Consultant Clinical Psychologist, Senior Admissions Tutor and Clinical Tutor
PREVIOUS ROLES
Dr Matthew Knight undertook his PhD (2003) at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (IOPPN), at King's College London (KCL), investigating stigma experienced by those with enduring psychosis. He then undertook his DClinPsych (2006) at the University of Oxford, with research looking at stigma experienced by those with first episode psychosis, as well as courtesy stigma experienced by healthcare staff.
Clinical work in the UK and the USA has included Adult Community Mental Health Team (CMHT), Inpatient, Crisis Resolution & Home Treatment Team (CRHTT), and Common Point of Entry (CPE) settings for Adults. Roles have incorporated individual, family and group therapy, leadership and trust protocol development concerning psychosis and staff training. Other projects include involvement in the national Time to Change and Listening into Action campaigns focusing on Expert by Experience and public engagement and respect, and commissioned reports for the Department of Health undertaken with the Health Services & Population Research Department, KCL.
CURRENT ROLE
Matthew has responsibility for the Admissions process for the Oxford Clinical Psychology Doctoral Course, and is Chair of the Admissions Committee. He is Clinical Tutor with responsibility for clinical placements, and holds course tutor, individual tutor, and research supervisor roles for Trainee Clinical Psychologists. He is examiner for the University of Oxford and specialist examiner for other universities.
Matthew is an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society, member of the Division of Clinical Psychology and the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies and is registered with the Health & Care Professions Council.
TEACHING
Matthew is responsible for the Advanced Therapeutic & Intervention Skills teaching stream. He delivers teaching on topics of professional reflection, psychosis, stigma, disclosure, hospitalisation, gender and health, group therapy, working with teams and other healthcare professionals, building therapeutic relationships, and qualitative research methods. Where possible, teaching is developed and delivered collaboratively with people with lived experience of ill health.
PROFESSIONAL INTERESTS
Matthew is interested in psychosis over the life-course, the role of stigma and discrimination for those affected by health issues and within healthcare settings, suicide and risk, team facilitation, qualitative research methodologies, and the application of psychological therapy in community and inpatient settings.
