M.A. Psychology (Hons), M.App.Sci. (Clinical Psychology), PhD (Psychology), CPsychol, HCPC, RAPPS, Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
Dr Lorna Hogg took up her post as Clinical Director within the Programme in September 2018. Her main responsibilities include overseeing:
· Trainee clinical practice development and placements
· Supervisor training and development
· Trainee personal and professional development, including wellbeing
· Admissions
Lorna qualified as a clinical psychologist in 1985 at Glasgow University. Since then, she has worked in NHS services in Scarborough, North Yorkshire, Oxford Health, Oxleas Mental Healthcare Trust in Kent, Avon and Wiltshire Mental Healthcare Trust in the South-West and 2gether Trust in Gloucestershire.
Lorna has worked as an academic tutor on clinical psychology training programmes in Oxford, at Salomons Clinical Psychology Training Programme, Canterbury Christ Church University and at the University of Bath where she was Admissions tutor.
Lorna has a special clinical, and research, interest in adults with severe and persistent psychological difficulties, particularly psychosis. She developed and led Early Intervention Services for Psychosis in Oxleas NHS Trust. Her current main research interest is in social and personal identity processes in psychosis and she completed a PhD in 2024 at the University of Bath entitled ‘Unpacking the relationships between psychosis, sense of self and social identity’. Lorna has a particular interest in the integration of social psychological theories with clinical and the benefits of such integration in better understanding the experiences of people with psychosis and augmenting current psychosocial interventions. Other research interests include mental health stigma and self-stigma and wellbeing, and disclosure decision-making processes, including within mental health professionals, and those training to become mental health professionals.
