Professor Michaela Swales

Professor in Clinical Psychology

m.swales@bangor.ac.uk

+44 1248 382552

Professor Michaela Swales

Professor Swales is Director of the North Wales Clinical Psychology Programme that provides Doctoral level training to 40+ trainees.  She is also the Director of the Post-Graduate Diploma in Dialectical Behaviour Therapy.

Professor Swales can be contacted as follows:

email: m.swales@bangor.ac.uk

phone: 01248 382552

  • PhD: Predictors of Outcome in Adolescents in a Residential Setting
    1997
  • MPhil: Psychopathology
    University of Cambridge, 1989–1990
  • MPhil: History and Philosophy of Science
    University of Cambridge, 1986–1987
  • BA: Natural Sciences
    1983–1986

Professor Swales focuses on increasing competence in evidence-based psychological therapies in both her work on the doctoral programme and on the PGDip in DBT.  She also leads a National Team of Trainers in DBT whose skill and expertise are recognised internationally.  Professor Swales' team have trained over a thousand practitoners in DBT across the UK and Ireland.  More recently they have trained practitioners in Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Hong Kong, Poland and the United States.

Professor Swales supervises PhD candidates and DClinPsy candidates.  Current projects are focusing on DBT for children with an ASD diagnosis, understanding effective processes in DBT Consultation Teams, shaping competence in DBT therapists and understanding relationships between ACEs and suicidal behaviour in Jordan.

Professor Swales conducts research into Dialectial Behaviour Therapy with a particular interest in implementation of the treatment in routine healthcare settings. 

Self-funded (inc. agency-funded projects): Professor Swales welcomes enquiries from prospective PhD students interested in Dialectical Behaviour Therapy.  Please contact Professor Swales in the first instance with a 1-2 page draft of your idea, to see if she has any capacity for new students.

2025

  • Published
    Moran, P., Bick, D., Biddle, L., Borries, B., Kandiyali, R., Mgaieth, F., Patel, V., Rigby, J., Seume, P., Sadhnani, V., Smith, N., Swales, M. & Turner, N., 1 Jan 2025, In: BJPsych open. 11, 1, p. e12
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2024

  • Published
    Azevedo, J., Carreiras, D., Hibbs, C., Guiomar, R., Osborne, J., Hibbs, R. & Swales, M., Apr 2024, In: International journal of clinical and health psychology : IJCHP. 24, 2, 100446.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Published
    Azevedo, J., Swales, M., Carreiras, D., Guiomar, R., Macedo, A. & Castilho, P., 1 Jul 2024, In: Journal of Affective Disorders. 356, p. 394-404 11 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • E-pub ahead of print
    Swales, M., Galway, R. & Wane, J., 2 Feb 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Women and Criminal Justice.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Published
    30 experts with lived experience – clients, relatives, significant others - from 10 European countries, 8 Jul 2024, In: Borderline Personality Disorder and Emotion Dysregulation. 11, 1, 14.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2022

  • Published
    Moran, P., Bick, D., Biddle, L., Borries, B., Kandiyali, R., Rigby, J., Seume, P., Sadhnani, V., Smith, N., Swales, M. & Turner, N., 23 Sept 2022, In: Pilot and Feasibility Studies. 8, 1, 13 p., 215.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Published
    Hastings, S. E., Hastings, R. P., Swales, M. A. & Hughes, J. C., 3 Sept 2022, In: International Journal of Developmental Disabilities. 68, 5, p. 633-640 8 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Published
    Swales, M., 15 Dec 2022, In: Clinical Psychology in Europe. 4, 18 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Published
    Galway, R., Swales, M. & Wane, J., Mar 2022, In: Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology. 33, 3, p. 291-322
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Published
    Bach, B., Kramer, U., Doering, S., di Giacomo, E., Hutsebaut, J., Kaera, A., De Panfilis, C., Schmahl, C., Swales, M., Taubner, S. & Renneberg, B., 1 Apr 2022, In: Borderline Personality Disorder and Emotion Dysregulation. 9, 1, 12.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Review article › peer-review
  • Published
    Hastings, S., Swales, M., Hughes, C. & Hastings, R. P., 14 Mar 2022, In: Discover Psychology. 2, 1, 21.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2020

  • Published
    Mehlum, L., Schmahl, C., Berens, A., Doering, S., Hutsebaut, J., Kaera, A., Kramer, U., Moran, P. A., Renneberg, B., Ribaudi, J. S., Simonsen, S., Swales, M., Taubner, S. & di Giacomo, E., 30 Jul 2020, In: Borderline Personality Disorder and Emotion Dysregulation. 7, 1, 15.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Published
    Flynn, D., Joyce, M., Gillespie, C., Kells, M., Swales, M., Spillane, A., Hurley, J., Hayes, A., Gallagher, E., Arensman, E. & Weihrauch, M., 14 May 2020, In: BMC Psychiatry. 20, 1, 235.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Published
    Flynn, D., Kells, M., Joyce, M., Corcoran, P., Hurley, J., Gillespie, C., Suarez, C., Swales, M. & Arensman, E., Jun 2020, In: Journal of Personality Disorders. 34, 3, p. 377-393 402.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Published
    Lyng, J., Swales, M. A., Hastings, R. P., Millar, T. & Duffy, D. J., Feb 2020, In: Early Intervention in Psychiatry. 14, 1, p. 61-68 8 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Published
    Swales, M. & Dunkley, C., Feb 2020, In: Cognitive and Behavioral Practice. 27, 1, p. 18-29 12 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Published
    Swales, M., 17 Jan 2020, In: Suicidologi. 24, 3, p. 4-14
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Published
    Lynch, T. R., Hempel, R. J., Whalley, B., Byford, S., Chamba, R., Clarke, P., Clarke, S., Kingdon, D. G., O'Mahen, H., Remington, B., Rushbrook, S. C., Shearer, J., Stanton, M., Swales, M., Watkins, A. & Russell, I. T., Apr 2020, In: British Journal of Psychiatry. 216, 4, p. 204-212 9 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Published
    Lyng, J., Swales, M. A., Hastings, R. P., Millar, T., Duffy, D. J. & Booth, R., Feb 2020, In: Community Mental Health Journal. 56, 2, p. 238-250 13 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2019

  • Published
    Swales, M. (Editor), 2019, Oxford: OUP. 1057 p.
    Research output: Book/Report › Book
  • Published
    Shearer, J., Lynch, T. R., Chamba, R., Clarke, S., Hempel, R. J., Kingdon, D. G., O'Mahen, H., Remington, B., Rushbrook, S. C., Russell, I. T., Stanton, M., Swales, M., Watkins, A., Whalley, B. & Byford, S., Sept 2019, In: BJPsych open. 5, 5, p. e64
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Published
    Toms, G., Williams, L., Rycroft-Malone, J., Swales, M. & Feigenbaum, J., 12 Feb 2019, In: Borderline Personality Disorder and Emotion Dysregulation. 6, 2, 16 p.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2018

  • Published
    Saville, C. & Swales, M., 19 Sept 2018, In: BMC Psychiatry. 18, 11 p., 302.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2016

  • Published
    Swales, M., Hibbs, R. A. B., Bryning, L. & Hastings, R. P., 20 Jul 2016, In: SpringerPlus. 5, 1137.
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2015

  • Published
    Heard, H. & Swales, M., 2015, Guilford. 254 p.
    Research output: Book/Report › Book
  • Published
    Lynch, T. R., Whalley, B., Hempel, R. J., Byford, S., Clarke, P., Clarke, S., Kingdon, D., O'Mahen, H., Russell, I. T., Shearer, J., Stanton, M., Swales, M., Watkins, A. & Remington, B., 17 Jul 2015, In: BMJ Open. 5, 7, p. e008857
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2011

  • Published
    Swales, M. A., Tyrer, P., Crawford, M., Mulder, R., Blashfield, R., Farnam, A., Fossati, A., Kim, Y. R., Koldobsky, N., Lecic-Tosevski, D., Ndetei, D., Swales, M., Clark, L. A. & Reed, G. M., 1 Nov 2011, In: Personality and Mental Health. 5, 4, p. 304-307
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Published
    Swales, M. A., Tyrer, P., Crawford, M., Mulder, R., Blashfield, R., Farnam, A., Fossati, A., Kim, Y. R., Koldobsky, N., Lecic-Tosevski, D., Ndetei, D., Swales, M., Clark, L. A. & Reed, G. M., 1 Nov 2011, In: Personality and Mental Health. 5, 4, p. 246-259
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2010

  • Published
    Hibbs, R. A., Swales, M. A. & Taylor, B. H., 1 Jan 2010.
    Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
  • Published
    Swales, M. A., Taylor, B. H. & Hibbs, R. A., 1 Jan 2010.
    Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
  • Published
    Swales, M. A., 15 Jun 2010, In: Cognitive Behaviour Therapist. 3, 2, p. 71-79
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Published
    Swales, M. A., 28 Sept 2010, In: Cognitive Behaviour Therapist. 3, 4, p. 145-157
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2009

  • Published
    Swales, M. A. & National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence., [. V., 1 Jan 2009, Borderline Personality Disorder: Treatment and management. National Clinical Practice Guideline Number 78. 2009 ed. British Psychological Society and The Royal College of Psychiatrists, p. 15-37
    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
  • Published
    Swales, M. A., 1 Jun 2009
    Research output: Non-textual form › Web publication/site

2008

  • Published
    Swales, M. A. & Heard, H. L., 1 Jan 2008, Taylor & Francis.
    Research output: Book/Report › Book

2007

  • Published
    Swales, M. A., 1 Jan 2007.
    Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
  • Published
    Swales, M. A., Heard, H. L., Gilbert, P. (Editor) & Leahy, R. L. (Editor), 1 Jan 2007, The Therapeutic Relationship in the Cognitive Behavioral Psychotherapies. 2007 ed. Routledge
    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

2005

  • Published
    Hill, J., Swales, M. A., Byatt, M., Gillberg, C. (Editor), Harrington, R. (Editor) & Steinhausen, H. C. (Editor), 1 Jan 2005, A Clinician's Handbook of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 2005 ed. Cambridge University Press, p. 339-363
    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter

2004

  • Published
    Swales, M. A., 1 Jan 2004.
    Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
  • Published
    Swales, M. A., 1 Jan 2004.
    Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
  • Published
    Swales, M. A., 1 Jan 2004.
    Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
  • Published
    Swales, M. A., Williams, J. M. & Swales, M., 1 Jan 2004, In: Archives of Suicide Research. 8, 4, p. 315-329
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2002

  • Published
    Swales, M. A., 1 Jan 2002.
    Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper

2001

  • Published
    Swales, M. A., Startup, M., Heard, H., Swales, M., Jones, B., Williams, J. M. & Jones, R. S., 1 Jun 2001, In: British Journal of Clinical Psychology. 40, 2, p. 113-120
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
  • Published
    Swales, M. A., 1 Jan 2001.
    Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
  • Published
    Swales, M. A., 1 Jan 2001.
    Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
  • Published
    Swales, M. A., 1 Jan 2001.
    Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
  • Published
    Swales, M. A., Williams, J. M. & Wood, P., 1 May 2001, In: Cognition and Emotion. 15, 3, p. 321-331
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2000

  • Published
    Swales, M. A., Heard, H. L. & Williams, J. M., 1 Jan 2000, In: Journal of Mental Health. 9, 1, p. 7-23
    Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

  • 01/10/2014 – 01/08/2022 (Finished)

  • 01/05/2006 – 31/05/2011 (Finished)