Previous Work
How did you find being supported by Dr Ray through talking therapy?
“I always felt safe and listened to”
“I always felt encouraged to move forward and challenge myself, with strategies for coping discussed and planned beforehand. “
“Each session felt that it was an incremental step forward and I feel I have achieved a great deal in small steps.”
-Client feedback
How did you find working alongside Dr Ray as you delivered talking therapy?
“Approach within sessions conveys compassion and non-judgmental stance”
“clearly patient-centred and collaborative in style.”
“greatly increased the efficacy of the work.”
-Clinical Psychologist feedback
Psychological research
Dr Ray has led and collaborated on research within the University of Oxford and University College London (UCL). They have led clinical research in NHS services to understand how to improve services and empowered the voices of NHS service users to do this.
‘Talking Psychology’ through published articles:
John-Baptiste Bastien, R., Jongsma, H.E., Kabadayi, M., & Billings, J. (2020). The effectiveness of psychological interventions for post-traumatic stress disorder in children, adolescents and young adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Psychological Medicine. https://doi.org/10.1017/S0033291720002007
John-Baptiste Bastien, R., Ding, T., Gonzalez-Valderrama, A., Valmaggia, L., Kirkbride, J.B., & Jongsma, H.E. (2023). The incidence of non-affective psychotic disorders in low and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Social Psychiatry and psychiatric epidemiology. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00127-022-02397-6
Abou Seif, N., John-Baptiste Bastien, R., Wang, B., Davies, J., Isaken, M., Ball, E., Pitman, A., & Rowe, S. (2022). Effectiveness, acceptability and potential harm of peer support for self-harm in non-clinical settings: systematic review. BJPsych Open. https://doi:10.1192/bjo.2021.1081.
Ottisova, L., Gillard, J.A., Wood, M., Langford, S., John-Baptiste Bastien, R., Haris, A.M., Wild, J., Bloomfield, M.A.P., & Robertson, M. (2022). Effectiveness of psychosocial interventions mitigating adverse mental health outcomes among disaster-exposed health care workers: A systematic review. Journal of Traumatic Stress. https://doi.org/10.1002/jts.22780
Psychological Talks:
John-Baptiste Bastien, R., Sharma, D., R., Churchman, C., & Vohora, R. (2024). The experience of veterans from a Global Majority background seeking support via the OpCourage Mental Health Veteran Service. Presented at Oxford DClinPsych Research Conference 2024 on 28/06/24.
John-Baptiste Bastien, R., Ding, T., Gonzalez-Valderrama, A., Valmaggia, L., Kirkbride, J.B., & Jongsma, H.E. (Pre-print). The incidence of non-affective psychotic disorders in low and middle-income countries: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Presented at Schizophrenia International Research Society (SIRS) Congress 2021 on 20/04/21.
John-Baptiste Bastien, R. (2019). Is there a role for harm minimisation policies in inpatient facilities? Poster presented at the UCL Beyond Mental Health Conference 2018 on 19/07/19.
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