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Overview

Susan Simpson is affiliated with the University of South Australia in Australia and specializes in the field of Psychology, with a focus on Clinical Psychology. Their scholarly work spans multiple subfields including Experimental and Cognitive Psychology, Social Psychology, Public Health, Environmental and Occupational Health, and Applied Psychology.

The main topics covered in their research include:

  • Personality Disorders and Psychopathology
  • Psychotherapy Techniques and Applications
  • Eating Disorders and Behaviors
  • Transactional Analysis in Psychotherapy
  • Obsessive-Compulsive Spectrum Disorders
  • Counseling, Therapy, and Family Dynamics
  • Child and Adolescent Psychosocial and Emotional Development

Susan Simpson has coauthored extensively with several researchers, including:

  • Robert N. Brockman
  • Matthew Smout
  • Chris Hayes
  • Remco van der Wijngaart
  • Giada Pietrabissa

Their research has been published in multiple venues, with frequent contributions to:

  • Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy
  • BJPsych Bulletin
  • Frontiers in Psychology
  • Personality and Mental Health
  • JBI Evidence Synthesis

Selected recent papers by Susan Simpson include:

  • Videotherapy and therapeutic alliance in the age of COVID-19, 2020, Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy
  • The impact of personality disorders and personality traits on psychotherapy treatment outcome of eating disorders: A systematic review, 2021, Personality and Mental Health

Other notable papers from their contemporaries offer additional context for the research environment:

  • Psychological Consequences of Social Isolation During COVID-19 Outbreak, 2020, Frontiers in Psychology
  • Evaluation of radically open dialectical behaviour therapy in an adult community mental health team: effectiveness in people with autism spectrum disorders, 2020, BJPsych Bulletin
  • Health technologies for the prevention and detection of falls in adult hospital inpatients: a scoping review, 2021, JBI Evidence Synthesis

Susan Simpson has also contributed to book publications, including a title published by Cambridge University Press:

  • Cambridge Guide to Schema Therapy, 2023

Best Publications

  • Therapeutic alliance in videoconferencing psychotherapy: a review

    Susan G. Simpson;Corinne L. Reid

  • Psychological Consequences of Social Isolation During COVID-19 Outbreak

    Giada Pietrabissa;Susan G. Simpson

  • A meta-analysis of the relation between therapeutic alliance and treatment outcome in eating disorders

    Tiffany A. Graves;Nassim Tabri;Heather Thompson-Brenner;Debra L. Franko

  • Videotherapy and Therapeutic Alliance in the Age of COVID-19

    Susan Simpson;Susan Simpson;Lisa Richardson;Giada Pietrabissa;Gianluca Castelnuovo

  • A systematic review of the evidence base for Schema Therapy.

    Samantha A. Masley;David T. Gillanders;Susan G. Simpson;Morag A. Taylor

  • Personal risk factors associated with burnout among psychotherapists: A systematic review of the literature.

    Gabrielle K. Simionato;Susan Simpson

  • Web-Based Interventions for Weight Loss or Weight Loss Maintenance in Overweight and Obese People: A Systematic Review of Systematic Reviews

    Angela Sorgente;Giada Pietrabissa;Gian Mauro Manzoni;Federica Re

  • Psychotherapy via videoconferencing: a review

    Susan Simpson

  • Group Schema Therapy for Eating Disorders: A Pilot Study

    Susan G. Simpson;Susan G. Simpson;Emma Morrow;Michiel van Vreeswijk;Caroline Reid

  • Therapy via videoconferencing: a route to client empowerment?

    Susan Simpson;L. Bell;J. Knox;D. Mitchell

  • Psychological Treatments and Psychotherapies in the Neurorehabilitation of Pain: Evidences and Recommendations from the Italian Consensus Conference on Pain in Neurorehabilitation

    Gianluca Castelnuovo;Emanuele Maria Giusti;Gian Mauro Manzoni;Donatella Saviola

  • An exploration of the main sources of shame in an eating-disordered population

    Laura Keith;David Gillanders;Susan Simpson

  • Psychological considerations in the assessment and treatment of pain in neurorehabilitation and psychological factors predictive of therapeutic response: Evidence and recommendations from the Italian consensus conference on pain in neurorehabilitation

    Gianluca Castelnuovo;Emanuele Maria Giusti;Gian Mauro Manzoni;Donatella Saviola

  • Professional Burnout, Early Maladaptive Schemas, and Physical Health in Clinical and Counselling Psychology Trainees.

    April Kaeding;Christina Sougleris;Corinne Reid;Michiel F. van Vreeswijk

  • Short-term group schema therapy for mixed personality disorders: a pilot study

    Sally Ann Skewes;Rachel Anne Samson;Susan G Simpson;Michiel evan Vreeswijk

  • Obesity and outpatient rehabilitation using mobile technologies: the potential mHealth approach

    Gianluca Castelnuovo;Gian Mauro Manzoni;Giada Pietrabissa;Stefania Corti

  • Burnout amongst clinical and counselling psychologist: The role of early maladaptive schemas and coping modes as vulnerability factors

    Susan Simpson;Susan Simpson;Susan Simpson;Gabriella Simionato;Matthew Smout;Michiel F. van Vreeswijk

  • The Provision of a Telepsychology Service to Shetland: Client and Therapist Satisfaction and the Ability to Develop a Therapeutic Alliance

    Susan Simpson

  • A multidisciplinary approach to the treatment of eating disorders via videoconferencing in north-east Scotland.

    Susan Simpson;Jane Knox;Derek Mitchell;James Ferguson

  • What Is the Role of the Placebo Effect for Pain Relief in Neurorehabilitation?: Clinical Implications From the Italian Consensus Conference on Pain in Neurorehabilitation

    Gianluca Castelnuovo;Emanuele Maria Giusti;Gian Mauro Manzoni;Donatella Saviola

Frequent Co-Authors

Gianluca Castelnuovo
Gianluca Castelnuovo Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Giada Pietrabissa
Giada Pietrabissa Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Gian Mauro Manzoni
Gian Mauro Manzoni Università degli Studi eCampus
Enrico Molinari
Enrico Molinari Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Francesco Pagnini
Francesco Pagnini Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Giuseppe Riva
Giuseppe Riva Catholic University of the Sacred Heart
Lorys Castelli
Lorys Castelli University of Turin
Brenda K. Wiederhold
Brenda K. Wiederhold Scripps Health
Daniel Le Grange
Daniel Le Grange University of California, San Francisco
Glenn Waller
Glenn Waller University of Sheffield

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