Professor Swales is Director of the North Wales Clinical Psychology Programme that provides Doctoral level training to 40+ trainees.  She is also the Director of the Post-Graduate Diploma in Dialectical Behaviour Therapy.

Professor Swales can be contacted as follows:

email: m.swales@bangor.ac.uk

phone: 01248 382552

• PhD: Predictors of Outcome in Adolescents in a Residential Setting
  1997
• MPhil: Psychopathology
  Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, 1989–1990
• MPhil: History and Philosophy of Science
  Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, 1986–1987
• BA: Natural Sciences
  1983–1986

Professor Swales focuses on increasing competence in evidence-based psychological therapies in both her work on the doctoral programme and on the PGDip in DBT.  She also leads a National Team of Trainers in DBT whose skill and expertise are recognised internationally.  Professor Swales' team have trained over a thousand practitoners in DBT across the UK and Ireland.  More recently they have trained practitioners in Finland, Latvia, Lithuania, Hong Kong, Poland and the United States.

Professor Swales supervises PhD candidates and DClinPsy candidates.  Current projects are focusing on DBT for children with an ASD diagnosis, understanding effective processes in DBT Consultation Teams, shaping competence in DBT therapists and understanding relationships between ACEs and suicidal behaviour in Jordan.

Professor Swales conducts research into Dialectial Behaviour Therapy with a particular interest in implementation of the treatment in routine healthcare settings. 

Competitive scholarship opportunities available: None

2025

• CyhoeddwydPerinatal emotional skills groups for women and birthing people with borderline personality disorder: outcomes from a feasibility randomised controlled trial
  Moran, P., Bick, D., Biddle, L., Borries, B., Kandiyali, R., Mgaieth, F., Patel, V., Rigby, J., Seume, P., Sadhnani, V., Smith, N., Swales, M. & Turner, N., 1 Ion 2025, Yn: BJPsych open. 11, 1, t. e12
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2024

• CyhoeddwydBenchmarks for dialectical behavioural therapy intervention in adults and adolescents with borderline personality symptoms
  Azevedo, J., Carreiras, D., Hibbs, C., Guiomar, R., Osborne, J., Hibbs, R. & Swales, M., Ebr 2024, Yn: International journal of clinical and health psychology : IJCHP. 24, 2, 100446.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydBi-real: A 12-session DBT skills group intervention adapted for bipolar disorder - A feasibility randomised pilot trial
  Azevedo, J., Swales, M., Carreiras, D., Guiomar, R., Macedo, A. & Castilho, P., 1 Gorff 2024, Yn: Journal of Affective Disorders. 356, t. 394-404 11 t.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• E-gyhoeddi cyn argraffuFar from Home: Women’s Experiences of Being in Secure Forensic Inpatient Services
  Swales, M., Galway, R. & Wane, J., 2 Chwef 2024, (E-gyhoeddi cyn argraffu) Yn: Women and Criminal Justice.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydTowards an informed research agenda for the field of personality disorders by experts with lived and living experience and researchers
  30 experts with lived experience – clients, relatives, significant others - from 10 European countries, 8 Gorff 2024, Yn: Borderline Personality Disorder and Emotion Dysregulation. 11, 1, 14.
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2022

• CyhoeddwydA feasibility randomised controlled trial with an embedded qualitative evaluation of perinatal emotional skills groups for women with borderline personality disorder: protocol for the EASE study
  Moran, P., Bick, D., Biddle, L., Borries, B., Kandiyali, R., Rigby, J., Seume, P., Sadhnani, V., Smith, N., Swales, M. & Turner, N., 23 Medi 2022, Yn: Pilot and Feasibility Studies. 8, 1, 13 t., 215.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydEmotional and behavioural problems of children with autism spectrum disorder attending mainstream schools
  Hastings, S. E., Hastings, R. P., Swales, M. A. & Hughes, J. C., 3 Medi 2022, Yn: International Journal of Developmental Disabilities. 68, 5, t. 633-640 8 t.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydPersonality Disorder Diagnoses in ICD-11: Transforming Conceptualisations and Practice
  Swales, M., 15 Rhag 2022, Yn: Clinical Psychology in Europe. 4, 18 t.
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• CyhoeddwydThe efficacy of offence-specific interventions in reducing risk and recidivism in women: a systematic review.
  Galway, R., Swales, M. & Wane, J., Maw 2022, Yn: Journal of Forensic Psychiatry and Psychology. 33, 3, t. 291-322
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• CyhoeddwydThe ICD-11 classification of personality disorders: a European perspective on challenges and opportunities
  Bach, B., Kramer, U., Doering, S., di Giacomo, E., Hutsebaut, J., Kaera, A., De Panfilis, C., Schmahl, C., Swales, M., Taubner, S. & Renneberg, B., 1 Ebr 2022, Yn: Borderline Personality Disorder and Emotion Dysregulation. 9, 1, 12.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl adolygu › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydUniversal delivery of a Dialectical Behaviour Therapy skills programme (DBT STEPS-A) for adolescents in a mainstream school: Feasibility study
  Hastings, S., Swales, M., Hughes, C. & Hastings, R. P., 14 Maw 2022, Yn: Discover Psychology. 2, 1, 21.
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2020

• CyhoeddwydEuthanasia and assisted suicide in patients with personality disorders: a review of current practice and challenges
  Mehlum, L., Schmahl, C., Berens, A., Doering, S., Hutsebaut, J., Kaera, A., Kramer, U., Moran, P. A., Renneberg, B., Ribaudi, J. S., Simonsen, S., Swales, M., Taubner, S. & di Giacomo, E., 30 Gorff 2020, Yn: Borderline Personality Disorder and Emotion Dysregulation. 7, 1, 15.
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• CyhoeddwydEvaluating the national multisite implementation of dialectical behaviour therapy in a community setting: a mixed methods approach
  Flynn, D., Joyce, M., Gillespie, C., Kells, M., Swales, M., Spillane, A., Hurley, J., Hayes, A., Gallagher, E., Arensman, E. & Weihrauch, M., 14 Mai 2020, Yn: BMC Psychiatry. 20, 1, 235.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydMultisite Implementation and Evaluation of 12-Month Standard Dialectical Behavior Therapy in a Public Community Setting
  Flynn, D., Kells, M., Joyce, M., Corcoran, P., Hurley, J., Gillespie, C., Suarez, C., Swales, M. & Arensman, E., Meh 2020, Yn: Journal of Personality Disorders. 34, 3, t. 377-393 402.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydOutcomes for 18 to 25-year-olds with borderline personality disorder in a dedicated young adult only DBT programme compared to a general adult DBT programme for all ages 18
  Lyng, J., Swales, M. A., Hastings, R. P., Millar, T. & Duffy, D. J., Chwef 2020, Yn: Early Intervention in Psychiatry. 14, 1, t. 61-68 8 t.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydPrinciples of Skills Assessment in Dialectical Behavior Therapy
  Swales, M. & Dunkley, C., Chwef 2020, Yn: Cognitive and Behavioral Practice. 27, 1, t. 18-29 12 t.
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• CyhoeddwydReducing suicidal behaviour in people with complex needs: Addressing the challenge of implementing dialectical behaviour therapy
  Swales, M., 17 Ion 2020, Yn: Suicidologi. 24, 3, t. 4-14
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• CyhoeddwydRefractory depression - mechanisms and efficacy of radically open dialectical behaviour therapy (RefraMED): findings of a randomised trial on benefits and harms
  Lynch, T. R., Hempel, R. J., Whalley, B., Byford, S., Chamba, R., Clarke, P., Clarke, S., Kingdon, D. G., O'Mahen, H., Remington, B., Rushbrook, S. C., Shearer, J., Stanton, M., Swales, M., Watkins, A. & Russell, I. T., Ebr 2020, Yn: British Journal of Psychiatry. 216, 4, t. 204-212 9 t.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydStandalone DBT Group Skills Training Versus Standard (i.e. All Modes) DBT for Borderline Personality Disorder: A Natural Quasi-experiment in Routine Clinical Practice
  Lyng, J., Swales, M. A., Hastings, R. P., Millar, T., Duffy, D. J. & Booth, R., Chwef 2020, Yn: Community Mental Health Journal. 56, 2, t. 238-250 13 t.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid

2019

• CyhoeddwydOxford Handbook of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy
  Swales, M. (Golygydd), 2019, Oxford: OUP. 1057 t.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Llyfr/Adroddiad › Llyfr
• CyhoeddwydRefractory depression - cost-effectiveness of radically open dialectical behaviour therapy: findings of economic evaluation of RefraMED trial
  Shearer, J., Lynch, T. R., Chamba, R., Clarke, S., Hempel, R. J., Kingdon, D. G., O'Mahen, H., Remington, B., Rushbrook, S. C., Russell, I. T., Stanton, M., Swales, M., Watkins, A., Whalley, B. & Byford, S., Medi 2019, Yn: BJPsych open. 5, 5, t. e64
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydThe development and theoretical application of an implementation framework for dialectical behaviour therapy: a critical literature review
  Toms, G., Williams, L., Rycroft-Malone, J., Swales, M. & Feigenbaum, J., 12 Chwef 2019, Yn: Borderline Personality Disorder and Emotion Dysregulation. 6, 2, 16 t.
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2018

• CyhoeddwydThe Survivability of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy Programmes: A Mixed Methods Analysis of Barriers and Facilitators to Implementation within UK Healthcare Settings
  Saville, C. & Swales, M., 19 Medi 2018, Yn: BMC Psychiatry. 18, 11 t., 302.
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2016

• CyhoeddwydHealth Related Quality of Life for Young People receiving Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT): A routine outcome-monitoring pilot
  Swales, M., Hibbs, R. A. B., Bryning, L. & Hastings, R. P., 20 Gorff 2016, Yn: SpringerPlus. 5, 1137.
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2015

• CyhoeddwydChanging Behavior in DBT: Problem-Solving in Action
  Heard, H. & Swales, M., 2015, Guilford. 254 t.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Llyfr/Adroddiad › Llyfr
• CyhoeddwydRefractory depression: mechanisms and evaluation of radically open dialectical behaviour therapy (RO-DBT) [REFRAMED]: protocol for randomised trial
  Lynch, T. R., Whalley, B., Hempel, R. J., Byford, S., Clarke, P., Clarke, S., Kingdon, D., O'Mahen, H., Russell, I. T., Shearer, J., Stanton, M., Swales, M., Watkins, A. & Remington, B., 17 Gorff 2015, Yn: BMJ Open. 5, 7, t. e008857
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2011

• CyhoeddwydA classification based on evidence is the first step to clinical utility
  Swales, M. A., Tyrer, P., Crawford, M., Mulder, R., Blashfield, R., Farnam, A., Fossati, A., Kim, Y. R., Koldobsky, N., Lecic-Tosevski, D., Ndetei, D., Swales, M., Clark, L. A. & Reed, G. M., 1 Tach 2011, Yn: Personality and Mental Health. 5, 4, t. 304-307
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydThe rationale for the reclassification of personality disorder in the 11th revision of the International Classification of Diseases (ICD-11)
  Swales, M. A., Tyrer, P., Crawford, M., Mulder, R., Blashfield, R., Farnam, A., Fossati, A., Kim, Y. R., Koldobsky, N., Lecic-Tosevski, D., Ndetei, D., Swales, M., Clark, L. A. & Reed, G. M., 1 Tach 2011, Yn: Personality and Mental Health. 5, 4, t. 246-259
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2010

• CyhoeddwydDisseminating DBT: Comparative rates in the US, IK & Germany.
  Hibbs, R. A., Swales, M. A. & Taylor, B. H., 1 Ion 2010.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Papur
• CyhoeddwydDissemmination and Implementation of Dialectical Behaviour Therapy in the UK
  Swales, M. A., Taylor, B. H. & Hibbs, R. A., 1 Ion 2010.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Papur
• CyhoeddwydImplementing DBT: selecting, training and supervising a team.
  Swales, M. A., 15 Meh 2010, Yn: Cognitive Behaviour Therapist. 3, 2, t. 71-79
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• CyhoeddwydImplementing dialectical behaviour therapy: organizational pre-treatment.
  Swales, M. A., 28 Medi 2010, Yn: Cognitive Behaviour Therapist. 3, 4, t. 145-157
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2009

• CyhoeddwydBorderline Personality Disorder
  Swales, M. A. & National Institute for Health and Clinical Excellence., [. V., 1 Ion 2009, Borderline Personality Disorder: Treatment and management. National Clinical Practice Guideline Number 78. 2009 gol. British Psychological Society and The Royal College of Psychiatrists, t. 15-37
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• CyhoeddwydDialectical Behaviour Therapy: Description, Research and Future Directions.
  Swales, M. A., 1 Meh 2009
  Allbwn ymchwil: Ffurf annhestunol › Safe Gwe / Cyhoeddiad Gwe

2008

• CyhoeddwydDialectical Behaviour Therapy: Distinctive Features.
  Swales, M. A. & Heard, H. L., 1 Ion 2008, Taylor & Francis.
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2007

• CyhoeddwydDialectical behaviour therapy for adolescents with emerging borderline personality disorder
  Swales, M. A., 1 Ion 2007.
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• CyhoeddwydThe therapy relationship in dialectical behaviour therapy
  Swales, M. A., Heard, H. L., Gilbert, P. (Golygydd) & Leahy, R. L. (Golygydd), 1 Ion 2007, The Therapeutic Relationship in the Cognitive Behavioral Psychotherapies. 2007 gol. Routledge
  Allbwn ymchwil: Pennod mewn Llyfr/Adroddiad/Trafodion Cynhadledd › Pennod

2005

• CyhoeddwydPersonality Disorders
  Hill, J., Swales, M. A., Byatt, M., Gillberg, C. (Golygydd), Harrington, R. (Golygydd) & Steinhausen, H. C. (Golygydd), 1 Ion 2005, A Clinician's Handbook of Child and Adolescent Psychiatry. 2005 gol. Cambridge University Press, t. 339-363
  Allbwn ymchwil: Pennod mewn Llyfr/Adroddiad/Trafodion Cynhadledd › Pennod

2004

• CyhoeddwydDBT in the treatment of personality disorder: Issues in the successful implementation of a complex treatment
  Swales, M. A., 1 Ion 2004.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Papur
• CyhoeddwydDialectical Behaviour Therapy for Adolescents
  Swales, M. A., 1 Ion 2004.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Papur
• CyhoeddwydTheoretical aspects of autobiographical memory research: Implications in the development of psychopathology and treatment research
  Swales, M. A., 1 Ion 2004.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Papur
• CyhoeddwydThe use of mindfulness-based approaches for suicidal patients
  Swales, M. A., Williams, J. M. & Swales, M., 1 Ion 2004, Yn: Archives of Suicide Research. 8, 4, t. 315-329
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2002

• CyhoeddwydParasuicidal behaviour in a non-clinical sample: The role of autobiographical memory, early childhood events and current attachment style
  Swales, M. A., 1 Ion 2002.
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2001

• CyhoeddwydAutobiographical memory and parasuicide in borderline personality disorder
  Swales, M. A., Startup, M., Heard, H., Swales, M., Jones, B., Williams, J. M. & Jones, R. S., 1 Meh 2001, Yn: British Journal of Clinical Psychology. 40, 2, t. 113-120
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gyfnodolyn › Erthygl › adolygiad gan gymheiriaid
• CyhoeddwydAutobiographical memory in adolescence: The relationship with psychopathology.
  Swales, M. A., 1 Ion 2001.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Papur
• CyhoeddwydDBT in the UK: Developments and the future
  Swales, M. A., 1 Ion 2001.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Papur
• CyhoeddwydDialectical Behaviour Therapy: Evidence-based practice and practice-based evidence
  Swales, M. A., 1 Ion 2001.
  Allbwn ymchwil: Cyfraniad at gynhadledd › Papur
• CyhoeddwydSpecificity of autobiographical memory and mood disturbance in adolescents
  Swales, M. A., Williams, J. M. & Wood, P., 1 Mai 2001, Yn: Cognition and Emotion. 15, 3, t. 321-331
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2000

• CyhoeddwydLinehans' Dialectical Behaviour Therapy (DBT) for borderline personality disorder: Overview and adaptation.
  Swales, M. A., Heard, H. L. & Williams, J. M., 1 Ion 2000, Yn: Journal of Mental Health. 9, 1, t. 7-23
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• PhD Studentship

  01/10/2014 – 01/08/2022 (Wedi gorffen)

• KTP With Integral Business Support Ltd.

  01/05/2006 – 31/05/2011 (Wedi gorffen)