumatic Stress Disorder: Latent Class Trajectories of Treatment Response and Their Predictors.
Journal article

Murphy D. and Smith KV., (2018), J Trauma Stress, 31, 753 - 763
Conducting ethical internet-based research with vulnerable populations: a qualitative study of bereaved participants' experiences of online questionnaires.
Journal article

Smith KV. et al, (2018), Eur J Psychotraumatol, 9
Conducting research in clinical psychology practice: Barriers, facilitators, and recommendations.
Journal article

Smith KV. and Thew GR., (2017), Br J Clin Psychol, 56, 347 - 356
A prospective study of pre-trauma risk factors for post-traumatic stress disorder and depression.
Journal article

Wild J. et al, (2016), Psychol Med, 46, 2571 - 2582
An adapted imaginal exposure approach to traditional methods used within Trauma-focused Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, trialled with a veteran population
Journal article

Kaur M. et al, (2016), The Cognitive Behaviour Therapist, 9, 1 - 11

More publications

The Loss Foundation #IWontGoQuiet

The Loss Foundation campaign highlighting the impact of going silent when those around us become bereaved. Pledging to acknowledge the loss and taking steps to demonstrate that you care care can have a big impact on reducing social isolation in this vulnerable population.