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Silviya P. Doneva
20142021

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Overview

I work as a Senior Lecturer in Clinical Psychology on the DClinPsy programme at the University of Hertfordshire. I am also the tutor for the international trainees on the Programme. 

Additionally, I am an HCPC-registered Clinical Psychologist and Chartered Psychologist with the BPS.  I combine extensive research expertise with specialist clinical practice, with a particular interest in examining complex and often underexplored areas of psychology.

My two main research interests are:

Hoarding Disorder (HD) - its impact on the person and the system (including family and the wider system), aetiology, intersection with other mental health disorders and developing innovative approaches to case conseptualisation and treatment. 

Stammering (i.e., developmental fluency disorder) - exploring the psychological outcomes for people who stammer and how it might be modulated by psychological factors (i.e., fear of speaking; trauma) and how these develop.

I am currently supervising a second-year trainee project, entitled Multidisciplinary clinicians’ accounts of facilitating systemic consultations for individuals with co-occurring learning disabilities and autism: A reflexive thematic analysis.

 

Education/Academic qualification

Psychology , BSc in Psychology , first class honours, Goldsmiths University of London

Cognitive Psychology , PhD in Psychology , outright pass (no corrections), HEI: The University of Essex

Clinical Psychology , Doctorate in Clinical Psychology , pass with minor corrections, HEI: University of East Anglia, Norwich Medical School

External positions

Associate Fellow (D1), Higher Education Academy (Advance HE)

HCPC Registration – Practitioner Psychologist

Chartered Psychologist (CPsychol), British Psychological Society

Member of the BPS Division of Neuropsychology (DoN)

Member of the BPS Division of Clinical Psychology (DCP)

Member of The Group of Trainers in Clinical Psychology (GTiCP) International