Personal profile

Academic Background

Dr Eleanor Chatburn is a mental health researcher and registered clinical psychologist (HCPC and BABCP accredited). Through her role at Child Mind Institute, she is working to increase access to evidence-based mental health care for children and young people who live in Low- and Middle-Income Countries. 

Career

Prior to becoming a Visiting Researcher at UEA, Dr Chatburn held the position of Lecturer in Clinical Psychology at UEA where she led her own programme of research and contributed to teaching and research supervision on the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology course. 

Dr Chatburn has held various research and teaching positions at leading higher education institutions including: The University of Oxford, The University of Bath, and The Open University. She has taught courses including: qualitative research methods, child development, developmental psychopathology, and CBT theory and skills.

Dr Chatburn is passionate about sharing unbiased evidence-based information about mental health with the wider public. She has been featured as an expert in outlets including The Guardian and Refinery29, numerous podcasts (eg MQ and King's College London) and was recently interviewed by Louise Minchin for a special ITN Business feature. 

Before her career change, Dr Chatburn worked as an editor for over five years for the leading international academic publisher, Oxford University Press.  

Biography

University of Bath: DClinPsy Professional Doctorate in Clinical Psychology.

University of East Anglia: Postgraduate Certificate in Clinical Education.

The Open University: BSc Hons (First Class) in Psychology.

University of Durham: MA (Distinction) in English Studies.

University of Durham: BA Hons (First Class) in English Studies.

External positions

Research Clinical Psychologist, SNF Global Center for Child and Adolescent Mental Health at the Child Mind Institute

2 May 2024 → …

Visiting Researcher, Department of Public Health and Primary Care, University of Cambridge

1 Feb 2023 → …

Keywords

  • Clinical Psychology & Psychological Therapies
  • Mental Health

Media Expertise

  • Mental Health
  • Psychology