Dr Katherine Wakelin
Academic and research departments
Clinical Intervention and Practice Research Group, School of Psychology.About
Biography
After winning the Sarah Brown Mental Health Research Grant from Mind Matters in summer 2022, I am leading a randomised control trial with my supervisor Dr Chrissie Jones and trainee clinical psychologist Sarah Corthorne. We are investigating the effectiveness of a remote compassion-focused therapy intervention. The intervention aims to reduce perfectionism and self-criticism and increase self-compassion amongst veterinarians. I previously conducted a feasibility study of the intervention which found it to be acceptable and feasible and indicated potential effect in veterinarians for my doctoral thesis.
Publications
Children and young people (CYP) with type 1 diabetes (T1D) are at increased risk of disordered eating. This study aimed to determine the feasibility and acceptability of a novel, theoretically informed, two-session psychoeducational intervention for parents to prevent disordered eating in CYP with T1D. Parents of CYP aged 11-14 years with T1D were randomly allocated to the intervention or wait-list control group. Self-reported measures including the Diabetes Eating Problem Survey-Revised (DEPS-R), Problem Areas in Diabetes Parent Revised (PAID-PR), Child Eating Behaviour Questionnaire subscales (CEBQ), Warwick Edinburgh Mental Wellbeing Scale (WEMWBS), clinical outcomes (e.g. HbA1c, BMI, medication and healthcare utilisation) and process variables, were collected at baseline, 1-and 3-month assessments. Acceptability data were collected from intervention participants via questionnaire. Eighty-nine parents were recruited, which exceeded recruitment targets, with high intervention engagement and acceptability (
Additional publications
Jones, C. J., Read, R., O'Donnell, N., Wakelin, K., John, M., Skene, S. S., ... & Satherley, R. M. (2023). PRIORITY Trial: Results from a feasibility randomised controlled trial of a psychoeducational intervention for parents to prevent disordered eating in children and young people with type 1 diabetes. Diabetic Medicine, e15263, doi: 10.1111/dme.15263 http://doi.org/10.1111/dme.15263
Harrington, M. P., Satherley, R. M., John, M., O’Donnell, N., Read, R., Wakelin, K., & Jones, C. J. (2023). Reliability and validity of a parent‐reported screening tool for disordered eating in children and young people with Type 1 diabetes. Diabetic Medicine, e15256, doi: 10.1111/dme.15256 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1111/dme.15256
Wakelin, K., Read, R., O'Donnell, N., Baker, M., Satherley, R. M., Stewart, R., & Jones, C. J. (2023). Integrating Conversations About Disordered Eating in Children and Young People into Routine Type One Diabetes Care: A Practical Guide for Paediatric Diabetes Teams. Practical Diabetes 40(4),11-17, doi: 10.1002/pdi.2464 https://wchh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/pdi.2464
Wakelin, K., Read, R., O'Donnell, N., Baker, M., Satherley, R. M., Stewart, R., & Jones, C. J. (2023). Integrating Conversations About Disordered Eating in Children and Young People into Routine Type One Diabetes Care: A Practical Guide for Paediatric Diabetes Teams. Practical Diabetes 40(4),11-17. https://openresearch.surrey.ac.uk/esploro/outputs/journalArticle/Integrating-Conversations-About-Disordered-Eating-in/99764566502346
Sarah, C., & Wakelin, K. (2022). A journey to self-compassion. BSAVA Companion, Mental health and wellbeing, doi: 10.22233/20412495.1122.2
Wakelin, K. E., Perman, G., & Simonds, L. M. (2022). Effectiveness of self‐compassion‐related interventions for reducing self‐criticism: A systematic review and meta‐analysis. Clinical Psychology & Psychotherapy, 29(1), 1-25. https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/cpp.2586
Wakelin, K. E., Perman, G., & Simonds, L. M. (2022). Feasibility and efficacy of an online compassion-focused imagery intervention for veterinarian self-reassurance, self-criticism and perfectionism. Veterinary Record, e2177, 1-17. https://bvajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.1002/vetr.2177