Brynjar Halldorsson
Researcher/Clinical Tutor, Doctorate in Clinical Psychology
Email:b.halldorsson@bath.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0) 1225 38 6427
Profile
Brynjar Halldorsson is a Clinical Tutor/Lecturer for the Doctorate of Clinical Psychology programme. He is a HCPC registered Practitioner Psychologist and has been accredited as a Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist with the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP). Since completing his clinical training, Brynjar has worked in a range of clinical settings including acute mental health inpatient services, primary care (IAPT) and specialist clinics. Brynjar‘s research interests are focused on anxiety disorders, particularly OCD and Health Anxiety.
He joined the University of Bath in 2011 and is currently undertaking a PhD, supervised by Professor Paul Salkovskis, investigating both theoretically and experimentally Excessive Reassurance Seeking in clinical populations diagnosed with anxiety disorders or depression.
Research interests
- Anxiety disorders, particularly OCD and Health Anxiety
- Cognitive and Behavioural approaches to the understanding and treatment of anxiety disorders and depression
- Psychological mechanisms of psychopathology
- Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
- Cognitive Theory
- Behaviourism
- The a priori and the empirical in psychology
Teaching
Postgraduate
- Doctorate in Clinical Psychology
