Dr Lucy Maddox is a consultant clinical psychologist and writer. After working for many years in NHS inpatient adolescent services, she now works part time for the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP) as their senior clinical adviser. She also works clinically for Action for Children in Bristol. She is a visiting lecturer at the Anna Freud Centre.
Lucy has written a popular psychology book on child development called Blueprint: How our childhood makes us who we are, published in March 2018, as well as for various publications, including the Guardian, Science, Prospect, the Psychologist and the Times. She was a British Science Association Media Fellow in 2013.
Follow her on Twitter – @lucy_maddox – or visit her website: lucymaddox.co.uk
Lucy’s writing does not express the opinion of any of the organisations she works for in her clinical or academic roles.
Social worker Beth lost a patient to suicide, but didn’t feel entitled to process it as a personal loss.
Love is not enough for a child to get over a difficult start in life. Lucy Maddox asks: what is?
Why are some people able to become happy, well-adjusted adults even after growing up with violence or neglect? Their life stories – from 1950s Hawaii to the orphanages of Romania – could provide answers that will help more children to thrive. By Lucy Maddox.
How do the buildings in which we work affect us emotionally and physically?
Exploring how design can improve the lives of people with dementia.
How can we move away from mental health clinics that are dark, sad and scary?
