Helen Swaby


NameHelen Swaby
Job titleSenior Lecturer in Counselling and Psychotherapy
Research instituteCollege of Health, Psychology and Social Care
ORCIDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-6292-2110

Research outputs

“Falling Through the Cracks”: A Retrospective Exploration of the Barriers to Help-Seeking Among Men Convicted of Sexual Crimes

Swaby, H. and Rebecca Lievesley 2022. “Falling Through the Cracks”: A Retrospective Exploration of the Barriers to Help-Seeking Among Men Convicted of Sexual Crimes. Sexual Abuse. pp. 1-48. https://doi.org/10.1177/10790632221146501

Identifying and working with appropriate treatment targets with people who are sexually attracted to children

Rebecca Lievesley, Craig Harper, Helen Swaby and Ellie Woodward 2022. Identifying and working with appropriate treatment targets with people who are sexually attracted to children. Journal of Sex & Marital Therapy . pp. 1-20. https://doi.org/10.1080/0092623x.2022.2149437

Primary Health Professionals’ Beliefs, Experiences, and Willingness to Treat Minor-Attracted Persons

Lievesley, R., Swaby, H., Harper, C.A. and Woodward, E. 2022. Primary Health Professionals’ Beliefs, Experiences, and Willingness to Treat Minor-Attracted Persons. Archives of Sexual Behavior. 51, p. 923–943. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-021-02271-7

A meta-ethnographic study of fathers’ experiences of caring for a child with a life-limiting illness

Postavaru, G.-I., Swaby, H. and Swaby, R. 2020. A meta-ethnographic study of fathers’ experiences of caring for a child with a life-limiting illness. Palliative Medicine. 35 (2), pp. 1-19. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269216320979153

Learning to “live upside down”: Experiencing the true and false self in psychotherapy training

Swaby, H. 2020. Learning to “live upside down”: Experiencing the true and false self in psychotherapy training. Psychotherapy and Politics International. 18 (2), pp. 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1002/ppi.1531

The Internalization of Social Stigma Among Minor-Attracted Persons: Implications for Treatment

Swaby, H., Harper, C. A. and Lievesley, R. 2020. The Internalization of Social Stigma Among Minor-Attracted Persons: Implications for Treatment. Archives of Sexual Behavior. 49, p. 1291–1304. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10508-019-01569-x

Psychological treatment of problematic sexual interests: cross-country comparison

Klapilová, K., Demidova, L. Y., Swaby, H., Flinton, C. A., Weiss, P. and Fedoroff, J. P. 2019. Psychological treatment of problematic sexual interests: cross-country comparison. International Review of Psychiatry. 31 (2), pp. 1-21. https://doi.org/10.1080/09540261.2019.1591353

Circles of Support and Accountability, Assisted Desistance and Community Transition.

Blagden, N., Swaby, H. and Lievesley, R. 2018. Circles of Support and Accountability, Assisted Desistance and Community Transition. in: Swaby, H., Hocken, K., Lievesley, R., Blagden, N., Winder, B. and Banyard, P. (ed.) Sexual Crime and Circles of Support and Accountability London Palgrave Macmillam. pp. 25–41

Future Directions: Alternative Circles of Support and Accountability Models and Minority Groups.

Hocken, K., Good, C., Swaby, H., Webb, C., O'Connor, H. and Cox, K. 2018. Future Directions: Alternative Circles of Support and Accountability Models and Minority Groups. in: Swaby, H., Hocken, K., Lievesley, R., Blagden, N., Winder, B. and Banyard, P. (ed.) Sexual Crime and Circles of Support and Accountability London Palgrave Macmillam. pp. 171–200

Sexual Crime and Circles of Support and Accountability

Swaby, H. Swaby, H., Hocken, K., Lievesley, R., Blagden, N., Winder, B. and Banyard, P. (ed.) Sexual Crime and Circles of Support and Accountability.

"I kind of find that out by accident": probation staff experiences of pharmacological treatment for sexual preoccupation and hypersexuality

Swaby, H., Winder, B., Manby, E., Edwards, H. and Lievesley, R. 2018. "I kind of find that out by accident": probation staff experiences of pharmacological treatment for sexual preoccupation and hypersexuality. Journal of Forensic Practice. 25 (3), pp. 1-31. https://doi.org/10.1108/jfp-09-2017-0036

Evaluation of the use of pharmacological treatment with prisoners experiencing high levels of hypersexual disorder

Winder, B., Lievesley, R., Elliott, H., Hocken, K., Faulkner, J., Norman, C., Kaul, A. and Swaby, H. 2017. Evaluation of the use of pharmacological treatment with prisoners experiencing high levels of hypersexual disorder. Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology. 29 (1), pp. 1-31. https://doi.org/10.1080/14789949.2017.1337801

Working with transgendered sex offenders: Prison staff experiences

Marlow, K., Winder, B. and Swaby, H. 2015. Working with transgendered sex offenders: Prison staff experiences. Journal of Forensic Practice. 17 (3). https://doi.org/10.1108/jfp-02-2015-0013

Understanding the Journeys of High-Risk Male Sex Offenders Voluntarily Receiving Medication to Reduce Their Sexual Preoccupation and/or Hypersexuality

Winder, B., Lievesley, R., Swaby, H., Norman, C. and Kaul, A. Wilcox, D. T., Garrett, T. and Harking, L. (ed.) 2014. Understanding the Journeys of High-Risk Male Sex Offenders Voluntarily Receiving Medication to Reduce Their Sexual Preoccupation and/or Hypersexuality. Hoboken, New Jersey Wiley.

Preliminary evaluation of the use of pharmacological treatment with convicted sexual offenders experiencing high levels of sexual preoccupation, hypersexuality and/or sexual compulsivity

Winder, B., Lievesley, R., Kaul, A., Elliott, H.J., Thorne, K., Hocken, K. and Swaby, H. 2014. Preliminary evaluation of the use of pharmacological treatment with convicted sexual offenders experiencing high levels of sexual preoccupation, hypersexuality and/or sexual compulsivity. Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology. 25 (2). https://doi.org/10.1080/14789949.2014.903504

Understanding service users' and therapists' experiences of pharmacological treatment for sexual preoccupation and/or hypersexuality in incarcerated sex offenders

Lievesley, R., Elliott, H.J., Winder, B., Norman, C. and Swaby, H. 2014. Understanding service users' and therapists' experiences of pharmacological treatment for sexual preoccupation and/or hypersexuality in incarcerated sex offenders. Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology. 25 (3). https://doi.org/10.1080/14789949.2014.909867
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