Michael Duffy
Michael Duffy
Diploma in Social Work, CQSW, ASW
P.G. Diploma in Cognitive Therapy
M. Phil, PhD
EMDR Level 1 and Level 2
Accredited Cognitive Psychotherapist - British Association of Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapies
Member of the Academy of Cognitive Therapy at the Beck Institute, University of Pennsylvania.
Member of BASW
Registered Social Worker with the NISCC
Senior Lecturer in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
Room 2.08, 6 College Park
Ext: 3298, Email: michael.duffy@qub.ac.uk
Dr. Michael Duffy commenced his social work career in 1982 as a SWA in North and West Belfast and post qualifying worked as a mental health social worker obtaining his ASW award in 1991. He trained in Analytically informed Psychotherapy and practised in psychoanalytic psychotherapy supervised by Dr Raman Kapur between 1991-1994. In 1996, he moved to Sperrin Lakeland Health Trust (SLT) and was subsequently invited to lead the Health & Social Services Trauma and Recovery Team in response to the Omagh bombing. In 1998 he trained and has since practised as a cognitive therapist, specialising in PTSD, panic disorder and social phobia. In 2002, he was appointed Team Leader and Principal Cognitive Therapist at the regionally funded, Omagh based N. I. Centre for Trauma and Transformation (NICTT) where he is currently an Honorary Specialist Cognitive Therapist. In 2004, Dr Duffy was appointed as lecturer in Social Work at Magee College, University of Ulster where he held the position of Academic Director of the Post Graduate Cognitive Therapy programme. Dr Duffy accepted his new position at Queen’s in March 2009 as Senior Lecturer in the Cognitive Behavioural Therapy programme (CBT).
Dr Duffy was a member of the Northern Ireland Psychotherapy Review Group 2001–2002 and a member of the DHSSPS CREST Working Group, 2002-2003, that produced Treatment Guidelines for PTSD. During 2008/09 he has been a member of the DHSSSPS Psychological Therapy Services Strategy Steering Group.
Teaching
Dr Duffy is responsible for the Post Graduate, (MSc & PG Dip) programme in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy within the School. He has re-designed the course to meet the minimum training standards required for accreditation by, the British Association for Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP). He specialises in teaching CBT models for the Anxiety Disorders and providing supervision for a range of disorder specific CBT models.
Conference Presentations
Dr Duffy has presented papers at several national and international conferences including; The International Congress of Cognitive Therapy, Catania, 2000; The International Society for Traumatic Stress Studies Conferences, New Orleans, 2001, Chicago, 2008; The British Association of Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapies Annual Conferences, Warwick, 2006; Edinburgh, 2008; World Congress of Behavioural & Cognitive Psychotherapy, Barcelona, 2007. In Sept 2007 he was invited to present a paper at an international conference in Copenhagen addressing “Therapeutic responses to victims of torture.”
Dr Duffy has provided many workshops on Cognitive Therapy and workshops on the treatment of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). In 2004, he was invited to provide a workshop in New York for mental health clinicians and psychological therapists working with survivors of the 9/11 Twin Towers attack in the USA. In 2005, he was invited to present at a specialist PTSD workshop at the Institute of Psychiatry at the Maudsley and Kings College London attended by professionals working with survivors of the London 7/11 bombings.
Research Interests
Dr Duffy has been part of a multi-disciplinary team that has undertaken community studies and clinical research into the phenomenology and the treatment of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and other trauma related disorders. He has clinical and research links with NICTT and the clinical research team of Prof. Ehlers and Prof. Clark at KCL & Institute of Psychiatry, London. He is currently involved locally with the Spirit of Enniskillen Group in designing a school project to pilot a cognitive model for challenging rigid attitudes and beliefs that form stereotypes and maintain community divisions.
Publications
Journals
Duffy, M., Gillespie, K. & Clark, D.M. (2007). Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in the Context of Terrorism and other Civil Conflict in Northern Ireland: Randomized Controlled trial. British Medical Journal, 334, 147-50.
McDermott, M., Duffy, M & Mc Guinness, D. (2003) Addressing the Psychological Needs of Children and Young People in the Aftermath of the Omagh Bomb, Child Care In Practice, 10, 2, 141-154.
Gillespie, K, Duffy, M, Hackmann, A, & Clark D.M. (2002) Community based cognitive therapy in the treatment of post-traumatic stress disorder following the Omagh bomb, Behaviour Research and Therapy 40 (2002) 345-357.
Book chapters
Duffy, M. & Gillespie, K. (in press). Trauma Focussed Cognitive Therapy in the Context of Ongoing Civil Conflict and Terrorist Violence. In N. Grey, (Ed.) A Casebook of Cognitive Therapy for Traumatic Stress Reactions, Brunner-Routledge.
Duffy, M & Gillespie, K. (in press). Cognitive Therapy for PTSD in the context of Civil Conflict -Cognitive Therapy experiences from Northern Ireland. In (Eds.) Ehlers, A., Clark, D.M., Hackmann, A., McManus, F., Fennell, M. & Grey, N. Cognitive Therapy for PTSD: a Guide for Trauma Therapists (in press)
Other publications
Bolton, D. and Duffy, M. (2003) The Omagh bombing and development of the Northern Ireland Centre for Trauma and Transformation. ESTSS Bulletin, Vol. 10 No. 1.
The Management of PTSD in Adults (2003) DHSS&PS, Belfast (Member of DHSS&PS CREST sub-group).
