BA Therapeutic Communication and Therapeutic Organisations

Our expert staff What sets our teaching team apart is that each one blends clinical experience and expertise in their field with the academic rigour for which the Centre for Psychoanalytic Studies has such a reputation You will be taught by lecturers who have years of experience working directly with troubled individuals and groups in specialist settings This means they can draw upon not only the enduring academic tradition and the latest research in the field of psychoanalytic studies but also upon years of clinical experience as teachers, psychotherapists, and therapeutic community practitioners Dr Chris Nicholson has some 15 years experience working in residential childcare and therapeutic communities His PhD thesis concerned the effects of war trauma upon the literary works of Robert Graves He is the primary author and editor of Children and Adolescents in Trauma: Creative Therapeutic Approaches published in 2010 Chris sits on the Advisory Board for Children and Young People at the Royal College of Psychiatrists’ Therapeutic Communities section He speaks at both national and international conferences and teaches here as well as in Greece Mr Chris Tanner is an expert and lecturer in organisational dynamics and leadership He gained postgraduate qualifications in special education, psychoanalytic studies (MA), and organisational consultancy (PGDip) Chris brings many years experience in special education and therapeutic communities having held a number of leaderships and directorships roles In addition, Chris is a highly regarded organisational consultant working across diverse sectors in the UK He is a Specialist Member of the Ministry of Justice Health, Education and Social Care Tribunal Mrs Sue Kegerreis is both an adult and child and adolescent psychotherapist Sue has published numerous journal papers and chapters including her book Psychodynamic Counselling with Children and Adolescents: An Introduction in 2010 Sue...