Prof Chris Barker
University College London
Emeritus, Psychology
United Kingdom
My co-authors include
Paul M. Camic
Robert Elliott
Mel Slater
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My Publications
Practice to policy: Clinical psychologists’ experiences of macrolevel work.
Professional Psychology Research and Practice
February 2020
Effectiveness of a Cancer Bereavement Therapeutic Group
Journal of Loss and Trauma
October 2018
Psychologically informed environments for homeless people: resident and staff experiences
Housing Care and Support
March 2017
Effectiveness of computer-mediated interventions for informal carers of people with dem...
International Psychogeriatrics
July 2014
Psychological impact of identifying character strengths in people with psychosis
Psychosis
June 2014
The Effectiveness of an Internet Support Forum for Carers of People With Dementia: A Pr...
Journal of Medical Internet Research
February 2014
Telephone peer support for women with gynaecological cancer: benefits and challenges fo...
Psycho-Oncology
May 2012
Socially Anxious and Confident Men Interact with a Forward Virtual Woman: An Experiment...
PLoS ONE
April 2012
Methodological approaches to community-based research.
January 2012
The Impact of Psychological Consequences of Rape on Rape Case Attrition: The Police Per...
Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology
July 2011
Telephone peer support for women with gynaecological cancer: recipients' perspectives
Psycho-Oncology
July 2011
Intergenerational practice in the community: A focused ethnographic evaluation
Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology
March 2011
The Relationship Between Trauma, Post-Migration Problems and the Psychological Well-Bei...
International Journal of Social Psychiatry
February 2011
Facilitating understanding of mental health problems in GP consultations: a qualitative...
British Journal of General Practice
November 2010
Police Empathy and Victim PTSD as Potential Factors in Rape Case Attrition
Journal of Police and Criminal Psychology
August 2010
Therapeutic orientation preferences in trainee clinical psychologists: Personality or t...
Psychotherapy Research
May 2010
The Contributions of Mutual Help Groups for Mental Health Problems to Psychological Wel...
January 2010
The use of therapist self-disclosure: Clinical psychology trainees' experiences
Psychotherapy Research
October 2009
The Therapeutic Relationship in CBT for Psychosis: Client, Therapist and Therapy Factors
Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy
September 2009
Decisions about referrals for psychological therapies: a matched-patient qualitative study
British Journal of General Practice
September 2009
Psychological Help-Seeking in Homeless Adolescents
International Journal of Social Psychiatry
June 2009
Outcome of an Online Mutual Support Group for College Students with Psychological Problems
CyberPsychology & Behavior
October 2008
Virtual reality and persecutory delusions: Safety and feasibility
Schizophrenia Research
September 2008
Mutual Help Groups for Mental Health Problems: A Review of Effectiveness Studies
American Journal of Community Psychology
August 2008
How clients with religious or spiritual beliefs experience psychological help-seeking a...
Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy
January 2007
A Virtual Reprise of the Stanley Milgram Obedience Experiments
PLoS ONE
December 2006
An Experimental Study on Fear of Public Speaking Using a Virtual Environment
CyberPsychology & Behavior
October 2006
Couples' experiences of the support process in depression: A phenomenological analysis
Psychology and Psychotherapy Theory Research and Practice
March 2006
Quality Criteria Under Methodological Pluralism: Implications for Conducting and Evalua...
American Journal of Community Psychology
June 2005
Health beliefs and communication in the travel clinic consultation as predictors of adh...
British Journal of Health Psychology
May 2004
Psychotherapy and social support
Clinical Psychology Review
April 2002
An Experiment on Public Speaking Anxiety in Response to Three Different Types of Virtua...
PRESENCE Virtual and Augmented Reality
February 2002
The communication of empathy in couples during the transition to parenthood
Journal of Community Psychology
November 2001
The Benefits of Mutual Support Groups for Parents of Children With Disabilities
American Journal of Community Psychology
February 2001
Peer support for women with breast cancer: the role of empathy and self-disclosure
Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology
May 1999
Social support as conversation: Analysing breast cancer patients' interactions with the...
Social Science & Medicine
September 1997
The partner relationship in psychological response to breast cancer
Social Science & Medicine
March 1995
The helping process in couples
American Journal of Community Psychology
June 1984
Differential helpfulness of counselor verbal response modes.
Journal of Counseling Psychology
January 1982
Scientific, Practical and Personal Decisions in Selecting Qualitative Methods