Ceri's research interests and publications in development, positive psychology and coaching have covered diverse topics. Feel free to ask her about her research.
Publications
Duffy, R., & Sims, C. (2025). Self-compassion training for primary school children in Ireland: Effects on their wellbeing and awareness of self-compassion. European Journal of Applied Positive Psychology, 9, 5, 1-17. https://www.nationalwellbeingservice.org/volumes/volume-9-2025/volume-9-article-5/
Gentles, M. J., & Sims, C. (2025). Exploring the Experiences of Hope among Young Black British Female Adult Racial Justice Activists. European Journal of Applied Positive Psychology, 9, 4, 1-15. https://www.nationalwellbeingservice.org/volumes/volume-9-2025/volume-9-article-4/
Wason, S., & Sims, C. (2024). The experience of self-compassion training among NHS healthcare professionals. Journal of Health Psychology, 13591053241267041.
Sims, C., & Morton, J. (2021). Remembering breakfast: How do pre-schoolers represent an everyday event? Cognition, PMID: 33722388 DOI: 10.1016/j.cognition.2021.104654.
Sims, C, Proctor, C & Kumar, A (2024) A qualitative investigation of the needs and gaps for developing an inclusive positive psychology training course for mental health practitioners, (in preparation for journal – expected Spring 2025).
Saunders, B., & Sims, C. (2023) Moving beyond fear in a post-Covid world within Existential Positive Psychology. Journal of Existential Positive Psychology, 12, 1. (also Feb 2023 Joshua Wong scholarship award).
McAllister, K & Sims, C (July, 2023) Can Positive Psychology strengths-based interventions evidence and support strengths-based practice in Adult Social care (White paper – published on university website).
McAllister, K & Sims, C (in preparation) Can Positive Psychology strengths-based interventions evidence and support strengths-based practice in Adult Social care (to be submitted to Adult Social Care journal).
Jones, L….Sims, C (and other authors) Positive Connections and Solitude: Contribution to Loneliness Interventions and Policy Development (publication of white paper to journal article –Journal of Community and Applied Social Psychology).
Dunn, H., & Sims, C. (2022) An exploration of the awareness, use and impact of self-compassion practices amongst UK teachers of adolescent students. European Journal of Applied Positive Psychology, 6, 13,1-14.
Sims, C. M., & Thompson, P. (2020). The effect of student leadership roles and behaviours on motivation and well-being. Journal of the Institute of Teaching and Learning, 42-43.
Sims, C. M., & Thompson, P. (2021). Pupils as leaders – It is not all about wearing a badge.Independent Schools Magazine, The professional Journal for Management and Staff, 33-33.
Cseh, Genevieve M., Smith, Matthew D., Sims, Ceri M. and Worth, Piers (2019) 5th Annual Applied Positive Psychology Symposium. In: 5th Annual Applied Positive Psychology Symposium,1st June 2019, Buckinghamshire New University High Wycombe.
Moss G A, Sims C, McDuff N, Tatam J (2018) The impact of academic leadership behaviours on BME student attainment. Leadership Insights: Leadership Foundation for Higher Education.
Sims, C. M. (2017). Second wave positive psychology coaching difficult emotions: Introducing the mnemonic of ‘TEARS HOPE’., The Coaching Psychologist, 13(2), 66-79.
Sims C (2017) What do positive psychology postgraduate students have to say about attending a coaching psychology congress? European Journal of Applied Positive Psychology, 1(5), 1-4.
Sims, C. M. (2017). Do the big-five personality traits predict empathic listening and assertive communication? International Journal of Listening, 31(3), 163-188.
Sims C (2014) Self regulation coaching to alleviate student procrastination: Addressing the likeability of studying behaviours, International Coaching Psychology Review, 9 (2), 148-164
Cheng C, Sims C, et al (2011) Sociocultural Differences in Self-Construal and Subjective WellBeing: A Test of Four Cultural Models, Journal of Cross-Cultural Psychology, 42(5), 832-855.
Karmiloff-Smith A, Tyler L, Voice K, Sims C, Udwin O, Howlin P, Davies M (1998) Linguistic dissociations in Williams Syndrome: Evaluating receptive syntax in on-line and off-line tasks, Neuropsychologia, 36, 343-351.
Sims C, Morton J (1998) Modelling the training effects of Kinaesthetic Acuity measurement in children, Journal of Child Psychology and Psychiatry, 39, 731-746.
Karmiloff-Smith A, Grant J, Sims C, Jones M, Cuckle P (1996) Rethinking metalinguistic awareness: representing and accessing knowledge about what counts as a word, Cognition, 58(2), 197-219.
Sims C, Henderson S M, Hulme C, Morton J (1996) The remediation of clumsiness 1: An evaluation of Laszlo's kinaesthetic approach, Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 38, 976-987.
Sims C, Henderson S M, Morton J, Hulme C (1996) The remediation of clumsiness 2: Is kinaesthesis the answer? Developmental Medicine and Child Neurology, 38, 988-997.
Candis Magazine feature (2021) ‘Don’t Worry: Be Happy’ Candis.co.uk.
Sims C (2000) Local newspaper: February 2000: Enfield Gazette 'Little Professors'.
Sims C (1999) How reliable are child eyewitnesses?, The Psychologist, March issue.
Sims C (1998) Childrens' memory, The Psychologist.
Sims C, Henderson S, Hulme C, Morton J (1996) An evaluation of kinaesthetic training for clumsy children, The Psychologist, August issue.
Sims C (1996) Review of: 'parenting behaviour and children's cognitive development', by Sara Meadows, In: British Journal of Developmental Psychology, 1996.
Sims C (1995) Fearless in the face of evidence. A review of 'Galen's prophesy: Temperament and human nature' by Jerome Kagan, Times Higher Education Supplement, 22 December 1995.
Conference presentations
Sims, 2025. Perspectives of Coaches and Other Positive Psychology Mental Health (PPMH) Practitioners Informing Inclusive PPMH Training Themes for the UK and India, Invited keynote presentation. 15th International Congress of Coaching Psychology, International Society of Coaching Psychology, October 2025.
Sims, C & Ayles, N (2024) Coaching with Nature: An Experiential Workshop. The European Congress of Positive Psychology, Innsbruck, Austria, July 2024.
Sims, C (2024) Mental Health Professionals: A Need for Positive Psychology Skills. International Perspectives on Psychology Learning and Teaching ASIA PLAT Conference, 2024; 1-3 August 2024, CHRIST University, Bengaluru, India
Sims, C (Nov 2022) Appreciative Coaching with a focus on applying Strengths and Hope in your Coaching Practice: (2022) ISCP 12th International Congress of Coaching Psychology.
Sims, C (2022) It's not all about wearing a badge: How leadership identity in a secondary school is associated with motivation, hope and wellbeing. The 10th European Congress of Positive Psychology, Iceland, 2022.
Sims, C (2022) Pupil Leadership in a Secondary School, MAPP 10th Anniversary Symposium, Aylesbury, July 2022.
Sims, C & Ayles, N (2022) Coaching Outdoors, MAPP 10th Applied Positive Psychology Symposium, July 2022.
Sims, C (Oct. 2019) Keynote conference presentation: Coaching Psychology from a Second Wave Positive Psychology Perspective with Strengths-based Appreciative Coaching for Leaders. 9th International Congress of Coaching Psychology, 2019.
Sims, C (11th October, 2018) Appreciative Coaching as a Positive and Coaching Psychologist; International. Society for Coaching Psychology 8th International Congress of Coaching Psychology, London, UK.
Sims, C (2018) Positive Psychology in the workplace. Bucks New University, Breakfast Briefings.
Sims C (2017) Embracing the ‘Bright’ and ‘Dark’ sides of people – bringing the second wave of positive psychology into coaching practice, International Society for Coaching Psychology. 7th International Congress of Coaching Psychology, London, UK. 18 October 2017.
Sims, C (June, 2017) Embracing the ‘Bad’ with the ‘Good’ as part of a positive psychology coaching dialogue. 9th European Conference on Positive Psychology, Budapest, Hungary.
Moss G A, Sims C (2016) Inclusive leadership: driving performance through diversity, ENEI Annual Conference, 9 March 2016, London.
Sims C (2016) Can inclusive leadership bring benefits to organisations? Poster presentation, ECCP 2016: 8th European Conference on Positive Psychology, 28 June - 1 July 2016, Angers, France.
Sims, C and Moss, G (April, 2016) What does it mean to be an Inclusive Leader? Bucks New University, Applied Social Sciences Research seminar.
Sims, C (April, 2016) What does it mean to be an Inclusive Leader and other research? Bucks New University, Applied Social Sciences Bucks New University. Awayday.
Foreman, Korallo, Boyd-Davis, Moar, Sims C (2011) Virtual environments in the teaching of historical chronology, 12th European Congress of Psychology, Istanbul, 2011.
Sims C (2008) The development of children's event memory: evidence of children's records. Middlesex University, Dubai, Research seminar presentation.
Cockerton, Sims C, Konstantinou, Klasen, Aldous, Oldman, Westley (1998) Enhancing preschoolers recall using guided cognitive interviewing procedures, Proceedings of the British Psychological Society Conference, Development section, Lancaster, September 1998.
Grant J, Sims C, Karmiloff-Smith A (1998) Language in Williams Syndrome: Morphosyntax, Cognitive Development Unit Swansong.
Sims C. & Morton, J (1998) Is kinaesthesis the crucial factor in the remediation of childhood clumsiness? Cognitive Development Unit Swansong.
Sims C (1998) Do young children remember the details of repeated events?, In: Proceedings of the British Psychological Society Conference, Developmental section, Lancaster, September 1998.
Sims C (1997) Remembering breakfast, In: Proceedings of the British Psychological Society Conference, Developmental section, Loughborough, September 1997.
Sims C, Morton J (1996) Remembering breakfast, Presented at the International Conference of Memory, Padova.
Sims C, Henderson S M, Hulme C, Morton J (1996) An evaluation of kinaesthetic training for clumsy children, Presented at the XIVth Biennial Meetings of ISSBD (International Society for the Study of Behavioural Development), Quebec City.
Sims C, Henderson S M, Hulme C, Morton J (1996) An evaluation of kinaesthetic training for clumsy children, In: Proceedings of the British Psychological Society Conference: Developmental section, Strathclyde.
Sims C, Morton J (1995) Kinaesthetic training for clumsy children, Presented at the British Psychological Society, Developmental section Conference, Glasgow.
Sims C, Henderson S M, Hulme C, Morton J (1994) An evaluation of kinaesthetic training for clumsy children, Presented at the International Conference for Developmental Psychology, Seville.
Sims C, Morton J (1993) An evaluation of kinaesthetic training for clumsy children: Some preliminary findings, Seminar on Developmental Coordination Disorder, Institute of Education, London.
Sims C, Stevenson R (1989) Do young children use definite expressions anaphorically? In: Proceedings of the Child Language Seminar, London, 1989. Aylesbury campus.