Personal profile
Research interests
Current DClinPsy Research Supervision
Currently the DClinPsy research I am supervising is investigating:
- Young people's experiences of receiving a diagnosis of autism from a service provision perspective
- Narratives of young black autistic people
- The lived experience of birth mothers: raising children in their care following adoption of other children
- Young black boys' stories of school exclusion and what has supported them to navigate this experience
- Autistic young people's experience of trauma
- Muslim clients' experiences of faith-sensitive psychological care
Successful DClinPsy Research Supervision
I have previously supervised research in the areas of:
2025: Primary caregiver's experiences of school accessibility for neurodivergent children
2025: A photovoice study exploring autistic young people's experience of mainstream school
2025: Navigating neurodivergence on the doctorate in clinical psychology: experiences of neurodivergent trainee clinical psychologists
2024: Stories of carer child dyads who have experienced historic domestic abuse
2023: The use of online photovoice to explore the experiences of mothers who have been subject to recurrent care proceedings.
2023: Residential childcare workers’ experiences of behaviours that challenge.
2023: Anxiety and extreme demand avoidance in children and adolescents: the roles of sensory sensitivies and intolerance of uncertainty.
2022: Understanding the experiences of Black birthmothers who have had their child(ren) removed from their care.
2022: Community partnerships in the design and delivery of mental heatlh and wellbeing services: a constructivist grounded theory study.
2021: Social workers' experiences of working in Children's Services: A Grounded Theory Study.
2018: The experience of birth relatives who engage in psychotherapeutic counselling following loss of a child/children to compulsory adoption.
Teaching specialisms
Community psychology
Neurodivergence and clinical work with neurodivergent children and young people
Child protection and birth parent experiences
Participatory Action Research and Photovoice
Tree of Life and Narrative Therapy
Education/Academic qualification
Clinical Psychology, DClinPsy, Men's experiences of mania, HEI: University of East London
Sept 2006 → Sept 2009
Award Date: 30 Sept 2009
External positions
External Examiner, HEI: The University of Essex
20 Jan 2025 → …
External Examiner , HEI: University of Leicester
15 Jul 2024 → …
Clinical Lead Step2 CAMHS
1 Feb 2021 → 28 Feb 2023
INTEGRATE Consultant MAC-UK
Feb 2019 → Jul 2020
Associate at Every Mind Psychology
Sept 2018 → Jul 2020
Clinical Lead Brandon Reach
Apr 2013 → Jul 2018
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Tree of life responses: Exploring and developing ideas for future action
Rishworth, B., Cutrara, C., Stevens, C. & Unwin, A., 28 Feb 2026, In: Context. 203Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Sensory Reactivity and Intolerance to Uncertainty: What characterises demand avoidance behaviours in Children and Adolescents with Pathological Demand Avoidance?
Rai, A., Gutierrez, R., Rishworth, B. & Ludlow, A., 31 Mar 2030, In: Research in Autism. 131, 12 p., 202816.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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The Experiences of Dyads Who Have Jointly Been Exposed to Domestic Violence and Abuse: Narratives of Growth, Connection and Resistance
King, L., Rishworth, B. & Hadfield, J., 18 Mar 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Human Systems: Therapy, Culture and Attachments.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Challenges and future directions for community partnerships in mental health service design and delivery
Olabi, Y., McGillivary, R., Rishworth, B. & Golding, L., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Critical Psychology, Counselling and Psychotherapy (JCPCP). 24, 4, p. 55-64 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Facilitators of community partnerships in mental health service design and delivery: A grounded theory study
Olabi, Y., McGillivary, R., Rishworth, B. & Golding, L., 2025, (Accepted/In press) In: Journal of Critical Psychology, Counselling and Psychotherapy (JCPCP). 24, 4, p. 40-54 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review