School of Health & Wellbeing

Dr Moya Clancy

  • Lecturer in Clinical Psychology (Mental Health & Wellbeing)

email: Moya.Clancy@glasgow.ac.uk

Clarice Pears Building, 90 Byres Rd, Glasgow, G12 8TB

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ORCID iDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-9730-4929

Biography

Moya is a qualified Clinical Psychologist, Lecturer in Clinical Psychology, and Principal Investigator of the NHS GGC AVATAR Therapy Implementation Project. 

Moya completed her Doctorate in Clinical Psychology at the University of Glasgow, where she specialised in the areas of trauma and psychosis (thesis title: From trauma to psychosis: developing an interventionist-causal approach for dissociation and voice-hearing in people with complex trauma). Moya completed a joint specialist placement with the Glasgow Psychological Trauma Service and ESTEEM Early Intervention for Psychosis Service and has since held an honorary clinical role with ESTEEM.

Since then, Moya has worked as a Trial Coordinator and AVATAR Therapist for the Wellcome Trust funded AVATAR2 Trial (Home | AVATAR2 Therapy Trial | Mental Health Research (avatartherapytrial.com) https://www.avatartherapy.co.uk/). Moya is currently a Principal Clinical Psychologist in NHS Prison Healthcare and a Lecturer in Clinical Psychology at the University of Glasgow, where she is Principal Investigator of the AVATAR Therapy Implementation Project (NHS GGC Endowment Fund).

Outside of work Moya loves a good book, travelling and going to gigs.

Publications

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2026

McCrone, P. et al. (2026) Economic evaluation of digitally supported therapy for people with psychosis who hear distressing voices: the AVATAR2 trial. BJPsych Open, 12(1), e13. (doi: 10.1192/bjo.2025.10925) (PMID:41392761)

2025

Edwards, C. J. et al. (2025) The impact of AVATAR therapy on voice hearing in everyday life: ESM outcomes of the AVATAR2 trial. Schizophrenia Bulletin, (doi: 10.1093/schbul/sbaf100) (PMID:41391105) (Early Online Publication)

Ward, T. et al. (2025) Relational work with distressing voices mirroring experiences of discrimination and marginalisation: three illustrative cases of an extended form of AVATAR therapy (AV-EXT). Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, (doi: 10.1111/papt.70027) (PMID:41355006) (Early Online Publication)

2024

Garety, P. A. et al. (2024) Digital AVATAR therapy for distressing voices in psychosis: the phase 2/3 AVATAR2 trial. Nature Medicine, 30, pp. 3658-3668. (doi: 10.1038/s41591-024-03252-8) (PMID:39468363) (PMCID:PMC11645260)

Owrid, O. et al. (2024) “There’s no us vs. them, it’s just us”: a creative approach to centring lived experience within the AVATAR2 trial. BMC Psychiatry, 24, 807. (doi: 10.1186/s12888-024-06268-z) (PMID:39543539) (PMCID:PMC11567013)

2023

Edwards, C. J. et al. (2023) The voice characterisation checklist: psychometric properties of a brief clinical assessment of voices as social agents. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 14, 1192655. (doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1192655) (PMID:37559917) (PMCID:PMC10408443)

2022

Allan, S. et al. (2022) What researching the benefits system has taught us about being trauma informed when people encounter traumatising systems. Clinical Psychology Forum, 353, pp. 36-42.

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Articles

McCrone, P. et al. (2026) Economic evaluation of digitally supported therapy for people with psychosis who hear distressing voices: the AVATAR2 trial. BJPsych Open, 12(1), e13. (doi: 10.1192/bjo.2025.10925) (PMID:41392761)

Edwards, C. J. et al. (2025) The impact of AVATAR therapy on voice hearing in everyday life: ESM outcomes of the AVATAR2 trial. Schizophrenia Bulletin, (doi: 10.1093/schbul/sbaf100) (PMID:41391105) (Early Online Publication)

Ward, T. et al. (2025) Relational work with distressing voices mirroring experiences of discrimination and marginalisation: three illustrative cases of an extended form of AVATAR therapy (AV-EXT). Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, (doi: 10.1111/papt.70027) (PMID:41355006) (Early Online Publication)

Garety, P. A. et al. (2024) Digital AVATAR therapy for distressing voices in psychosis: the phase 2/3 AVATAR2 trial. Nature Medicine, 30, pp. 3658-3668. (doi: 10.1038/s41591-024-03252-8) (PMID:39468363) (PMCID:PMC11645260)

Owrid, O. et al. (2024) “There’s no us vs. them, it’s just us”: a creative approach to centring lived experience within the AVATAR2 trial. BMC Psychiatry, 24, 807. (doi: 10.1186/s12888-024-06268-z) (PMID:39543539) (PMCID:PMC11567013)

Edwards, C. J. et al. (2023) The voice characterisation checklist: psychometric properties of a brief clinical assessment of voices as social agents. Frontiers in Psychiatry, 14, 1192655. (doi: 10.3389/fpsyt.2023.1192655) (PMID:37559917) (PMCID:PMC10408443)

Allan, S. et al. (2022) What researching the benefits system has taught us about being trauma informed when people encounter traumatising systems. Clinical Psychology Forum, 353, pp. 36-42.

This list was generated on Wed Jan 28 21:09:33 2026 GMT.

Supervision

Moya provides supervision to doctoral students completing the Clinical Psychology training programme. Moya is open to being contacted about collaborations and project ideas.

2023: Sophie Mulhall (DClinPsy, Kings College London)

2020: Nestor Zumaya (MSc Global Mental Health, University of Glasgow)

Teaching

Moya has contributed to the following teaching on DClinPsy and MSc courses:

  • Psychosis module of DClinPsy (AVATAR2 Trial and AVATAR Therapy)
  • Equality Diversity & Inclusion teaching (critical and community psychology) 
  • Complex intervention (MED5606 – Evaluating Digital Health Interventions course, MSc Digital Mental Health)

Professional activities & recognition

Prizes, awards & distinctions

  • 2023: Bridging the Gap: Psychological Approaches to Psychosis in Scotland. Translation, Implementation and Innovation - £1720 (Glasgow Knowledge Exchange Fund)
  • 2023: AVATAR Therapy Implementation Project - £49k (NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde Endowment Fund)

Research fellowships

  • 2024 - 2024: NHS Research Scotland NRS Mental Health Network Travelling Fellowship Fund