Dr Jane Scott

Jane has extensive experience as a clinical psychologist and academic in the UK and internationally in South Africa, New Zealand and Australia. She joined ARU as Senior Lecturer in Clinical Psychology in 2021.

She has a strong interest in innovative teaching practice, including the application of AI in higher education, and has published and presented in this area. Her current research interests include Hoarding Disorder and she is a founding member of the ARU Possessions and Hoarding Collective. She obtained her PhD from the University of Cambridge, investigating psychological treatments for bulimia nervosa and has retained an interest in eating disorders and body image. More recently, she has co-lead the first study to explore the use of VR in the treatment of Seasonal Affective Disorder.

• Features, causes, maintenance and treatment of Hoarding Disorder
• Body image and social media
• VR interventions for mental health disorders
• AI in higher education
• Simulation in clinical training

Jane supervises research projects in any of the above interest areas.

• BSc (Hons) Psychology; BSc (Hons) Psychology with Clinical Applications; BSc (Hons) Psychology and Criminology; BSc (Hons) Psychology with Education; MSc Psychology; MSc Foundations of Clinical Psychology; MSc Clinical Child Psychology
• Psychological Assessment
• Psychological Therapies
• Professional Skills in Clinical Settings
• Anxiety and PTSD 
• Diagnosis and Clinical Formulation 
• Professional Skills in Clinical Settings 
• CBT 

• BSc (Hons) Psychology, University of Cape Town
• MSc (Clin Psych), University of Cape Town
• PhD, University of Cambridge

• Committee member, British Psychological Society East of England Branch
• Co-Convenor, AI in Higher Education SIG, RAISE network

• Co-investigator: Innovate UK: Mindset Extended Reality (XR): Digital therapeutics for mental health (£300,000) 
• Co-lead: ARU Innovate UK Voucher Scheme (£15,000) 

Scott, J., Gillard, J., Vasconcelos e Sa, D., Oliver, A., Hawkins, R. and Pardhan, S. (2026).  “It’s never one size fits all”: A qualitative exploration of vision impaired patients’ preferences for mental health support.  BMJ Open, 16:e106307. doi:10.1136/ bmjopen-2025-106307.

Cornelissen, K., Gumancik, J., Scott, J. and Neave, N. (2026). The relationships between hoarding-related behaviours and disordered eating in a non-clinical adult sample: An exploratory study. BMC Psychology.

Yap, K., Scott, J. and Morein-Zamir, S. (2025). The Object Attachment Security Measure: Assessing convergent and divergent validity, confirmatory factor analysis, and measurement invariance across age, gender, and hoarding severity. Assessment. https://doi.org/10.1177/10731911251378650.

Kartal, E., Scott, J. and Morein-Zamir, S. (2026).  Attitudes to possessions in emerging adults: Predictors of hoarding behaviours and beliefs.  British Journal of Clinical Psychology, 1-21, DOI: 10.1111/bjc.70003.

Scott, J., Yap, K., Bunch, K., Haarhoff, B., Perry, H. and Bennett-Levy, J. (2021). Should personal practice be part of cognitive behaviour therapy training?  Results from two self-practice/self-reflection cohort control pilot studies.  Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy, 28, 150-158.

Cooper, P.J. and Steere, J. (1995). A comparison of two psychological treatments for bulimia nervosa:  Implications for models of maintenance.  Behavior Research and Therapy, 33(8), 875-885.

Steere, J., and Cooper, P.J. (1993). The effects on eating of dietary restraint, anxiety and hunger.  International Journal of Eating Disorders, 13(2), 211-219.

Steere, J. and Dowdall, T.L.  (1990). On being ethical in unethical places: the dilemmas of South African clinical psychologists, Hastings Center Report, 20(2), 11-15.

Steere, J., Butler, G., and Cooper, P.J. (1990). The anxiety symptoms of bulimia nervosa: a comparative study.  International Journal of Eating Disorders, 9(3), 293-301.

Emotion regulation as a predictor of hoarding disorder. European Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Therapies Annual Conference, Glasgow. 2025 

Simulation-based training in psychological assessment. AdvanceHE Network for Healthcare Education (NET) conference:   

Integrating AI in experiential learning:  Practical implications across academic disciplines. (presentation with Tadhg Blommerde). Institute for Experiential and Simulation Based Leaning (IESBL) conference:  

Using AI in assessment in higher education (presentation) ARU Engage Learning and Teaching conference. 2018 

Self-practice/self-reflection in cognitive behaviour therapy training:  two pilot studies (presentation) Australian Association for Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (AACBT) conference. 2018 

Seasonal Affective Disorder, Radio Cambridgeshire, December 202