Staff in STaCS
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Staff list
Dr Rozina Anwar
R.Anwar (@gold.ac.uk)
Prof. Christopher Baker
c.baker (@gold.ac.uk)
Religions; beliefs; postsecularity; social policy; activism; urban regeneration; co-production; corporate governance.
Marina Benini
m.benini (@gold.ac.uk)
Dance Movement Psychotherapy, Movement Analysis, child development, Mentalization, Clinical Supervision,
Prof. Claudia Bernard
c.bernard (@gold.ac.uk)
Claudia’s interests are social work with children and families, gender-based violence, and critical race theory.
Ekaterina Braginskaia
e.braginskaia (@gold.ac.uk)
Kristen Catchpole
k.catchpole (@gold.ac.uk)
Dr Keren Cohen
k.cohen (@gold.ac.uk)
Keren’s academic background is in clinical psychology, with an emphasis on trauma and well-being.
Prof. Adam Dinham
a.dinham (@gold.ac.uk)
Professor of Faith and Public Policy, and co-head of department of Social, Therapeutic and Community Studies
Louise Doherty
l.doherty (@gold.ac.uk)
Louise's research interests range from, impact and evaluation to commensality and youth and community work more broadly.
Prof. Windy Dryden
w.dryden (@gold.ac.uk)
Windy is one of the leading trainers and practitioners of Cognitive Behaviour Therapy (CBT) in the UK.
Michaela Dunn
M.Dunn (@gold.ac.uk)
Tracey French
t.french (@gold.ac.uk)
Tracey works with adolescents and families as a Registered Dance Movement Psychotherapist and Clinical Supervisor.
Dr Caroline Frizell
c.frizell (@gold.ac.uk)
Dance Movement Psychotherapy, ecopsychology, new materialism, posthuman subjectivity, critical disability studies.
Dr Andrea Gilroy
stacs (@gold.ac.uk)
Andrea has a national and international profile as an art therapy educator and researcher.
Keith Goodman
K.Goodman (@gold.ac.uk)
Keith’s practice focus is with children and families as a social worker and has research interests in child protection.
Dr Eric Harper
E.Harper (@gold.ac.uk)
Psychoanalysis at the margins (Schizo-analysis, Intersectionality, Eco-Therapy, Activism, Moveable Frames, Dreams).
Doireann Larkin
D.Larkin (@gold.ac.uk)
Suzanne Martin
suzanne.martin (@gold.ac.uk)
Professor Marjorie Mayo
m.mayo (@gold.ac.uk)
Marjorie is interested in community education and development, community cohesion and social solidarity.
Brenda Naso
b.naso (@gold.ac.uk)
Brenda Naso is a Dance Movement Psychotherapist with an interest in embodied processes, somatic practices and trauma as a psychophysical experience.
Dr Chrysanthi Nigianni
C.Nigianni (@gold.ac.uk)
I am interested in research on the fields of feminist theory, sexuality, psychoanalysis, posthuman ecophilosophies
Dr Pearson Nkhoma
P.Nkhoma (@gold.ac.uk)
My interests are Child Exploitation; Modern Slavery, Immigration & Trafficking; Gender; Poverty & Social Inequality
Helen Omand
h.omand (@gold.ac.uk)
Helen Omand is an HCPC registered art psychotherapist with experience working with children and adults.
Dr Panagiotis Pentaris
Panagiotis.Pentaris (@gold.ac.uk)
thanatology, loss and grief, EDI, religion, social policy and justice, research and ethics, transhumanism
Limore Racin
l.racine (@gold.ac.uk)
As an applied psychologist, Limore’s work focuses on mental health, culture, trauma and public health.
Sophie Roberts
s.roberts (@gold.ac.uk)
Having qualified in 2008, Sophie worked as an Art Psychotherapist within a large NHS Child and Adolescent Mental Health Service (CAMHS) Multidisciplinary team.
Dr Marina Rova
m.rova (@gold.ac.uk)
An interdisciplinary practitioner with over 20 years experience in educational, clinical and community contexts.
Dr. Mark Taylor
M.Taylor (@gold.ac.uk)
Mark has experience working with child mental health, adults with learning disabilities, and child protection.
Dr Naomi Thompson
Naomi.Thompson (@gold.ac.uk)
Naomi is a sociologist of youth and inclusion with a particular interest in faith and other intersecting identities
Dan Timariu
d.timariu (@gold.ac.uk)
Dan’s research interests include reflective practice, multi-agency working, adult learning, evaluation of impact.
Dr Atlas Torbati
atlas.torbati (@gold.ac.uk)
Andy Turner
aturn008 (@gold.ac.uk)
Andy has over thirty years’ experience in community and youth work as a practitioner, activist, trainer and manager.
Professor Diane Waller OBE
d.waller (@gold.ac.uk)
Susan Westman
s.westman (@gold.ac.uk)
Susan specialises in social policy, applied social science, community development and issues of social justice.
Mr David Woodger
d.woodger (@gold.ac.uk)
With thirty years’ experience in community development, David works with young people on issues of race and adoption.
Dr Carmen Yau
cyau (@gold.ac.uk)
Arshia Amin Choudhury
a.choudhury (@gold.ac.uk)
Arshia is a trainee clinical psychologist with research interests in adolescent mental health and crimes against women.
Dr Nicola Walker
nicola.walker (@gold.ac.uk)
Group CBT, Group Psychotherapy, Teaching and Learning in CBT.
Lara Paquete Pereira
l.paquetepereira (@gold.ac.uk)
Lara is a Co-Convener in Community Studies/ Lecturer in Social Work working with underrepresented communities.