Dr Gareth Morgan

Clinical Psychologist & Lecturer

DCLinPsy (University of Leicester)

	Research group:	Clinical Psychology
	Email:	gsm23@le.ac.uk
	Tel:	+44 (0)116 223 1643
	Fax:	+44 (0)116 223 1650
	Clinical Psychology University of Leicester Centre for Medicine Lancaster Road Leicester LE1 7H

Dr Gareth Morgan, Clinical Psychologist/Lecturer, DClinPsy, BSc(Hons), PGCert, CPsychol, FHEA

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy; Registered practitioner psychologist with the Health & Care Professions Council; Co-chair of the Association of Clinical Psychologists Climate Action Network; Registered Charted Clinical Psychologist with the British Psychological Society (BPS); Registered member of the BPS Division of Clinical Psychology (DCP); Member of the DCP Faculty for People with Intellectual Disabilities; Co-Chair of the NPB Department's Equalities Diversity and Inclusivity Committee.

I am one of the clinical lecturers on the Leicester Doctorate in Clinical Psychology (DClinPsy). I have 15 years’ experience working clinically within the NHS, predominantly within intellectual disability and adult mental health services.

Much of the teaching I deliver on the DClinPsy relates to the modules I coordinate (Diversity & anti-discriminatory practice; Systemic therapy; Working clinically with people with intellectual disabilities). I also teach on other modules on topics related to research methods and critical psychology. The majority of my teaching responsibilities are with the DClinPsy, however I also teach on and coordinate the undergraduate module on clinical psychology (PS3112).

I provide research supervision for trainee clinical psychologists. My research interests include : the climate crisis and clinical psychology; diagnosis, identity and stigma; the Power Threat Meaning Framework; supporting people with intellectual disabilities and their carers; assessing mental capacity and applications of the Mental Capacity Act; forced marriage and people with intellectual disabilities; and critical/constructionist understandings of identity and psychological practice. Examples of recent projects that I have supervised are listed below.

Trainee projects supervised

Harris, A. (2019) The structure and psychometric properties of the BERRI: An Outcome measure for Looked After Children in residential care. Leicester DClinPsy thesis. https://leicester.figshare.com/articles/The_Structure_and_Psychometric_Properties_of_the_BERRI_an_Outcome_Measure_for_Looked_After_Children_in_Residential_Care/10305311

Siverns, K. (2019). 'If only I could have said; if only somebody was listening': Mothers' experiences of placing their child into care in the context of trauma. Leicester DClinPsy thesis. https://leicester.figshare.com/articles/_If_Only_I_Could_Have_Said_If_Only_Somebody_Was_Listening_Mothers_Experiences_of_Placing_their_Child_into_Care_in_the_Context_of_Trauma/10305275/1

Cope, K. (2018). Female care staff experiences of working with males with intellectual disabilities who display sexualised challenging behaviour: An interpretative phenomenological approach. Leicester DClinPsy thesis. https://leicester.figshare.com/articles/The_experiences_of_female_care_staff_supporting_men_with_intellectual_disabilities_with_sexualised_challenging_behaviour_An_Interpretative_Phenomenological_Analysis/10245407/1

Jones, R. (2018) How does deinstitutionalisation affect the quality of life of service users with intellectual disabilities? An eight year follow up of adults who moved out of long stay hospital accommodation. https://pdfs.semanticscholar.org/af69/4c8170dc570ded29e98d9f4ed3a0ed4846f2.pdf

Smith, A. (2018). Understanding the experiences of unaccompanied asylum-seeking young people as they turn eighteen whilst subject to UK immigration control. Leicester DClinPsy thesis. https://lra.le.ac.uk/bitstream/2381/43022/1/2018SMITHADCLINPSY.pdf

Rich, E. (2017). Getting ready to move on: Considering attachment within young peoples’ experiences of preparing to transition out of CAMHS. (2^nd supervisor). Leicester DClinPsy thesis.

Wright, L. (2017). Women's experience of decision making regarding prophylactic mastectomy. (2^nd supervisor). Leicester DClinPsy thesis. https://lra.le.ac.uk/handle/2381/40400

Hull, N. (2016). Parents’ experiences of caring for an adopted child: An interpretive phenomenological analysis. Leicester DClinPsy thesis. https://lra.le.ac.uk/handle/2381/38218

Recent publications

Siverns, K. & Morgan, G. (2021) ‘If only I could have said, if only somebody was listening’: Mothers’ experiences of placing their child into care. Adoption Quarterly, DOI: 10.1080/10926755.2021.1908473

Siverns, K. & Morgan, G. (2019). Parenting in the context of historical childhood trauma: An interpretive meta-synthesis. Child Abuse & Neglect, 98, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2019.104186

Clawson, R. … Morgan, G.…. & Wilson, S. (2018). My marriage, my choice: Practice guidance toolkit for assessing capacity to consent to marriage. University of Nottingham: Nottingham. https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/groups/mymarriagemychoice/documents/toolkit.pdf

Morgan, G., Melluish, S. & Welham, A. (2017). Exploring the relationship between postmigratory stressors and mental health for asylum seekers and refused asylum seekers in the UK. Transcultural Psychiatry, 54, 653-674.DOI:10.1177/1363461517737188Recent publications