Eric Morris

Dr Eric Morris is Director of the Psychology Clinic, La Trobe University, Melbourne Australia. He trained as a clinical psychologist in the mid-1990s at Murdoch University, specialising in psychological interventions for psychosis. On qualifying Eric worked in a pioneering service for early intervention for psychosis in Perth, Western Australia, before moving to the UK in 1999 to work for the National Health Service. Until 2014 Eric was the psychology lead for early psychosis at the South London & Maudsley NHS Trust, and researched mindfulness and acceptance and commitment therapy for psychosis at the Institute of Psychiatry, King’s College London. He also taught on the King’s College postgraduate program for cognitive behavioural therapy for psychosis for 10 years. In 2013 Eric completed a PhD investigating psychological flexibility and auditory hallucinations. Eric’s research has focused on individual and group acceptance and commitment therapy for people recovering from psychosis, carers, and as a workplace intervention for mental health workers. He is a co-editor of ACT and Mindfulness for Psychosis, co-author of the self-help guide, ACTivate Your Life: Using Acceptance and Mindfulness to Build a Life That Is Rich, Fulfilling and Fun, and co-author of the forthcoming treatment guide, ACT for Recovery: running effective groups for people with psychosis Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, to be published by New Harbinger Press in 2018.