Steve Killick is a Consultant Clinical Psychologist working in the NHS and independently. He works primarily with young people and families and has trained extensively in family, cognitive-behavioural and creative therapies. He is a BABCP accredited CBT practitioner and leads the S.Wales Clinical Network Training in CBT for children and families. His professional and research interests include emotional literacy, positive psychology and mindfulness. He is also interested in using storytelling and narrative approaches in therapy and education and has written on a number of innovative approaches in therapy.
He has experience of working in both residential and community settings and working with foster carers and looked after children. He is a Honorary Senior Tutor for the School of Psychology at Cardiff University. Steve has also produced, directed and written a number of films on mental health and child development including 'Giving Sorrow Words' and 'Start Talking'.
Steve has taught and lectured on a wide variety of subjects. A list of publications and organisations that Steve has worked with over the last few years are given below.
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Publications - Books
Telling Tales – Storytelling as Emotional Literacy. (wrtitten with Taffy Thomas, 2007, EPrint).
Emotional Literacy at the Heart of the School Ethos. (2006, Sage/Lucky Duck).
Giving Sorrow Words: Managing Bereavement in Schools. (A video and book training package- written with Stuart Lindeman, 1999, Sage/Lucky Duck)
Weaving words and emergent stories. In: Therapeutic Stories. (Chapter wtitten with Jim Wilson - edited by Barry Bowen & Gary Robinson, Association of Family Therapy Publishing).
Journals and other publications
The Teller, the Tale and the Told- The Psychology of Oral Storytelling. The Psychologist (written with Neil Frude, 2009, 22,10,850-853)
Storytelling for Learning. Raising Achievement Update (2007, 41, 10-11).
The Art of Listening. Raising Achievement Update. (2006, 33, 9-11).
Telling tales to develop emotional literacy. Emotional Literacy Update, (2006, 24, 9-10).
Training staff in an adolescent inpatient unit in positive approaches to managing aggressive behaviour: Does it improve confidence and knowledge? Child Care in Practice, (co-authored with David Allen, 2005, 11,3, pp323-339.)
Clinical dilemmas: Interventions with children experiencing attachment difficulties. Service & Practice Update, BPS Faculty of Children & Young People, (2004, 3, 23-25).
An evaluation of the impact of an individually administered videotape for people with panic disorder. Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapy. (written with Rhonwen Parry, 1998, 26,153-161).
Shifting the Balance - Motivational interviewing to help behaviour change in people with bulimia nervosa. European Eating Disorders Review, (written with Cath Allen, 1997, 5, 33-41).
Collaborative Goal Setting (CoGS)
To find out about CoGS - a method devised and used for working with challenging behaviour in teamwork and multi-agency settings click on the diagram.
Training, teaching and conference presentations for
Action for Children
TACT The Adolescent & Children's Trust
APT - Association for Psychological Therapies
Dartington Hall Trust
TCI International Conference (Cornell University) Dublin
The Centre for Emotional Literacy, Wolverhampton
School of Policy Studies, Bristol University
Doctoral Training in Clinical Psychology, Cardiff University
The Northern Centre for Storytelling
The Scottish Storytelling Network
Cardiff World Mental Health Day
Association of Family Therapy National Conference
Faculty for Children & Young People, British Psychological Society National Conference
S.Wales NHS CAMHS Clinical Managed Network
