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Shona Joyce Herron

(she/her)
Senior Clinical Psychologist, UCL

Dr Shona Herron is a Senior Clinical Psychologist and researcher working in NHS Acute Mental Health Services in North West London. She specialises in Trauma-Informed Approaches, and working with adults experiencing mental health crises. She is an active researcher, focussed on the psychological experience of emptiness.

Experience

  • 2022–present
    Senior Clinical Psychologist, CNWL NHS Trust

Education

  • 2022 
    Doctorate in Clinical Psychology, University College London
  • 2018 
    University of Dundee/University of Stirling, MSc Psychological Therapies in Primary Care
  • 2017 
    University of Dundee, BSc Psychology

Publications

  • 2024
    The Psychological Emptiness Scale: a psychometric evaluation, BJP Open
  • 2022
    Understanding the typical presentation of emptiness: a study of lived-experience, The Journal of Mental Health