Counselling Studies (PhD) PhD

This PhD programme is an advanced research degree enabling students to conduct in-depth independent research on a topic of their choice, thereby making a significant and original contribution to knowledge in the field of counselling and psychotherapy.<br/><br/>Counselling and psychotherapy specialise in qualitative, reflexive and critical approaches to research, and have particular expertise in practice-based research that draws directly on practitioners own therapeutic work, on the clients experience of therapy, and in narrative, reflexive and auto-ethnographic methods. <br/><br/>We are especially keen to encourage research concerned with the interface between counselling, psychotherapy and social, cultural and political life. <br/><br/>Our research portfolio is highly interdisciplinary, integrating concepts, practices and scholarship from:<br/><br/><br/>* counselling and psychotherapy<br/><br/><br/>* psychology<br/><br/><br/>* sociology<br/><br/><br/>* philosophy<br/><br/><br/>* education<br/><br/><br/>* cultural studies<br/><br/><br/>* health and social care<br/><br/><br/>* other social sciences<br/><br/><br/>Our interests include:<br/><br/><br/>* disability<br/><br/><br/>* gender<br/><br/><br/>* trauma<br/><br/><br/>* abuse<br/><br/><br/>* counselling children and young people<br/><br/><br/>* sexualities<br/><br/><br/>You can read more about our research interests and publications on our website.<br/><br/>Recent successful PhD topics have included:<br/><br/><br/>* how children express emotions in aesthetic arts curricula in primary schools<br/><br/><br/>* how suffering is transacted in therapeutic work with parents of children with disabilities; and <br/><br/><br/>* how people with anorexia recover through psychotherapy<br/>