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Finty O'Brien

  • University Of Huddersfield
    Queensgate
    Huddersfield
    HD13DH

20252025

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Biography

Finty is a senior lecturer within the Nursing Department, currently acting as Quality and Assessment Lead, covering BSc, MSc, Nursing Associates including routes of Blended Learning and Apprenticeships. Finty also teaches across different health care courses with the specialism in psychotherapies. 

Finty has a strong mental health nursing background, with a history of working with adults in community, crisis and in-patient settings.  Finty has trained in CBT and has worked clinically as a CBT therapist across various settings and specialised in Trauma Focused CBT.  

An NMC teacher, Finty teaches on the BSc and MSc mental health nursing programmes as well as supporting teaching and learning across the wider Department of Nursing.

Research Expertise and Interests

  • Psychotherapies and therapeutic approaches 
  • Trauma Focused Interventions and Care 
  • Personality Disorders

Expertise related to UN Sustainable Development Goals

In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):

  1. SDG 3 - Good Health and Well-being
    SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being

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  • Cognitive Behavioural Therapy

    Filip, M. & O'Brien, F., 27 Feb 2025, Fundamentals of Mental Health Nursing : 2nd Edition. Clifton, A., Hemingway, S. & Felton, A. (eds.). 2nd ed. Wiley-Blackwell, p. 205-214 10 p.

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