Our Research Offer

Helen’s research focusses on child mental health and behaviour, adolescent cognitive processes, family functioning and mental health literacy. She has eveluated the process and outcomes of systemic and cognitive-behavioural interventions for young people. Her recent research examines the development and evaluation of digital interventions to support mental health for young people, families and schools. She developed MindAid.org - a mental health literacy app for teachers and young people. Helen is on the editorial board of the Journal of Family Therapy and has written as part of an MRC funded project developed a manual for systemic therapy which is used internationally for research and psychotherapy education.

Graeme’s research and evaluation interests lie in exploring the influence of narrative ideas in systemic psychotherapy, and on collaboration in primary care. His most recent chapter is available at https://www.taylorfrancis.com/books/9780429489808

 

Publications

Measuring competence in systemic practice: development of the ‘Systemic Family Practice – Systemic Competency Scale’ (SPS) Butler, C., Sheils, E., Lask, J., Joscelyne, P., Pote, H. & Crossley, J., 25 Oct 2018, In : Journal of Family Therapy. p. 1-21

Investigating cognitive biases in adolescents with externalising difficulties Kelly, J. & Pote, H., 21 Oct 2018,

Anxiety in children attending a specialist inherited cardiac arrhythmia clinic: a questionnaire study Last, A., English, J., Pote, H., Sharfran, R., Owen, T. & Kaski, J. P., 30 Aug 2018, In : BMJ Open. 2, 1, p. 1-9 , e000271.

Psychopathology profiles in children with congenital visual impairment MacKechnie, R., Pote, H. & Dale, N., 2018,

What good looks like in psychological services for schools and colleges: Primary prevention, early intervention and mental health provision. Falconbridge, J., Hickey, J., Jeffs, G., McConnellogue, D., Patel, W., Picciotto, A. & Pote, H., 30 Sep 2017, The Child & Family Clinical Psychology Review. England, Vol. 5.

Sustaining change following multisystemic therapy: caregiver's perspectives Kaur, P., Pote, H., Fox, S. & Paradisopoulos, D., Apr 2017, In : Journal of Family Therapy. 39, 2, p. 264-283

Developing a model of sustained change following multisystemic therapy: young people's perspectives Paradisopoulos, D., Pote, H., Fox, S. & Kaur, P., 14 Jan 2016, In : Journal of Family Therapy. 37, 4, p. 471–491

The experiences of lesbian and gay adults on acute mental health wards: intimate relationship needs and recovery Robertson, J., Pote, H., Byrne, A. & Frasquilho, F., 26 May 2015, In : Journal of Gay & Lesbian Mental Health. 19, 3, p. 261-284

Postnatal posttraumatic stress: A grounded theory model of first-time mothers’ experiences Iles, J. & Pote, H., 17 Apr 2015, In : Journal of Reproductive and Infant Psychology. 33, 3, p. 238-255

Children's attitudes towards ADHD, depression and learning disabilities Bellanca, F. & Pote, H., 2012, (Accepted/In press) In : Journal of Research in Special Educational Needs.

Exploring the Reliability and Validity of the Social–Moral Awareness Test Livesey, A., Dodd, K., Pote, H. & Marlow, E., 2012, In : Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities. 25, 6, p. 533-570

Vulnerability and Protection Talk: Systemic Therapy Process with People with Intellectual Disability Pote, H., Mazon, T., Clegg, J. & King, S., 1 Jun 2011, In : Journal of Intellectual and Developmental Disability. 36, 2, p. 105-117

A Mental Health Care Pathway for Children and Young People with Learning Disabilities: A Resource Pack for Service Planners and Practitioners Pote, H. & Goodban, D., 2007, London: CAMHS Publications.

Developing Services for Children with Learning Disabilities and Mental Health Problems. In Vostanis, P.(Ed) , Routledge. Pote, H., 2007, Services for Vulnerable Children. Vostanis, P. (ed.). Routledge

The practitioner’s position in relation to systemic work in intellectual disability contexts Pote, H., 2006, Intellectual Disabilities: A Systemic Approach. Baum, S. & Lynggaard, H. (eds.). London: Karnac Books, p. 164-184

Accessibility of causal explanations for future positive and negative events in adolescents with anxiety and depression Kagan, L. J., MacLeod, A. K. & Pote, H. L., 2004, In : Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy. 11, p. 177-186

Retrospective and prospective cognitions in adolescents: Anxiety, depression, and positive and negative affect Miles, H., MacLeod, A. K. & Pote, H., 2004, In : Journal of Adolescence. 27, p. 691-701

Systemic family therapy can be manualized: Research process and findings Pote, H., Stratton, P., Cottrell, D., Shapiro, D. & Boston, P., Aug 2003, In : Journal of Family Therapy. 25, 3, p. 236-262

Manualising Systemic Family Therapy: The Leeds Manual Pote, H., Allison, S., Cottrell, D., Perlesz, A. & Stratton, P., 2002, In : Australian & New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy. 23, 3, p. 153-158

Perceptions of Schizophrenia in multi-cultural Britain Pote, H. & Orrell, M., 2002, In : Ethnicity & Health. 7, 1, p. 7-20

A social constructionist approach in wokring with people with learning difficulties: Opportunities and constraints Pote, H., 2001, In : Psychology Research. 10, 2, p. 49-71

On developing a manual for Systemic Family Therapy Pote, H., 2000, In : Context. 46, p. 35-36

Age-related changes in cognitive biases during adolescence Slavny, R. J. M., Sebastian, C. L. & Pote, H., Jul 2019, In : Journal of Adolescence. 74, p. 63-70