10 Clinical Psychology and Mental Health Graduate Positions in the UK and Canada (2026)
These clinical psychology and mental health graduate positions in the UK and Canada are a starting point for applicants who want to study how mental health problems develop, how people recover, and how services can improve. The groups cover complex trauma, psychosis, mood and anxiety disorders, addiction, and social inequalities in mental health.
Each link goes to a direct faculty, lab, or research-portal page, and we checked every one on September 28, 2026. The table shows the study levels indicated in the source list, but the linked page remains the authority on current openings.
| Professor | University | Research focus | Levels | Direct source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sandra Bucci | The University of Manchester | Complex trauma and resilience, mental health services and clinical psychology | PhD | View page |
| Matthias Schwannauer | University of Edinburgh | Attachment theory, reflective function, affect regulation, and psychosis and recurrent mood disorders in adolescence | PhD | View page |
| Simon Sherry | Dalhousie University | Clinical psychology: depression, anxiety, personality, perfectionism, suicide, eating disorders and alcohol problems | PhD | View page |
| Christopher Darryl Graham | University of Strathclyde | Clinical health psychology, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, and psychological therapy for physical and mental health conditions | MSc, PhD | View page |
| Amanda McCleery | University of Manitoba | Clinical psychology, cognition, schizophrenia and lifespan developmental psychopathology | MSc, PhD | View page |
| Maike Klein | Lancaster University | Addiction and substance use recovery, including somatic approaches such as internal family systems therapy | PhD | View page |
| Natalie Mota | University of Manitoba | Traumatic stress, recovery and resilience in clinical psychology | PhD | View page |
| James B. Kirkbride | University College London | Social inequalities in mental health, psychosis and public mental health | MSc, PhD | View page |
| Giouliana Kadra-Scalzo | King's College London | Mental health recovery, return to work, and career development and progression | PhD | View page |
| JianLi Wang | Dalhousie University | Psychiatric epidemiology: depression, anxiety, suicide behaviours, mental health services research and risk prediction analytics | PhD | View page |
Separate research degrees from clinical training routes
Clinical psychology appears in two different forms in these countries: research degrees that study mental health, and professional programmes that lead to clinical practice. The pages linked here describe each supervisor's research, not a clinical training place. Read the page to see whether the group recruits research students, and use the university's own admissions page to check how a research degree differs from a professional doctorate.
Confirm the application route before you contact the professor
Some profile pages invite prospective students to make contact. Others expect applicants to apply through a department portal first. Follow the instructions on the linked page, check that any message is recent, and do not treat a profile or a listed degree level as a promise of admission or funding. Recruiting needs can change after a project is filled or a grant timeline shifts.
If direct outreach is appropriate, our guides explain how to evaluate research fit and how to write a focused email.