Research Community

As a trainee health psychologist, I am focused on understanding and improving mental health pathways for UK Armed Forces veterans. Drawing on my own lived experience as a veteran, and my work alongside a range of veteran organisations across the UK, I am particularly interested in why many veterans struggle to engage with, or benefit from, standard PTSD treatments such as CBT, EMDR and pharmacotherapy. My research examines how cultural competence, systemic barriers and loss of trust shape veterans’ experiences of care. I also explore emerging interventions—especially psychedelic‑assisted psychotherapy—for those with treatment‑resistant PTSD or moral injury. Overall, my work aims to inform policy and develop more holistic, veteran‑centred models of care that enhance choice, acceptability and long‑term recovery.