Charlotte is a Clinical Psychologist working within an Early Intervention for psychosis Team at Greater Manchester Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust. Charlotte holds a ClinPsyD and trained at the University of Manchester (2020 – 2023) with placements in a range of settings; adult acute inpatient, community CAMHS, respiratory services, deaf mental health, and adult CMHT. Charlotte developed and continues to develop skills in assessment, formulation and intervention using CAT, ACT, and CBT. Charlotte’s thesis focused on understanding the nuances in the therapeutic alliance with clients with suicidal experiences in psychotherapy. Charlotte has research interests in the therapeutic alliance, trauma, trauma-informed care, suicide prevention, psychosis, and deaf mental health.
Charlotte Huggett reflects on a qualitative study exploring the perspectives of people with psychosis receiving Acceptance and Commitment Therapy following a first episode of psychosis.
Charlotte Huggett and Sophie Paul explore an important review looking at the content and modality of hallucinations in prelingually deaf people with schizophrenia.
Charlotte Huggett reviews a recent Canadian population-based cohort study, which examines rates of suicide and self-harm in adult survivors of critical illness.
Charlotte Huggett reviews a recent mixed-methods study from the Mental Health Policy Research Unit, which explores mental health staff views on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on mental health patients and services.
Charlotte Huggett summarises a naturalistic outpatient study which explores the impact that therapeutic alliance and negative responses from clinicians can have on suicidal ideation in people in therapy.
In her debut blog, Charlotte Huggett summarises a recent online survey which explored views on the language we should use to discuss suicide. The study concludes that the most acceptable phrases are currently: “attempted suicide”, “took their own life”, “died by suicide” and “ended their life”.
