Dr Christopher DJ Taylor

School of Psychology

Senior Lecturer and NIHR Fellow

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chris.d.j.taylor@sheffield.ac.uk
Interdisciplinary Centre of the Social Sciences (ICOSS)

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Dr Christopher DJ Taylor
School of Psychology
Interdisciplinary Centre of the Social Sciences (ICOSS)
219 Portobello
Sheffield
S1 4DP
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Dr Christopher Taylor is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology and NIHR Fellow in the School of Psychology at 爆料TV. He also has a small role as a Consultant Clinical Psychologist with Pennine Care NHS Foundation Trust. The main aim of his work is to contribute to improving our understanding of severe mental health conditions and develop new treatments tested in clinical trials. He led as chief investigator the NIHR funded , the largest trial of imagery focused therapy for psychosis to date internationally.

He was a principal investigator on the CSO funded , the first Umbrella design trial in mental health internationally (conducting three trials at the same time in one infrastructure).  

He is Co-Chief Investigator of the TRUST trial, a school鈥檚 based NIHR funded adolescent paranoia RCT and a co-investigator on  legacy project to develop a screening measure for multiple severe mental health conditions. Chris is also a co-investigator on the  testing THUMOS, a resilience boosting intervention for medical students. Chris also serves on the National Scientific Committee for the , the lead organisation for CBT in UK and is Co-Chair of the Spring Conference. In 2021, he was recipient of the , for 鈥渁n outstanding contribution to clinical psychology, within the first ten years of qualifying鈥.


 

More information about his work can be found below and at .

Dr Taylor also does regular short video updates on the latest mental health research

Qualifications
  • BSc (Hons)
  • PG Cert.
  • MSc
  • ClinPsyD
  • PhD
  • CPsychol
  • AFBPsS
Research interests

The understanding and development of new psychological therapies for people with severe mental health experiences, including psychosis, with a focus on schemas and mental imagery.

Publications

Journal articles

  • Pickering J, Shao W, Weich S, Dalton CF, Jones M, Taylor CDJ, Reuber M, Kingston J, Gibbs C & Bentall RP (2025) . International Journal of Methods in Psychiatric Research, 34(4).
  • Paulik G & Taylor CDJ (2025) . Cognitive and Behavioral Practice.
  • Taylor CDJ, Helliwell B, Coleman R, Sutton CJ, Hutton P, Sylvestre Y, Bird L, Shields G, Kelly JA, Brandwood-Spencer T , Boland A et al (2025) . Schizophrenia Bulletin, 51(Supplement_3), S317-S335.
  • Hutton P, Taylor CDJ, Kelly J, Emsley R, Vikram A, Alexander CH, McCann A, Saddington D, Eliasson E, Burke J , Harper S et al (2025) . Schizophrenia Research, 282, 184-197.
  • Akers N, Taylor CDJ & Berry K (2025) . British Journal of Clinical Psychology.
  • Janssen H, van den Berg K, Keijsers GPJ, Paulik G, Newman-Taylor K, Taylor C, Steel C & Marcelis M (2025) . Schizophrenia Bulletin.
  • Akers N, Berry K & Taylor CDJ (2025) . Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 32(2).
  • Sivarajah N, Taylor CDJ & Steel C (2025) . Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 53(1), 30-46.
  • Cairns AJJ, Taylor CDJ & Kelly JA (2024) . Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 52(6), 596-615.
  • Vogt KS, Baker J, Coleman R, Kendal S, Griffin B, Taha A, Ashley KL, Archer BL, Taylor C, Berry K , Feldman R et al (2024) . International Journal for Quality in Health Care, 36(3).
  • Paulik G & Taylor CDJ (2024) . Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, 31(3).
  • Janssen H, van den Berg KC, Paulik G, Newman鈥怲aylor K, Taylor CDJ, Steel C, Keijsers GPJ & Marcelis MC (2024) . Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, 31(1).
  • Hutton P, Kelly J, Taylor CDJ, Williams B, Emsley R, Alexander CH, Vikram A, Saddington D, McCann A, Burke J , Eliasson E et al (2023) . Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 9(1).
  • Airey ND, Berry K & Taylor CDJ (2023) . British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 62(3), 621-641.
  • Cairns AJJ, Kelly J & Taylor CDJ (2023) . Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, 96(3), 678-696.
  • Airey ND, Taylor CDJ, Vikram A & Berry K (2023) . Psychiatry Research, 323.
  • Hartley S, Baker C, Birtwhistle M, Burgess JL, Chatburn E, Cobbaert L, Howley M, Huggett C, MacKenzie鈥怤ash C, Newton A , Parry S et al (2022) . Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 27(3), 246-249.
  • Tyler N, Planner C, Byrne M, Blakeman T, Keers RN, Wright O, Pascall Jones P, Giles S, Keyworth C, Hodkinson A , Taylor CDJ et al (2021) . Frontiers in Psychiatry, 12.
  • Gire N, Caton N, McKeown M, Mohmed N, Duxbury J, Kelly J, Riley M, J Taylor P, Taylor CDJ, Naeem F , Chaudhry IB et al (2021) . BMJ Open, 11(11), e046755-e046755.
  • Taylor CDJ, Bee PE, Kelly J, Emsley R & Haddock G (2020) . Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 48(5), 530-545.
  • Taylor CDJ, Haddock G, Speer S & Bee PE (2020) . Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 48(1), 67-81.
  • Taylor CDJ, Bee PE, Kelly J & Haddock G (2019) . Cognitive and Behavioral Practice, 26(3), 575-588.
  • Haddock G, Berry K, Davies G, Dunn G, Harris K, Hartley S, Holland F, Kelly J, Law H, Morrison AP , Mulligan J et al (2018) . Journal of Mental Health, 27(4), 336-344.
  • Taylor CDJ & Harper SF (2017) . Clinical Psychologist, 21(2), 135-142.
  • Taylor CDJ, Bee P & Haddock G (2017) . Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, 90(3), 456-479.
  • Husain N, Gire N, Kelly J, Duxbury J, McKeown M, Riley M, Taylor CDJ, Taylor PJ, Emsley R, Farooq S , Caton N et al (2016) . SAGE Open Medicine, 4.
  • Farooq S, Taylor CDJ, Gire N, Riley M, Caton N & Husain N (2015) . Australian & New Zealand Journal of Psychiatry, 49(9), 772-773.
  • Mulligan J, Haddock G, Hartley S, Davies J, Sharp T, Kelly J, Neil ST, Taylor CDJ, Welford M, Price J , Rivers Z et al (2014) . Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, 87(4), 393-410.
  • Hartley S, Scarratt P, Bucci S, Kelly J, Mulligan J, Neil ST, Rivers Z, Taylor CDJ, Welford M & Haddock G (2014) . Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 42(4), 435-451.

Book chapters

  • Airey N, Berry K & Taylor C (2024) Attachment, Schemas and Imagery Focused Therapy for Psychosis (iMAPS) In Rhodes J & Vorontsova N (Ed.), Schema Therapy Adapted for Psychosis and Bipolarity Exploring the Multi-Self Routledge

Other

  • Taylor CDJ & Arntz A (2016) , 461-476.
  • Taylor C, Haddock G & Taylor C (2012) The relationship between positive and negative schema and psychotic experiences. Clinical Psychology Forum(240), S20-S21.
Research group

Grants

Current Grant Funded Projects:

  • Title: NIHR PASF Fellowship

    Funder: National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) 拢38,577.00

    Role: Chief Investigator


 

  • Title: Treating Unhelpful Suspicious Thoughts in Teenagers (TRUST) Adolescent Paranoia RCT

    Funder: National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) 拢299,981

    Role: Co-Chief Investigator


 

  • Title: ACTIVATE: A randomised controlled trial of a resilience boosting intervention in medical students

    Funder: Medical Protection Society (MPS) 拢200,000

    Role: Co-Investigator


 

Completed Projects:

  • Title: iMAgery focused therapy for PSychosis (iMAPS-2): A feasibility randomised controlled trial

    Funder: National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) 拢255,909

    Role: Chief Investigator

     

  • Title: DEcision-making Capacity: Intervention Development and Evaluation in Schizophrenia spectrum disorder

    Funder: Chief Scientist Office (CSO) 拢309,266

    Role: Co-Investigator and Site Lead for Pennine
     

  • Title: Core Belief focused therapy for Psychosis and Schizophrenia

    Funder: National Institute for Health and Care Research (NIHR) Fellowships 拢152,057

    Role: Chief Investigator

Teaching activities

PSY 2003 Neuroscience and Clinical Psychology II
PSY346 Research Projects
PSY331 Essay Topics

Professional activities and memberships

National Scientific Committee, British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies (BABCP), The lead organisation for CBT in the UK

PhD Opportunities

I am happy to receive applications for PhD study in my area of research.

We advertise PhD opportunities (Funded or Self-Funded) on 

For further information, please see the department PhD Opportunities page.

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