As I come to the end of my first year of training to be a psychotherapist, here are some of my thoughts on two of the central philosophical tenets of Person-Centred and Experiential Psychotherapy (PCEP). The philosophy one holds is a theory or even a set of values that acts…

I have considered myself a qualitative researcher since I used my undergraduate BSc Psychology dissertation to explore students’ perceptions of suicide. At the time, I was working as a befriender at Maytree Respite Centre for the Suicidal. …

As we find ourselves in the midst of a global pandemic, many of us are prompted to reflect on our own mortality. Such existential contemplation may lead us to consider what constitutes meaning in our lives. Human search for meaning is of course not new, perhaps it is the very…

I write this having recently received the wonderful news of being accepted for training as a Person-Centred and Experiential Psychotherapist. I plan to continue blogging as I embark on this new exciting professional and personal journey. Having undertaken personal therapy in the past, I associate the profession with sage wisdom…

There is an assumption that retention in higher education is always one of the goals of teaching activities. The predominantly economically-driven push for retention (e.g. Simpson, 2005) may mean that students are audited and monitored in a fashion which removes their autonomy and freedom of choice. An example may be…

My teaching in the field of business psychology acts as the focus of this article. Business psychology as a discipline uniquely combines evidence-based business and psychological knowledge in order to nurture ethical future psychologists and business practitioners. …