Staff Profile:Dr Cathy Creswell
- Name:
- Dr Cathy Creswell
- Job Title:
- MRC Clinician Scientist Fellow - Winnicott Unit
- Responsibilities:
Co-Director Berkshire Child Anxiety Clinic
Areas of interest:
Development and treatment of childhood anxiety disorders; CBT with children and families; Development of affect-related cognition in youth.
Research groups / Centres:
Psychopathology and Affective Neuroscience; Child Development Group; Berkshire Child Anxiety Clinic;
Qualifications:
BA (Ox) Hons P.P.P. (Psychology and Philosophy), Oxford; D.Clin.Psy, UCL; PGDip CBT with children, IoP, London; PhD, UCL
- Areas of Interest:
- Research groups / Centres:
- Publications:
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YNumber of items: 35.
2012
- Lester, K.J., Hudson, J.L., Tropeano, M., Creswell, C., Collier, D.A., Farmer, A., Lyneham, H.J., Rapee, R.M. and Eley , T.C. (2012) Neurotrophic gene polymorphisms and response to psychological therapy. Translational Psychiatry, 2 (e108). ISSN 2158-3188 doi: 10.1038/tp.2012.33 (In Press)
- Pass, L., Arteche, A., Cooper, P., Creswell, C. and Murray, L. (2012) Doll Play narratives about starting school in children of socially anxious mothers, and their relation to subsequent child school-based anxiety. Journal of Abnormal Child Psychology. ISSN 0091-0627 (In Press)
2011
- Creswell, C., Cooper, P., Giannakakis, A., Schofield, E., Woolgar, M. and Murray, L. (2011) Emotion processing in infancy: specificity in risk for social anxiety and associations with two year outcomes. Journal of Experimental Psychopathology, 2 (4). pp. 490-508. ISSN 2043-8087 doi: 10.5127/jep.018911
- Eley, T. C., Hudson, J. L., Creswell, C., Tropeano, M., Lester, K. J., Cooper, P., Farmer, A., Lewis, C. M., Lyneham, H. J., Rapee, R. M., Uher, R., Zavos, H. M. S. and Collier, D. A. (2011) Therapygenetics: the 5HTTLPR and response to psychological therapy. Molecular Psychiatry. ISSN 1476-5578 doi: 10.1038/mp.2011.132 (In Press)
- Murray, L., Lau, P. Y., Arteche, A., Creswell, C., Russ, S., Della Zoppa, L., Muggeo, M., Stein, A. and Cooper, P. (2011) Parenting by anxious mothers: effects of disorder subtype, context and child characteristics. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry. ISSN 1469-7619 doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2011.02473.x (In Press)
- Creswell, C., Murray, L., Stacey, J. and Cooper, P. (2011) Parenting and child anxiety. In: Silverman, W. K. and Field, A. P. (eds.) Anxiety disorders in children and adolescents. 2nd edition. Cambridge child and adolescent psychiatry . Cambridge University Press, Cambridge. ISBN 9780521721486
- Creswell, C. and O'Connor, T. G. (2011) Cognitive-behavioural therapy for children and adolescents. In: Skuse, D., Bruce, H., Dowdney, L. and Mrazek, D. (eds.) Child psychology and psychiatry: frameworks for practice. 2nd edition. Wiley-Blackwell, Oxford, pp. 265-270. ISBN 9780470973820
- Creswell, C., Shildrick, S. and Field, A. P. (2011) Interpretation of ambiguity in children: a prospective study of associations with anxiety and parental interpretations. Journal of Child and Family Studies, 20 (2). pp. 240-250. ISSN 1573-2843 doi: 10.1007/s10826-010-9390-7
- Parkinson, M. and Creswell, C. (2011) Worry and problem-solving skills and beliefs in primary school children. British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 50 (1). pp. 106-112. ISSN 2044-8260 doi: 10.1348/014466510X523887
- Creswell, C. and O'Connor, T. G. (2011) Interpretation bias and anxiety in childhood: stability, specificity and longitudinal associations. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 39 (02). pp. 191-204. ISSN 1469-1833 doi: 10.1017/S1352465810000494
2010
- Thirlwall, K. J. and Creswell, C. S. (2010) The impact of maternal control on children’s anxious cognitions, behaviours and affect: an experimental study. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 48 (19). pp. 1041-1046. ISSN 0005-7967 doi: 10.1016/j.brat.2010.05.030
- Creswell, C. S., Cooper, P. J. and Murray, L. (2010) Intergenerational transmission of anxious information processing biases. In: Hadwin, J. and Field, A. (eds.) Information Processing Biases and Anxiety: A Developmental Perspective. Wiley, UK, pp. 279-296. ISBN 9780470998199
- Creswell, C. S., Hentges, F., Parkinson, M. B., Sheffield, P., Willetts, L. and Cooper, P. J. (2010) Feasibility of guided CBT self-help for childhood anxiety disorders in primary care. Mental Health in Family Medicine, 7 (1). pp. 49-57. ISSN 1756-834X
2009
- Murray, L., Creswell, C. and Cooper, P. J. (2009) The development of anxiety disorders in childhood: an integrative review. Psychological Medicine, 39 (9). pp. 1413-1423. ISSN 0033-2917 doi: 10.1017/s0033291709005157
- Creswell, C. S. and Waite, P. (2009) The use of CBT with children and adolescents. In: Waite, P. and Williams, T. (eds.) Obsessive Compulsive Disorder: Cognitive Behaviour Therapy with Children and Young People. CBT with children, adolescents and families. Routledge, Hove, East Sussex, UK, pp. 19-32. ISBN 9780415403894
2008
- O'Connor, T. G. and Creswell, C. (2008) Cognitive–behavioural therapy for children and adolescents. Psychiatry, 7 (9). pp. 363-366. ISSN 1476-1793 doi: 10.1016/j.mppsy.2008.07.005
- Field, A.P., Cartwright-Hatton, S., Reynolds, S. and Creswell, C. (2008) Future directions for child anxiety theory and treatment. Cognition and Emotion, 22 (3). pp. 385-394. ISSN 0269-9931 doi: 10.1080/02699930701842270
- Creswell, C., Woolgar, M., Cooper, P., Giannakakis, A., Schofield, E., Young, A. W. and Murray, L. (2008) Processing of faces and emotional expressions in infants at risk of social phobia. Cognition & Emotion, 22 (3). pp. 437-458. ISSN 0269-9931 doi: 10.1080/02699930701872392
- Cartwright-Hatton, S., Field, A., Creswell, C. and Reynolds, S. (2008) Research into anxiety of childhood: playing catch-up (to Olympic standard). Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 36 (4). pp. 377-378. ISSN 352-4658 doi: 10.1017/S1352465808004566
- O'Connor, T.G. and Creswell, C. (2008) Social cognition and genetics. In: Sharp, C., Fonagy, P. and Goodyer, I.M. (eds.) Social cognition and developmental psychopathology. Oxford University Press, Oxford , pp. 387-410. ISBN 9780198569183
- Creswell, C., Jilletts, L., Murray, L., Singhal, M. and Cooper, P. (2008) Treatment of child anxiety. an exploratory study of the role of maternal anxiety and behaviours in treatment outcome. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, 15 (1). pp. 38-44. ISSN 1063-3995 doi: 10.1002/cpp.559
- Cooper, P. J., Gallop, C., Willetts, L. and Creswell, C. (2008) Treatment response in child anxiety is differentially related to the form of maternal anxiety disorder. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 36 (1). pp. 41-48. ISSN 1352-4658 doi: 10.1017/s1352465807003943
- Creswell, C., O'Connor, T. G. and Brewin, C. R. (2008) The impact of parents' expectations on parenting behaviour: an experimental investigation. Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy, 36 (4). pp. 483-490. ISSN 1352-4658 doi: 10.1017/s1352465808004414
2007
- Creswell, C. and Cartwright-Hatton, S. (2007) Family treatment of child anxiety: outcomes, limitations and future directions. Clinical Child and Family Psychology Review, 10 (3). pp. 232-252. ISSN 1096-4037 doi: 10.1007/s10567-007-0019-3
- Creswell, C. and Willetts, L. (2007) Overcoming your child's fear and worries: a self-help guide using cognitive behavioral techniques. Constable & Robinson, London. ISBN 9781845290863
- Willetts, L. and Creswell, C. (2007) Overcoming your child's shyness and social anxiety: a self-help guide using cognitive behavioral techniques. Constable & Robinson, London. ISBN 9781845290870
- Wheatcroft, R. and Creswell, C. (2007) Parents' cognitions and expectations about their pre-school children: the contribution of parental anxiety and child anxiety. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 25 (3). pp. 435-441. ISSN 0261-510X doi: 10.1348/026151006x173288
- Holmes, E. A., Creswell, C. and O'Connor, T. G. (2007) Posttraumatic stress symptoms in London school children following September 11, 2001: an exploratory investigation of peri-traumatic reactions and intrusive imagery. Journal of Behavior Therapy and Experimental Psychiatry, 38 (4). pp. 474-490. ISSN 0005-7916 doi: 10.1016/j.jbtep.2007.10.003
- Murray, L., Cooper, P., Creswell, C., Schofield, E. and Sack, C. (2007) The effects of maternal social phobia on mother-infant interactions and infant social responsiveness. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 48 (1). pp. 45-52. ISSN 0021-9630 doi: 10.1111/j.1469-7610.2006.01657.x
2006
- Creswell, C. and O'Connor, T. G. (2006) 'Anxious cognitions' in children: an exploration of associations and mediators. British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 24 (4). pp. 761-766. ISSN 0261-510X doi: 10.1348/026151005x70418
- Creswell, C. (2006) Clinical and research perspectives on family involvement in CBT with primary school age children. In: British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies Annual Conference, Warwick, UK.
- Creswell, C. and Cooper, P. (2006) Interpretation and anxiety in young children: methods of assessment and preliminary findings. In: British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies Annual Conference, Warwick, UK.
- Creswell, C., O'Connor, T. G. and Brewin, C. R. (2006) A longitudinal investigation of maternal and child 'anxious cognitions'. Cognitive Therapy and Research, 30 (2). pp. 135-147. ISSN 0147-5916 doi: 10.1007/s10608-006-9021-1
2005
- O'Connor, T. G. and Creswell, C. (2005) Cognitive-behavioural therapy for children and adolescents. Psychiatry, 4 (9). pp. 123-125. ISSN 1476-1793 doi: 10.1383/psyt.2005.4.9.123
- Creswell, C., Schniering, C.A. and Rapee, R.M. (2005) Threat interpretation in anxious children and their mothers: comparison with nonclinical children and the effects of treatment. Behaviour Research and Therapy, 43 (10). pp. 1375-1381. ISSN 0005-7967 doi: 10.1016/j.brat.2004.10.009