Current NHS consultant posts held
I was until September 2017 a Consultant Practitioner Clinical Psychologist working for the NHS in Essex.
Research interests
My research interests are varied and include post-traumatic stress disorder, compassion in a therapeutic context, psychological responses to trauma among older people, sexual compulsivity, the therapeutic relationship, CBT for anxiety among people with dementia, audit and care planning.
Awards received
2009-2012 NHS East of England – Clinical Academic Post Doctoral Fellow, Research award for three years (.2 WTE) to study ‘Barriers to older adult participation in clinical research – the case of reactivated traumatic distress’
1999 - Winner of the Department of Psychology (University of Surrey) Prize for best dissertation (Cross cultural colour cognition: !Xóõ and English compared) and the Russell Wicks Memorial Prize for best student performance in examinations and coursework
Publications
Recent publications include:
Hiskey, S. & Clapton, N. E. (2021). ‘The in-betweeners: Therapist between-session self-care’. Private Practice, June, pp 8-11
Hiskey, S. & Clapton, N. E. (2021). ‘Distress Tolerance Imagery
Training’. Martial Arts Studies 11, 47-56. doi: 10.18573/mas.121
McInnerney, D. Candy, B. Stone, P. Atkin, N. Johnson, J. Hiskey, S. & Kupeli, N. (2021) Access to and adequacy of psychological services for adult patients in UK hospices: a national, cross-sectional survey. BMC Palliative Care, 20 , Article 31. 10.1186/s12904-021-00724-3.
Clapton, N. & Hiskey, S. (2020) Radically Embodied Compassion: The Potential Role of Traditional Martial Arts in Compassion Cultivation. Frontiers in Psychology, 10.3389/fpsyg.2020.555156, 1-5.
Hiskey, S. & Clapton, N. (2020) Minding the gap: Compassionate maai, social relating and communicating within re-constructed space. Clinical Psychology Forum, 331, July, pp37-41.
Craig, C., Hiskey, S., & Spector, A. (2020). Compassion Focused Therapy: a systematic review of its effectiveness and acceptability in clinical populations. Expert Review of Neurotherapeutics, doi:10.1080/14737175.2020.1746184
Smith, J, Lad, S. & Hiskey, S. (2019) Of Compassion and Men: Using Compassion Focused Therapy in Working with Men. in J. A. Barry et al. (eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of Male Psychology and Mental Health, pp483-531. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-04384-1_24
Craig, C., Hiskey, S., Royan, L., Poz, R., & Spector, A. E. (2018). Compassion focused therapy for people with dementia: A feasibility study. International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry. doi:10.1002/gps.4977
Doncaster, E, Hiskey, S, Andrews, L & McPherson, S (2018) “I’m still fighting for the two of us”: How partners of UK combat veterans construct their experience of living with combat-related trauma. Journal of Marital and Family Therapy, doi.org/10.1111/jmft.12340
Lacey, J., Hiskey, S. & Andrews, L. (2017) Compassion focused expressive writing among carers of people with dementia: Some reflections. Faculty for the Psychology of Older People (BPS) Newsletter, pp 14-18.
Tinkl, L & Hiskey, S (2017) Keep NICE and Carry On: Reflections on Evidence Based Practice. Clinical Psychology Forum: Special Issue (CPF Awards 2016), 289, pp 48-52.
McPherson, S., Hiskey, S. & Alderson, Z. (2015) Compassion comes from within”: A qualitative study about working on dementia wards. International Journal of Nursing Studies, 53, 95-104.
