Dr Laura Clark

Assistant Professor

Department: Psychology

Research Themes and Scholarly Interests

Laura is a Senior Lecturer in the Department of Psychology. Laura specialises in research relating to clinical anxiety disorders, CBT for children and adults and mental health help-seeking. After working as a clinical practitioner in child and adolescent mental health services in the NHS, Laura was awarded a prestigious Australian Postgraduate Award (APA) Scholarship to complete her PhD in adolescent mental health at Macquarie University, Sydney. Laura has held academic positions at the University of Reading, the University of New England (New South Wales, Australia) and Durham University before joining Northumbria University in May 2021.

Key Publications

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Understanding the Barriers, and Facilitating Factors to Mental Health Help-Seeking in Adults with Hoarding Behaviours: A Preliminary Investigation: Help-Seeking in Adults with Hoarding Behaviours, Clark, L., Murphy-Morgan, C., Neave, N., Punton, G., Rivers, H., Sillence, E. 10 Sep 2025, In: Clinical Psychologist
Athlete mental health help-seeking: A systematic review and meta-analysis of rates, barriers and facilitators, Cosh, S., McNeil, D., Jeffreys, A., Clark, L., Tully, P. 1 Mar 2024, In: Psychology of Sport and Exercise
Experiences of professional mental health help-seeking and engagement with services among emerging adult men identifying as gay, Cosh, S., Doyle, M., Lykins, A., Clark, L. 3 May 2024, In: Clinical Psychologist
The Impact of Educator Anxiety and Anxiety Literacy on Primary Educators’ Responses to Anxious Children, Byrne, J., Clark, L. 1 Jun 2024, In: Child and Youth Care Forum
Challenging Parenting Behaviour and Anxiety Disorders in Emerging Adulthood, Chan, W., Wong, K., Clark, L. 1 Mar 2023, In: Journal of Child and Family Studies
Adult attachment, worry and reassurance seeking: Investigating the role of intolerance of uncertainty, Clark, G., Rock, A., Clark, L., Murray‐Lyon, K. 1 Nov 2020, In: Journal of Child and Family Studies
Anxiety Specific Mental Health Stigma and Help-Seeking in Adolescent Males, Clark, L., Hudson, J., Haider, T. 1 Jul 2020, In: Journal of Child and Family Studies
Investigating the impact of masculinity on the relationship between anxiety specific mental health literacy and mental health help-seeking in adolescent males, Clark, L., Hudson, J., Rapee, R., Grasby, K. 1 Dec 2020, In: Journal of Anxiety Disorders
The relationship between worry and intolerance of uncertainty subtypes, Groves, D., Clark, L., Clark, G. 1 Apr 2020, In: Australian Psychologist
Barriers and facilitating factors to help-seeking for symptoms of clinical anxiety in adolescent males, Clark, L., Hudson, J., Dunstan, D., Clark, G. 1 Sep 2018, In: Australian Journal of Psychology