Publications

Peer-reviewed articles and chapters contributing to the fields of mental health and compassion

Researcher profiles

Publications (by year)

2025Heriot-Maitland, C., & Bell, T. (2025). Compassion-focused chairwork for voice-hearing relationships, body triggers and motivational states. Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, 00, 1–16. https://doi.org/10.1111/papt.12600.
2024Heriot-Maitland, C., Wykes, T. & Peters, E. (2024). Social influences on the relationship between dissociation and psychotic-like experiences. Psychological Medicine, 54(12), 3285-3293. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291724001405.
Heriot-Maitland, C., Lawlor, C., Keen, N., Kane, F., Jafari, H., & Peters, E. (2024). A brief compassion focused therapy group for outpatients with psychosis. Psychosis, 17(1), 82–94. https://doi.org/10.1080/17522439.2024.2402826.
Heriot-Maitland C. & Taylor J. (2024) Developing a Compassion Focused Supervision Model for Senior Leaders in Education. OBM Integrative and Complementary Medicine, 9(2), 033. https://doi.org/10.21926/obm.icm.2402033.
Hickey, T., Strohmaier, S., Fossey, E., & Heriot-Maitland, C. (2024). The Acceptability and Impact of a Video on Compassion Focused Therapy as a Psycho-Educative Tool to Deepen Awareness around Voice-Hearing. OBM Integrative and Complementary Medicine, 9(2), 1-13. https://doi.org/10.21926/obm.icm.2402023.
2023Heriot-Maitland, C., Gumley, A., Wykes, T., Longden, E., Irons, C., Gilbert, P., & Peters, E. (2023). A case series study of compassion-focused therapy for distressing experiences in psychosis. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 62, 762–781. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjc.12437.
Heriot-Maitland, C. & Murphy, N. (2023). A Compassion-Focused Approach to Working with Problematic Belief Systems. In: Cheli, S., Lysaker, P.H. (eds) A Dimensional Approach to Schizotypy. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-41788-7_14.
Heriot-Maitland, C. (2023). Trauma and Delusions. In: D. Turkington, D. & Hardy, K. (Eds.) Decoding Delusions: A Clinician’s Guide to Working with Delusions and Other Extreme Beliefs. APA Publishing. https://doi.org/10.1176/appi.books.9781615379491.lg16.
Collman, S., Heriot-Maitland, C., Peters, E., & Mason, O. (2023). Investigating associations between self-compassion, self-criticism and psychotic-like experiences. Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, 97, 91–103. https://doi.org/10.1111/papt.12500.
Heriot-Maitland, C. (2023). Position paper – CFT for psychosis. Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, 97, 59–73. https://doi.org/10.1111/papt.12490.
Fleming, A., Heriot-Maitland, C. (2023). Compassion-Focussed Therapy for Voices and Unusual Experiences. In: Díaz-Garrido, J.A., Zúñiga, R., Laffite, H., Morris, E. (eds) Psychological Interventions for Psychosis. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-27003-1_26.
Heriot-Maitland, C., Vitoratou, S., Peters, E., Hermans, K., Wykes, T., & Brett, C. (2023). Detecting anomalous experiences in the community: The Transpersonal Experiences Questionnaire (TEQ). Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, 96, 383–398. https://doi.org/10.1111/papt.12445.
2022Heriot-Maitland, C. & Longden, E. (2022), Relating to Voices using Compassion Focused Therapy: A Self-help Companion. London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003166269.
Heriot-Maitland, C. (2022) CFT for voice-hearing and delusions in psychosis. In P. Gilbert & G. Simon (Eds.) Compassion Focused Therapy: Clinical Practice and Applications. London: Routledge, Ch 24. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781003035879.
Heriot-Maitland C., Wykes T and Peters E (2022) Trauma and Social Pathways to Psychosis, and Where the Two Paths Meet. Front. Psychiatry 12:804971. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyt.2021.804971.
2021Heriot-Maitland, C. (2021) Compassion-focused therapy and the courage of compassionate relating to voices. In I. Parker, J. Schnackenberg & M. Hopfenbeck (Eds.) The Practical Handbook of Hearing Voices: Therapeutic and Creative Approaches. Monmouth: PCCS Books, Ch 29. https://www.pccs-books.co.uk/products/the-practical-handbook-of-hearing-voices.
Heriot-Maitland, C. & Levey, V. (2021) A case report of compassion-focused therapy for distressing voice-hearing experiences. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 77(8), 1821-1835. https://doi.org/10.1002/jclp.23211.
2020Irons, C. & Heriot-Maitland, C. (2020) Compassionate Mind Training: An 8-week course for the general public. Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, 94(3), 443-463. https://doi.org/10.1111/papt.12320.
2019Heriot-Maitland, C. & Kennedy, A. (2019) Attachment themes in compassion-focused therapy (CFT) for psychosis. In K. Berry, S. Bucci, A. Danquah (Eds.) Attachment and Psychosis. London: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315665573.
Heriot-Maitland, C., McCarthy-Jones, S., Longden, E., & Gilbert, P. (2019). Compassion Focused Approaches to Working With Distressing Voices. Front Psychol, 10, 152. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00152.
2018Heriot-Maitland, C., Allan, S., Bradstreet, S. and Gumley, A. (2018). Antipsychotic treatments: who is really failing here? Lancet Psychiatry, 5(10), 785. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2215-0366(18)30336-5.
Heriot-Maitland, C. & Russell, G. (2018). Compassion-focused therapy for relating to voices. In C. Cupitt (Ed.) CBT for Psychosis: Process-orientated Therapies and the Third Wave. Routledge: London, pp. 98-114. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315294858.
Heriot-Maitland, C., Longden, E., Elliott, K., Bell, S., Gilbert, P., & Wright, N. P. (2018). Compassion-Focused Approaches for Clients, Families and Health Care Providers. In D. Turkington & H. M. Spencer (Eds.), Back to Life, Back to Normality: Volume 2: CBT Informed Recovery for Families with Relatives with Schizophrenia and Other Psychoses. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. https://doi.org/10.1017/9781316410523.
2016Taylor, R., Cella, M., Csipke, E., Heriot-Maitland, C., Gibbs, C. and Wykes, T. (2016). Tackling social cognition in schizophrenia: a randomized feasibility trial. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 44(3), 306-317. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1352465815000284.
2015Heriot-Maitland, C. & Peters, E. (2015). Dimensional approaches to delusional beliefs. In O. Mason & G. Claridge (Eds.) Schizotypy: New Dimensions. Hove: Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315858562.
2014Heriot-Maitland, C., Vidal, J.B., Ball, S. & Irons, C. (2014). A Compassionate Focused Therapy group approach for acute inpatients: Feasibility, initial pilot outcome data and recommendations. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 53(1), 78-94. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjc.12040.
Brett, C., Heriot-Maitland, C., McGuire, P. & Peters, E. (2014). Predictors of distress associated with psychotic-like anomalous experiences in clinical and non-clinical populations. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 53(2), 213-227. https://doi.org/10.1111/bjc.12036.
2012Heriot-Maitland, C. (2012). Multi-level models of information processing and their application to psychosis. Journal of Experimental Psychopathology, 3(4), 552-571. https://doi.org/10.5127/jep.017711.
Heriot-Maitland, C., Knight, M., & Peters, E. (2012). A qualitative comparison of psychotic-like phenomena in clinical and non-clinical populations. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 51(1), 37-53. https://doi.org/10.1111/j.2044-8260.2011.02011.x.
Rose, A.K., Winfield, H., Jenner, J.H., Oyefeso, A., Phillips, T.S., Deluca, P., Perryman, K.A., Heriot-Maitland, C., Galea, S., Cheeta, S., Saunders, V., & Drummond, C. (2012). National survey of alcohol treatment agencies in England: Characteristics of treatment agencies. Journal of Substance Use, 17(5-6), 389-398. https://doi.org/10.3109/14659891.2010.499493.
2011Rose, A.K., Winfield, H., Jenner, J.H., Oyefeso, A., Phillips, T.S., Deluca, P., Perryman, K.A., Heriot-Maitland, C., Galea, S., Cheeta, S., Saunders, V., & Drummond, C. (2011). National survey of alcohol treatment agencies in England: Characteristics of clients. Journal of Substance Use, 16(6), 407-421. https://doi.org/10.3109/14659891003721125.
Heriot-Maitland, C. (2011). Exploring the compatibility of biomedical and psychological approaches to treating psychosis. Psychosis, 3(2), 133-140. https://doi.org/10.1080/17522439.2010.518320.
Perryman, K., Rose, A.K., Winfield, H. Jenner, J., Oyefeso, A., Phillips, T.S., Deluca, P., Heriot-Maitland, C., Galea, S., Cheeta, S., Saunders, V., & Drummond, C. (2011). The perceived challenges facing alcohol treatment services in England: A qualitative study of service providers. Journal of Substance Use, 16(1), 38-49. https://doi.org/10.3109/14659891003706399.
2008Heriot-Maitland, C. (2008). Mysticism and madness: Different aspects of the same human experience? Mental Health, Religion & Culture, 11(3), 301-325. https://doi.org/10.1080/13674670701287680.
2006Maitland, C., Tsakanikos, E., Holt, G., O’Hara, J., & Bouras, N. (2006). Mental health service provision for adults with intellectual disability: sources of referrals, clinical characteristics and pathways to care. Primary Care Mental Health, 4, 99-106. https://kclpure.kcl.ac.uk/portal/en/publications/mental-health-service-provision-for-adults-with-intellectual-disa.
2004Morgan, C.J.A., Riccelli, M., Maitland, C.H., & Curran, H.V. (2004). Long-term effects of ketamine: evidence for a persisting impairment of source memory in recreational users. Drug and Alcohol Dependence, 75, 301-308. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.drugalcdep.2004.03.006.