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Kate Cooper

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     https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8216-5567
    20122022

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    Research interests

    • Adapting psychological and health interventions to meet the needs of autistic people
    • Gender identity in autistic people
    • Social identity and its relationship with mental health in the autism community

    Kate Cooper is an NIHR Clinical Doctoral Research Fellow working in the Department of Psychology at the University of Bath. Since qualifying as a Clinical Psychologist in 2015 she has worked in a range of clinical and research settings, including children and adolescent mental health services, and neurodevelopmental clinics for both children and adults. She also spent two years working as a post-doc on the Autism Depression Trial (ADEPT) which involved supporting the development of a psychological depression treatment for autistic adults and its evaluation in a feasability Randomised Controlled Trial (RCT). Kate is a BABCP accredited Cognitive Behavioural Therapist and a HCP registered Clinical Psychologist.

    Kate was awarded a three-year NIHR-funded fellowship titled "How should health services adapt to meet the needs of autistic people with gender dysphoria?" in 2019. She is passionate about working with the autism community to conduct research and to improve health care services. 

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    Projects

    Autism and Gender Dysphoria

    Cooper, K. & Maio, G.

    National Institute for Health Research

    1/04/19 → 31/03/22

    Project: Central government, health and local authorities

    Research Output

    Depression in Autistic Adults: Rumination and Insistence on Sameness

    Cooper, K. & Russell, A., 2019.

    Research output: Contribution to conference › Poster

    Gender and Autism

    Stansfield, A., Saju, P., Gately, I., Cooper, K., Glidden, D. & Bevan, R., 12 Apr 2019, ABC of Autism. Haroon, M. (ed.). Oxford, UK: John Wiley & Sons

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

    Guided self-help for depression in autistic adults: the ADEPT feasibility RCT

    Russell, A., Gaunt, D., Cooper, K., Horwood, J., Barton, S., Ensum, I., Ingham, B., Parr, J. R., Metcalfe, C., Rai, D., Kessler, D. & Wiles, N., 19 Dec 2019, In : Health Technology Assessment . 23, 68, p. 1-94 94 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

    Open Access
    1 Citation (Scopus)

    The feasibility of low intensity psychological therapy for co-occurring depression in adult Autism: The ADEPT study - a pilot randomised controlled trial

    Russell, A., Gaunt, D., Cooper, K., Barton, S., Horwood, J., Kessler, D., Metcalfe, C., Ensum, I., Ingham, B., Parr, J. R., Rai, D. & Wiles, N., 23 Oct 2019, (Accepted/In press) In : Autism.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

    Open Access
    File

    Adapting Psychological Therapies for Autism

    Cooper, K., Loades, M. E. & Russell, A., 1 Jan 2018, In : Research in Autism Spectrum Disorders. 45, p. 43-50 8 p.

    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article

    Open Access
    File
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