PUBLICATIONS & WRITING
Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles
Lal, T. J. (2026). Sitting in the Soup — Negotiating the Challenges of Being an Insider in Qualitative Health Research. Qualitative Health Research.
Smith, J., Cvejic, E., Lal, T. J., Fisher, A., Tracy, M. & McCaffery, K. J. (2023). Impact of alternative terminology for depression on help-seeking intention. Journal of Clinical Psychology, 79(1), 68–85.
Counson, I., Hosemans, D., Lal, T. J., Mott, B., Harvey, S. B., & Joyce, S. (2019). Mental health and mindfulness amongst Australian fire fighters. BMC Psychology, 7(1), 34.
Joyce, S., Shand, F., Lal, T. J., Mott, B., Bryant, R. A., & Harvey, S. B. (2019). Resilience@Work mindfulness program: results from a cluster randomized controlled trial with first responders. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 21(2), e12894.
Joyce, S., Shand, F., Bryant, R. A., Lal, T. J., & Harvey, S. B. (2018). Mindfulness-based resilience training in the workplace. Journal of Medical Internet Research, 20(9), e10326.
My Book
Standing on My Brother’s Shoulders: Making Peace with Grief and Suicide — see The Book page for full details.
My Doctoral Thesis
Lal, T. J., Maple, M., Bartik, W., & Wayland, S. (2024). A Violation of Coherence: A Narrative Inquiry Study of Firefighters’ Experiences of Exposure to Suicide.
Book Contributions & Forewords
Our Invisible Wounds: A Guide to Understanding and Repairing Moral Injury
by Dominic Hilbrink (Routledge, due December 2026)
What is Post-Traumatic Growth?
by Miriam Akhtar (Watkins, 2017)
Your Joyful Years: Empowering Good Health and Happiness Beyond 50
by Professor Joyce Harper
Sirens: Inside the Shadow World of First Responders
by Martin Mackenzie-Murray
Articles & Media Writing
My Brothers Suicide. Women and Home Magazine (2020)
Making Peace with Suicide. Watkins – Mind Body Spirit Magazine (2021)
The Wounds that I Carry. Happiful Magazine, UK (2018)
The Wounds that I Carry. Happiful Magazine, UK (2018)
When Life Becomes the Question. The National Firefighter (2025)
When Life Becomes the Question. The National Firefighter (2025)
Trauma and Post Traumatic Growth. The Eden Magazine (Nov 2020)
Trauma and Post Traumatic Growth. The Eden Magazine (Nov 2020)
Real Lives. The Mail on Sunday – You Magazine (2015)
Real Lives. The Mail on Sunday – You Magazine (2015)
A framework for thriving through and beyond the pandemic. Living Now Magazine #007 (2020)
A framework for thriving through and beyond the pandemic. Living Now Magazine #007 (2020)
A framework for thriving through and beyond the pandemic. Living Now Magazine #007 (2020)
Coping with Grief at Christmas. Prima Magazine (2015)
Coping with Grief at Christmas. Prima Magazine (2015)
First Person: Standing on a brother’s shoulders
Tara J Lal recalls her brother’s death while he was an Oxford student
Oxford Mail Online, 10TH SEPTEMBER 2015
