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James Stroud

Dr James Stroud

(he/him)

clinical director of South Wales Doctoral Programme in Clinical Psychology

School of Psychology

Overview

I have worked on the South Wales Clinical Psychology Training Programme since 2019 and I am currently in the role of Clinical Director, overseeing the clinical aspects of training.

Research: I supervise a range of large-scale research projects in the fields of  personality disorders, forensic, Adult Mental Health and Vaccine Hesitancy. Previous dissertation supervision also includes research on wellbeing in elite athletes (in collaboration with Welsh Rugby Union), and burnout in inpatient rehabilitation staff.

Teaching: My main areas of teaching are within the field of Adult Mental Health on the South Wales Doctoral Course in Clinical Psychology. I teach on professional and ethical issues, working with complexity and introduction to schema therapy. 

Clinical roles: Outside of my Clinical Director role, I work as a Principal Clinical Psychologist in Adult Mental Health, specialising in the provision of Schema Therapy to individuals with long-standing and unremitting complex difficulties. I also provide input into a Memory Assessment Service for Older Adult populations. I have worked in various psychology roles within the NHS since 2001, gaining experience across Learning Disabilities, Forensic, Substance Misuse, Adult Mental Health and Older Adults. 

Publication

2021

Articles

Research

 I am currently supervising several Large Scale Research Projects in the areas of: 

  • ‘Personality Disorders’. 
  • Forensic services
  • Neuropsychology

I have previously supervised a number of final year dissertations in the following areas: 

  • Belongingness in Looked After Children (LAC) Settings.  
  • Wellbeing and psychological flexibility in Elite Athletes (a joint project with the Welsh Rugby Union).  
  • Burnout and wellbeing in inpatient rehabilitation staff.
  • Psychological predictors of Vaccine-hesitancy. 

 

 

 

Biography

I have worked within various psychology roles in the NHS since 2001, and across the specialties of Learning Disabilities, Forensic, Substance Misuse, and Adult Mental Health.

I qualified as a clinical psychologist in 2007 after training on the South Wales Doctoral Course. Since qualifying I have predominantly worked within the Adult Mental Health specialty. I have worked in both community and inpatient settings and have been responsible for setting up a psychology service within an NHS inpatient setting across a Health Board.

In my current clinical role, I work with a broad range of presentations. My specialism is working with individuals who present with severe and unremitting ‘personality disorder’ presentations. I am an advanced accredited schema therapist and have trained to provide supervision in this modality.  

 I have been working on the South Wales Doctoral in Clinical Psychology Training Programme since 2019. I started in the Academic Stream, overseeing the year 1 curriculum. I now work as the Clinical Director on the programme, overseeing the placements and clinical aspects of the programme.  

Honours and awards

  • Hywel Dda University Health Board (August 2018) Employee of the Month. 
  •  Hywel Dda University Health Board (2015). Acute Psychology Service Winner for Team Excellence (Celebrating Excellence in Mental Health and Learning Disabilities Awards).  

Professional memberships

  • Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC).
  • British Psychological Society (BPS).
  • International Society of Schema Therapy (ISST).
  • British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP).

Contact Details

Email StroudJ@cardiff.ac.uk