Members

Member of the executive committee of the Association for Psychosocial Studies and Associate Professor in Communications, St Mary's University.

Iris Aleida Pinzón Arteaga is a psychologist, social researcher, and Ph.D. candidate in Sociology at University of Albany, New York. She’s a member of the interdisciplinary research group ‘Violence, Language, and Cultural Studies’ of the Autonomous University of Bucaramanga (Colombia). Her research involves the deployment of psychoanalytic concepts and critical...

İlkan Can İpekçi (they/he) is a postdoctoral research fellow at Sabancı University on a cross-cultural psychological research on young and aging populations and their memory and cognitive performances. They completed their Ph.D. in Gender Studies at the same university with a dissertation on queer* trauma and the lived experiences of...

Helene Aarseth is Professor at Centre for Gender Research, University of Oslo. She is interested in psychosocial theory, Bourdieu and Frankfurt School Theory. Her research focuses on gender, class and everyday life, with a particular emphasis on parenting and social class. She is currently involved in a research project on...

I am a PhD student at the University of Central Lancashire, researching the development of adolescent identity from a psychosocial position. Previously working for many years as a teacher, I currently tutor undergraduate and postgraduate students in psychology and the social sciences, also providing mental health support.

I am a psychoanalytic candidate and poet.

A commitment to understanding human development and behaviour threads through my teaching and research. My professional journey began with training and volunteering at Youthline and working for the Intellectually Handicapped Children's Society (IHC). These experiences led me into counselling young adults, case-managing at-risk tertiary students, managing and mentoring professional staff,...

I am a MA Cultural and Critical Theory student at the University of Leeds, and am particularly interested in psychoanalytically-informed approaches to social change.

Evan Sedgwick-Jell is a Marxist cultural theorist, sociologist and psychosocial scholar. Their work examines movements challenging capitalism, and their articulations of psyche, mental health, and the social oragnisation of mental healthcare a means of questioning its dominance.

I am a professor at the Department of Caring and Ethics at the Faculty of Health Sciences at the University of Stavanger, Norway, and leads the research group “Professional Relations in Welfare Professions”. Through a psycho-social perspective, I have a special interest in the emotional, existential, relational, and ethical aspects...

I’m a psychotherapist that works mainly in private practice, but also works with the ex homeless, those afflicted with addiction and black men in forensic psychiatric hospital.

My name is Durga Menon. I am an indian psychodynamic psychotherapist new to the field of mental health. I have worked and trained in other sub-fields of psychology before beginning my career as a psychotherapist, and have graduated with a Masters' of Science in Psychology in India. Apart from my...

I am a lecturer in psychotherapy at King's College London, and an associate senior lecturer in language and intercultural education at King’s College London, working previously as programme director in counselling and psychotherapy in the Psychosocial Research Dept at Birkbeck College in London. I am also a doctoral researcher at...

Dr Deborah L. S. Wright, is a BPC registrant, a Psychotherapist in private practice and an Academic, Lecturer, and the Programme Director of the Clinical Professional Doctorate Programs, in the Department of Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies at The University of Essex, as well as an Artist, Printmaker, and Illustrator. Her...

Dr Christopher Scanlon (DPhil) independent psycho-socialist Researcher/Consultant, Consultant Adult and Forensic Psychotherapist, Training Group Analyst (Institute of Group Analysis (UK) and the Irish Group Analytic Society), professional associate Tavistock Institute for Human Relations, associate lecturer in Psychosocial Studies at the Tavistock Clinic and a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education...

Christina Buxton BSc, DipPsych, MA, MPhil, PGCertHE, FHEA, C.Psychol, AFBPsS, CSci, Reg MBACP I am a Chartered Psychologist, Associate Fellow of the BPS, and a Chartered Scientist and currently work as programme lead at the University of Chester for the Professional Doctorate in Psychological Trauma and Counselling and Psychotherapy. I...

Candida Yates is Professor of Culture and Communication at Bournemouth University; she applies a psychosocial approach to culture, politics and society and has published widely in that field. She works with academics, clinicians, creatives and cultural organisations to create new understandings of emotion and affect in the public sphere. At...

Callum Blades MA, BA (hons) is an interdisciplinary lecturer and PhD researcher at Bournemouth University with a background in psychosocial studies, psychodynamics and psychoanalysis, applying to political culture, conspiracy theories and contemporary society. He works with scholars, academics, counsellors and political theorists in order to contribute further knowledge of psychosocial...

Bita Riazati is a Lacanian psychoanalyst, clinical psychologist, and supervisor in private practice in Melbourne. She is a member of the Colorado Analytic Forum (Connected to the School of the Lacanian Field IF-EPFCL) and Lacan UK. Currently, she is working on the Tehran Lacan Psychoanalytic Project, a group dedicated to...

After a brief early career as a clinical psychologist in the British National Health Service, Barry was an academic at the University of East London, and then at Bournemouth University, where he is now Emeritus Professor of Political Psychology. Amongst his books are Disciplines of Delight: the Psychoanalysis of Popular...

Asta holds a PhD in Psychosocial Studies from the University of Central Lancashire (UCLan) and has an interest in visual methodologies. She also holds an MA in Art Psychotherapy and a Postgraduate Diploma in Group Analytic studies, as well as a BA and MA in Fine Arts.

My name is Arju Kumar; I am a PhD scholar at Jawaharlal University, New Delhi. My research is socio-psychological work using the ethnographic method; I am trying to understand the various forms of violence that manifest themselves in the Urban Poor neighbourhood, also known as Slums or JHUGGI, in Delhi....

Currently studying PGdip counselling and psychotherapy at the University of Edinburgh and have received and email about the conference. I have been feeling more and more concerned by the topics within the email and would love to join the conference. I am unsure if I can attend in person.

I am currently pursuing a professional doctorate in psychodynamic psychotherapy at the University of Essex. Before that, I trained as an individual and couple psychodynamic psychotherapist at Tavistock Relationships, the internationally renowned centre of excellence in relationship therapy, where I remain a visiting clinician. I train and supervise NHS therapists...

I am a clinical neuropsychologist from India who is currently training in neuroimaging. I have a deep interest in neurorehabilitation and how group processes may be integral to recovery of functioning and wellbeing.

Ambrose Hogan works part-time in teacher education, balancing academic responsibilities with childcare, other public service duties, and exploring how psychoanalytic thinking can assist us understand day-to-day teaching. He is a Fellow of the Chartered College of Teaching, a Scholar of the British Psychoanalytic Council, and is also engaged in performance...

Ahammed Fazariya is a mental health professional and researcher with a Master’s in Applied Psychology (Clinical and Counselling Practice) from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences, Mumbai, and a Bachelor's in Psychology from Jamia Millia Islamia, New Delhi. His work is rooted in rights-based, trauma-informed, and anti-oppressive practices that foreground...