@TAWardpsych

Research Clinical Psychologist. He/Him. Member of @AvatarLdn and @SlowMoTherapy. Views my own.

slowmotherapy.co.uk
Joined May 2018
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Happy to share our new paper offering a closer look at SlowMo therapy, a new blended digital therapy for people who fear harm from others. Key message- targeted digital treatments can (and should) deliver flexible and personalised therapy.
SloMoTherapy@SlowMoTherapy12 Jan 2022
NEW paper from our RCT by @TAWardpsych highlighting how alongside focusing on fears of harm, SlowMo supported people to manage other concerns, drawing on 2nd & 3rd wave CBTs, in line with our aim to deliver a targeted yet personalised therapy bit.ly/34zYQ9m #cbtworks
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"I was hearing 40 to 50 abusive voices a day. With the help of AVATAR therapy, that went down to 4 or 5." A novel therapy using digital avatars, trialed by King's IoPPN researchers, has shown to effectively reduce distressing voices in #psychosis kcl.ac.uk/news/multi-site-tr…

Multi-site trial uses digital avatars to effectively reduce distressing voices in psychosis |...

A novel therapy using computer-generated avatars has found to be an effective way of helping people with psychosis reduce the distress and frequency with which they hear voices.

kcl.ac.uk
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Dr Tom Ward (@TAWardpsych) and @DrFranMeeten are #EDI co-leads for the Digital Therapies theme. This theme is accelerating the development, precision of, and implementation of evidence-based novel digital therapeutics to treat #mentalhealth conditions: maudsleybrc.nihr.ac.uk/resea…
Dr Thomas Ward EDI representative for Digital Therapies theme

ALT Dr Thomas Ward EDI representative for Digital Therapies theme

I am excited to take on this role. Our recent ‘Breaking the Mould: A showcase of connection through creativity’ event was a powerful example of the impact of this work on research and education. I’m looking forward to working with Fran and others to promote diversity and inclusion across the theme.

ALT I am excited to take on this role. Our recent ‘Breaking the Mould: A showcase of connection through creativity’ event was a powerful example of the impact of this work on research and education. I’m looking forward to working with Fran and others to promote diversity and inclusion across the theme.

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How can virtual and augmented reality therapy support and shape mental health care? That's the focus of a new Nature Medicine article featuring Prof. @Lucia_Valmaggia, who works closely with this tech in the Orygen Digital XR Innovation Lab. More: go.nature.com/3xmY12o
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📢 Excited to share an invitation to an interactive drop-in showcase and learning event, sharing creative ways to involve people with lived experience in research and education. Register here: eventbrite.co.uk/e/breaking-…. @McPinFoundation @KingsIoPPN
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Our #APAAM24 Innovation Zone panel with @KerisWithaK, @niallpboyce, @DocOTNY, and Shruti Kochhar of @JMIR_JMH is over but 3 key takeaways (among many others): Lived experience is a must, privacy matters more than ever, more rigorous research is happening today than ever before
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Dr Tom Ward is Clinical Lead for the @AvatarLdn & @SlowMoTherapy teams at the IoPPN. With the new NICE EVA recommendation, the teams will now establish whether the impact of these digital therapies can translate to diverse NHS settings. 🔗👉kcl.ac.uk/news/avatar-and-sl… @wellcometrust
"Both AVATAR and SloMo therapy use cutting-edge digital technology to augment what we know to be important in psychological therapy [...] We hope that by meeting the complex challenges of implementation at scale, effective digital therapies like SloMo and AVATAR therapy can fulfil their promise to deliver real-world impact." Dr Thomas Ward, Clinical Lead for the AVATAR and SloMo therapy teams at King’s IoPPN

ALT "Both AVATAR and SloMo therapy use cutting-edge digital technology to augment what we know to be important in psychological therapy [...] We hope that by meeting the complex challenges of implementation at scale, effective digital therapies like SloMo and AVATAR therapy can fulfil their promise to deliver real-world impact." Dr Thomas Ward, Clinical Lead for the AVATAR and SloMo therapy teams at King’s IoPPN

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We're excited to announce that @NICEComms has recommended @AvatarLdn & @SlowMoTherapy digital health technologies for #psychosis for use in the NHS while researchers continue evaluation! 🔗👉kcl.ac.uk/news/avatar-and-sl… #KingsIoPPN #DigitalHealth @wellcometrust
SloMo app pictured in bubble on the left, AVATAR therapy software pictured on the right.

ALT SloMo app pictured in bubble on the left, AVATAR therapy software pictured on the right.

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WE'RE HIRING! Exciting opportunity for an experienced CBTp therapist and supervisor, as therapy lead for @MaudsleyNHS on the @wellcometrust SloMo2 implementation study (0.4wte for 28m). Please RT and get in touch to discuss. Many thanks! tinyurl.com/4n98yhve @SlowMoTherapy
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We need better treatments for adolescent #depression, come and help us make progress! Prof Patrick Smith, Dr Tom Ward and I have a #PhD project on developing an intervention for intrusive images funded by the @NIHRMaudsleyBRC @KingsIoPPN @Kingspsychol maudsleybrc.nihr.ac.uk/acade…
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📢New Study: UNDERSTANDING LOSS OF PLEASURE – CARERS PERSPECTIVE We are running focus groups to help us understand what it is like to care for someone with depression or psychosis, who struggles to find pleasure in activities once found engaging and enjoyable. Please share/RT.
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Such a brilliant afternoon celebrating the career of the incomparable Philippa Garety.
Professor Dame Til Wykes@TilWykes23 Apr 2024
Philippa Garety - 40 years of talking in CBTp 40 years well spent ending up with SloMo digital therapy was developed ⁦@Kingspsychol⁩ ⁦@KingsIoPPN⁩ ⁦@MaudsleyNHS⁩
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Not just science but translation of research into services - Early intervention and heading up clinical care - Philippa’s massive contribution from Tom Craig from @KingsIoPPN about her work @MaudsleyNHS
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Delusional thinking is associated with a reasoning problem - one of Philippa Garety’s contributions to science - from @ProfDFreeman @KingsIoPPN @Kingspsychol
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Even more accolades for Philippa Garety from ⁦@EmmanuellPeters⁩ We owe her such a lot and gained from her presence ⁦@KingsIoPPN⁩ ⁦@Kingspsychol⁩
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Celebrating Philippa Garety - she was really radical in her development of CBTp - clinical psychology owes her a lot.
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Just a reminder that following Prof Margie Callanan's retirement, we're looking for someone to help lead our wonderful clinical psychology programme and Institute. Please spread the word 🙏and DM for info. canterbury.ac.uk/about-us/wo…
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Clinical Psychologist interested in psychological interventions for psychosis? Fantastic opportunity to join us at the award-winning PICuP clinic (in South London): Band 7, deadline 05th Feb: jobs.nhs.uk/candidate/jobadv… @AmybHardy @EmmanuellPeters @ferguskane @matteo__cella
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Feeling exhausted but enthralled a culmination of thinking& ideas shaped by experience and literature holding spaces dedicated to self introspection;reflexivity on race. In support of the ongoing journey to being better therapists &cultivating cultural humility. @BABCP_Equality
EmmaWParkes@DrEmmaWParkes13 Jul 2023
Racial equality in CBT, are we there yet? No we are not, and this panel discussion on the subject was excellent.#BABCP2023 @LeilaLawton3 @theCBTJournal @Shah_257 @RaniCBT @ononaiye @DanielaZigova
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So well deserved. I heard amazing things about your skills class & symposium.@DrMallikaSharma @DeepakSanctuary Such incredible additions to the @BABCP_Equality family. We look forward to your future publications, to seeing more of you and working with you🙏🏾
RaniG@RaniCBT13 Jul 2023
So proud of @DrMallikaSharma & @DeepakSanctuary for winning the Equality & Inclusion award at #BABCP2023 🎉 very well deserved! @BABCP @BABCP_Equality
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.@HatchStephani plenary on Anti racism. Incredible talk and important "actionable insights". @BlackThriveLbth #IEPA14
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