- Murray, L., Bozicevic, L., Ferrari, P.F., Vaillancourt, K., Dalton, L., Goodacre, T. … De Pascalis, L. (2018). The Effects of Maternal Mirroring on the Development of Infant Social Expressiveness: The Case of Infant Cleft Lip. Neural Plasticity, 2018, pp. 1–10. doi:10.1155/2018/5314657.
- Vaillancourt, K., Pawlby, S. and Fearon, R.M.P. (2017). HISTORY OF CHILDHOOD ABUSE AND MOTHER-INFANT INTERACTION: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW OF OBSERVATIONAL STUDIES. Infant Mental Health Journal, 38(2), pp. 226–248. doi:10.1002/imhj.21634.
- De Pascalis, L., Kkeli, N., Chakrabarti, B., Dalton, L., Vaillancourt, K., Rayson, H. … Murray, L. (2017). Maternal gaze to the infant face: Effects of infant age and facial configuration during mother-infant engagement in the first nine weeks. Infant Behavior and Development, 46, pp. 91–99. doi:10.1016/j.infbeh.2016.12.003.
- Healy, S.J., Lewin, J., Butler, S., Vaillancourt, K. and Seth-Smith, F. (2016). Affect recognition and the quality of mother-infant interaction: understanding parenting difficulties in mothers with schizophrenia. Archives of Women's Mental Health, 19(1), pp. 113–124. doi:10.1007/s00737-015-0530-3.
- Madigan, S., Vaillancourt, K., Plamondon, A., McKibbon, A. and Benoit, D. (2016). The developmental course of unresolved/disorganized states of mind in a sample of adolescents transitioning into parenthood. Canadian Journal of Behavioural Science / Revue canadienne des sciences du comportement, 48(1), pp. 19–31. doi:10.1037/cbs0000037.
- Madigan, S., Vaillancourt, K., McKibbon, A. and Benoit, D. (2015). Trauma and traumatic loss in pregnant adolescents: the impact of Trauma-Focused Cognitive Behavior Therapy on maternal unresolved states of mind and Posttraumatic Stress Disorder. Attachment & Human Development, 17(2), pp. 175–198. doi:10.1080/14616734.2015.1006386.
- Vaillancourt, K., Manley, J. and McNulty, N. (2015). Why has our recovery rate dropped? An audit examining waiting times, starting scores and length of treatment in relation to recovery within an IAPT service. The Cognitive Behaviour Therapist, 8. doi:10.1017/s1754470x15000148.
- Madigan, S., Wade, M., Plamondon, A., Vaillancourt, K., Jenkins, J.M., Shouldice, M. … Benoit, D. (2014). Course of depression and anxiety symptoms during the transition to parenthood for female adolescents with histories of victimization. Child Abuse & Neglect, 38(7), pp. 1160–1170. doi:10.1016/j.chiabu.2014.04.002.
- Madigan, S., Vaillancourt, K., McKibbon, A. and Benoit, D. (2012). The reporting of maltreatment experiences during the Adult Attachment Interview in a sample of pregnant adolescents. Attachment & Human Development, 14(2), pp. 119–143. doi:10.1080/14616734.2012.661230.
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Kyla completed an undergraduate psychology degree in Toronto, Canada before moving to the UK to complete a Master’s degree in Early Child Development, and later a professional Doctorate in Clinical Psychology at the Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience (King's College London). Over the last 10 years, she has worked clinically in the National Health Service as a Clinical Psychologist where she has developed expertise in delivering psychological therapy to women and their infants in the perinatal period in both primary care and specialist services. She has trained in therapies focused on maternal mental health, the couple relationship, the parent-infant relationship and parenting, and has been involved in teaching, training and supervision of professionals and psychological therapists who work with parents in the perinatal period. She has a particular interest in improving care for those who have experienced reproductive trauma and loss, including supporting staff who work in maternity. She is also a committee member of the British Psychological Society (BPS).
Prior to training as a clinical psychologist, she delivered therapist guided self-help to parents of children with anxiety disorders at the University of Reading where she was also involved in research relating to mother-infant relationships and early child development under the supervision of Professor Lynne Murray and Professor Pasco Fearon.
Currently, she is at City University undertaking a Doctoral Clinical Academic Fellowship at the Centre for Maternal and Child Health funded by the National Institute of Health and Care Research (NIHR). Her fellowship is focused on the implementation of observational mother-infant interaction tools within specialist Perinatal Mental Health Services.
Her research interests include areas that can advance evidence relating to interventions for parents who have mental health conditions in the perinatal period, considering outcomes for children and the potential to mitigate intergenerational patterns of psychopathology.
Fellowships
- Bridging Science and Practice: Research to Inform the Implementation of a Parent-Infant Observation Measure in Perinatal Mental Health Services (Integrated Clinical Academic Programme), City University, Apr 2024 – present
Memberships of committees
- Committee Member, Perinatal Faculty within the Division of Clinical Psychology, British Psychological Society, Sep 2022 – present
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- Mycroft, R., Slade, P. and Vaillancourt, K. Delivery of Psychologically Informed Care and Psychological Therapies in Maternity Services..