• Group processes
• Training and HRD issues in counselling, psychotherapy and other mental health professions
• Theories of social diversity, cultural difference, social and psychological development
• The organisation and management of mental health service provision
• Figurational theory and its potential application for small-group dynamics, professional development relationships, and counselling and psychotherapy practice
• Theories of distributed, situated and organisational learning

I am interested in hearing from potential research students with interests in any of the above areas.

Current Research Projects

• The dilemmas of identity faced by psychodynamic counsellors training in cognitive-behavioural therapy
• How do counsellors interpret their professional development? A qualitative study 

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