Professor Roz Shafran is a leading psychologist who has won multiple awards for her contributions to clinical research.
She is currently a Professor of Translational Psychology at the UCL Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health. She is an honorary Consultant Clinical Psychologist, a member of the Health Professions Council and Fellow of the British Association of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy.
She jointly leads the ICH GOS Mental Health Strategic Initiative and in 2007 founded the Charlie Waller Institute of Evidenced Based Psychological Treatment at the University of Reading, continuing as its director until 2012.
She is a founder and director of Bespoke Mental Health, which seeks to improve mental wellbeing by providing world-leading training and consultancy in psychological treatments that work, delivered by global experts in the field
She is an advisor to the Charlie Waller Trust, Patron of 'No Panic' and recipient of prizes including the BMJ Mental Health Team of the Year, Positive Practice 'Making a Difference' Award, British Psychological Society Award for Distinguished Contributions to Psychology in Practice and Marsh Award for Mental Health for research that has made a difference to clinical practice.
In addition to publishing over 275 academic clinical research papers, she has co-authored and co-edited six books including self-help bestsellers. Her most recent book is the bestseller How to Cope When Your Child Can’t
Professional Activities
Bespoke Mental Health
2021 – Current
Roz set up Bespoke Mental Health alongside two colleagues, Pamela Myles-Hooton and Sarah Liddell, with the goal of helping to bridge the gap between research and practice. Bespoke Mental Health aims to provide world leading mental health training and services to as many people as possible who could benefit from their work. As part of their commitment to this goal, they provide their services to the NHS and other public and third sector organisations on a not-for-profit basis.
Bespoke deliver the majority of their organisational clinical training on a subscription basis to maximise scale and impact, as well as minimising administration and costs for customer organisations. This has led customers to benefit from cost savings of up to 80% relative to traditional training models.
Bespoke also aims to support companies to implement evidence-based practices in their mental wellbeing strategies via specialist mental health consultancy. Their goal is to empower individuals in the workplace to identify their mental wellbeing needs and access effective psychological treatments, including self-help programs with a proven scientific support. Individuals are also able to access the full range of Bespoke Mental Health’s training.
Expert Roles
2015 – 2018
NICE Expert Adviser Panel for the NICE Centre for Guidelines. Since 2017. Steering Committee Member for Wellcome Trust funded STOP-PTSD trial , MRC funded trial DoBAt.
Professional Memberships
1995-1997
Including: British Association of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, British Psychological Society, Obsessive Compulsive Cognitions Working Group. Accreditation Task Force (ATF) of The Canadian Institute for Obsessive Compulsive Disorders.
Reviewer
2018 – Current
For multiple journals and grant-funding agencies including Wellcome Trust, MRC and NIHR.
Clinical Training
2015 – 2018
External training workshops and talks given to clinicians/clinician-scientists nationally and internationally. Topics include Clinical Perfectionism, treatment of body image disturbance, evidence-based treatment of eating disorders, and obsessive compulsive disorder and transdiagnostic approaches to anxiety disorders. Given oral presentations as papers on these topics at local, national and international meetings.
Charitable Activities
1995-1997
Advisor Charlie Waller Memorial Trust; Patron No Panic, International Committee Member of Anxiety Canada.
Education
Institute of Psychiatry
Doctorate, Doctor of Philosophy | 1995
University of Oxford
First Degree, Bachelor of Arts (Honours) | 1991
University of Oxford
Other Postgraduate qualification (including professional), Diploma in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy | 2001
British Psychological Society
Doctorate, Doctorate in Clinical Psychology | 1999
In 2008, Roz also became an Accredited BABCP Therapist.