Dr Nils Rickardsson

Senior Lecturer In Clinical Psychology

Psychology

Personal statement

I am a research clinical psychologist with an interest in rehabilitation and psychological therapies to support mental health and wellbeing in the context of health conditions. I am particularly interested in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy and how to improve pre/rehabilitation for neurological conditions (TBI/Stroke) and cancer.

I joined the University of Strathclyde in 2023 as a research fellow in clinical health, part of a research group led by Prof Chris Graham, Professor of Clinical Psychology. I started full time as a Senior Lecturer in Clinical Psychology in 2025.

Clinically, I have worked as a Clinical Psychologist, and Clinical Associate in Applied Psychology, in the NHS and third sector. I have worked mainly in health-psychology and neuropsychology services in hospitals and outpatient clinics, but also in primary care mental health teams. I have experience supervising trainee clinical psychologists and trial therapists.

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Publications

A systematic review of remotely delivered interventions to support wellbeing amongst caregivers of adults with acquired brain injuries: Rickardsson Nils, Stopforth Daniel Jon, Gillanders David; Brain Impairment Vol 25 (2024); https://doi.org/10.1071/IB23099
Caring for someone with an acquired brain injury : the role of psychological flexibility: Rickardsson Nils, Scotland Jennifer, Poveda Blanca, Gillanders David; Journal of Contextual Behavioral Science Vol 23, pp. 151-164 (2022); https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcbs.2022.01.005
Using the Newcastle model to understand and manage behaviors that challenge in dementia : a case study: Rickardsson Nils, Crooks Suzanne; Clinical Case Studies Vol 20, pp. 452-467 (2021); https://doi.org/10.1177/15346501211012099

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Projects

Acceptance Commitment Therapy: Graham, Christopher Darryl (Principal Investigator) Rickardsson, Nils (Co-investigator); 01-Jan-2025 - 31-Jan-2027
a qualitative study exploring the experience of psychological therapists working with patients with acute myeloid leukaemia: Rickardsson, Nils (Principal Investigator) Graham, Christopher Darryl (Co-investigator); Acute Myeloid Leukaemia (AML), and its treatment, is known to have a range of physical and psychological challenges on patients. From a patient perspective, these challenges are documented in both qualitative and quantitative research highlighting the experience of people suffering from them, and the prevalence of these issues. From these findings, psychological support, and the provision of clinical psychology services, in oncology is more common now and is recommended to meet the full biopsychosocial needs of AML patients. However, we have a limited knowledge in terms of what psychological problems are referred to clinical psychology services, and what interventions and methods are used in these services to manage these issues today. It is also not known how psychological therapists find it working with a population faced with a highly challenging condition.

By exploring the experiences of psychological therapists working with people with AML, we hope to learn more about what type of psychological issues they tend to see in their practice, and what techniques and methods they employ to support this patient group. It is hoped that knowing more about this area can support clinicians and services in this field as it can highlight challenges to be addressed or strengths of specific working practices, techniques, models. It is also hoped that this research has validating and educational value to less experienced clinicians. Likewise, by exploring the experiences of clinicians first hand, this can provide qualitative data for researchers developing and evaluating interventions in this area.; 01-Jan-2025 - 01-Jan-2027

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