Dr Sasha Walters

Clinical Psychologist

Sasha trained as a Clinical Psychologist at the University of Bath between 2012 and 2015 and has worked in specialist anxiety and depression clinics for the majority of her qualified career. Sasha is a BABCP accredited practitioner and specialises in offering evidence-based practice, namely Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, to work with young people and adults experiencing anxiety disorders, OCD and related disorders.

She joined OHSPIC after working for the National and Specialist CAMHS OCD, BDD & Related Disorders clinic at the Maudsley Hospital.

Sasha is passionate about the delivery of effective, evidence-based therapy and extends this passion beyond her own practice by providing supervision and teaching across the country to a wide range of professionals in the NHS, and in local authorities.

Prior to clinical training, Sasha completed a PhD in developmental psychopathology and continues to contribute to numerous research publications and national and international conference presentations.

Selected publications

Barton, J. A. L., Salkovskis, P., & Walters, S. (2021). Investigating the diagnostic specificity of attachment and relational needs in hoarding disorder. Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, 30.

Chessell, C., Halldorsson, B., Walters, S., Farrington, A., Harvey, K., & Creswell, C. (2022, August 5). Therapist guided, parent-led, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (CBT) for preadolescent children with Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD). Retrieved from osf.io/kw34u

Creswell, Cathy, Walters, Sasha, Halldorsson, Brynjar and Lawrence, Peter (2021) Anxiety disorders in children and young people. In, Psychology: Oxford Research Encyclopedias. (doi:10.1093/acrefore/9780190236557.013.849).

Waite, P., Dr, Klampe, M., Walters, S., & Salkovskis, P. M. (2023, April 21). Utilising Patient and Public Involvement to Increase the Acceptability of Brief CBT for OCD in Young People. https://doi.org/10.31234/osf.io/tcqm8

Walters, S. L., Salkovskis, P. M., Halldorsson, B., & Elgie, S. (2020). A preliminary investigation of excessive reassurance-seeking and attachment-related behaviours in adolescents with OCD. Journal of Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders, 24, Article 100503. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jocrd.2019.100503

Walters, S., Loades, M. & Russell, A. A Systematic Review of Effective Modifications to Cognitive Behavioural Therapy for Young People with Autism Spectrum Disorders. Rev J Autism Dev Disord 3, 137–153 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40489-016-0072-2

​Sasha Walters on ResearchGate

Public engagement

Sasha has spoken at several OCD-UK National Conferences about OCD in children and young people. Videos from some of the virtual conferences can be found here:

OCD-UK Virtual Conference Family Focus Videos

Page last reviewed: 7 March, 2025