Dr Catherine Thompson

PhD., BSc., MSc., MBBS

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Background: I am a graduate of Psychology to the Doctorate Level, have extensive experience working with throughout the ADHD diagnosis and treatment pathway and have spent the last 10 years researching how to support parents and young people with ADHD.

I offer support sessions that aim to work with your current parenting style and aims. Using knowledge and experience gained from my PhD work on behavioral change processes, I apply ADHD understanding and experience to help you find the right motivation and approach to make change. I aim to maximize personal wellbeing, life achievements and family enjoyment now and for the future.

Below are the publications and projects I have been involved with over the last few years:

Thompson, CE, Henry, A; Krepner, J; Kovshoff, H; Daley, D; , C. Laver-Bradbury M. Thompson, JJ, Sonuga-Barke, E. Main writing lead AND programmer: The New Forest Parenting Programme Online Parent Training Intervention (NFPP-ol) used in proof of concept trial. August 2016, A LifeGuide Platform Intervention

Thompson, C. (2025). Does measuring quality of delivery for a parent led intervention to treat ADHD in children explain individual variation in outcome?. University of Nottingham. PhD thesis.

Psyllou, C., Luman, M., van den Hoofdakker, B. J., Van der Oord, S., Aghebati, A., Boyer, B., ... & Groenman, A. P. (2025). Research Review: Mechanisms of change and between‐family differences in parenting interventions for children with ADHD–an individual participant data meta‐analysis. Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 66(9), 1304-1319.

Groenman, AP.; Hornstra, R; Hoekstra, PJ.; Steenhuis,L; Aghebati,A; Boyer, E.; Buitelaar, J; Chronis-Tuscano, A; Daley, D; …; Thompson C, …van den Hoofdakker, B J (2022). (2022). An individual participant data meta-analysis: behavioral treatments for children and adolescents with attention-deficit/hyperactivity disorder. Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, 61(2), 144-158..

Thompson, M., & Thompson, C. (2020). Commentary: Do we need new parenting programmes for different cultural groups or should we adapt those that already exist: a commentary on Ward et al.(2019). Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 61(4), 513-517.

Thompson, M. J., Au, A., Laver-Bradbury, C., Lange, A. M., Tripp, G., Shimabukuro, S…, Thompson C, ...& Sonuga-Barke, E. J. (2017). Adapting an attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder parent training intervention to different cultural contexts: The experience of implementing the New Forest Parenting Programme in China, Denmark, Hong Kong, Japan, and the United Kingdom. PsyCh Journal, 6(1), 83-97.

Thompson, CE, M. Thompson, JJ. & C. Laver-Bradbury, Main writing lead AND programmer; The New Forest Parenting Programme Online Therapist Training Resource; Replacing day 1 of the 3 day face-to-face training programme and aiming to improve fidelity long term. August 2016, A LifeGuide Platform Intervention UPDATED April 2017

3 Chapters: In Laver-Bradbury, C., Thompson, M. J., Gale, C., & Hooper, C. M. (Eds.). (3rd ed. 2021).Child and Adolescent Mental Health: Theory and Practice. CRC Press.