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Dr Claire Marshall

Senior Lecturer

Psychology and Social Change Research Group

Department of Social Work Counselling & Social Care , School of Childhood and Social Care

Dr Claire Marshall is a chartered psychologist. For over a decade she has worked as a Counselling Psychologist, researcher, academic and in management. Dr Marshall has consulted with national and international organisations, implementing psychosocial interventions in clinical, academic, and civic settings through individual and group programmes. Her research has focused on displaced populations and refugees in Africa, Europe, and the UK.

Qualifications

  • Doctorate in Counselling Psychology (Regent's College, 2013)
  • MA in Conflict, Displacement & Human Security (UEL, 2019)
  • MRes in Creative & Professional Writing (Roehampton University, 2017)
  • PGCert in Learning and Teaching in Higher Education (UEL, 2017)
  • Cert in Counselling and Psychotherapy (Regent's College, 2006)
  • BSc in Psychology and Creative Writing (Roehampton University, 2006)

Areas Of Interest

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  • Forced migration: refugees, IDPs and humanitarian operations in conflict and post-conflict settings

  • Psychosocial interventions in emergency (conflict and natural disaster) contexts
  • Conflict, human security, the securitisation of migration and critiquing the use of psychological knowledge in national security-related migration policy.
  • Ethnic conflicts, genocides and political violence
  • Responses to forced migration from state and non-state actors, with a particular focus on mental health policy and interventions
  • Forced migration in geopolitical discourses, social narratives and humanitarian responses, with a focus on the psychology of migration
  • Conceptualisations of forced migrants and the concept of 'Othering'
  • Refugee voices and representation
  • Humanitarian operations in conflict and post-conflict settings
  • Responses to forced migration from state and non-state actors with a focus on policy, co-ordination, and intervention
  • Qualitative mental health and psychosocial research methods contributing to an evidenced-based, holistic conceptualisation of individual experiences and auditing services
  • Deconstructing psychopathology: a salutogenic model to conceptualising distress
  • Advancing knowledge of social factors linking inequity and distress.
  • Exploring the necessary elements of how psychologists might work alongside others to facilitate the re-imagination of communities, collaborative systems, and societies.
  • Epistemology, language and ontology relating to psychological theory
  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) as ethical therapeutic clinical practice
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OVERVIEW

Dr Marshall has various clinical roles, including as the senior psychologist in a specialist trauma service, as well as providing medical-legal reports (MLRs) for immigration cases, often conducting assessments within Immigration Detention Centres in the UK. Previously she held various service-lead managerial posts. She previously also worked with humanitarians stationed in North African refugee camps. Her work in Israel and The Netherlands has contributed to projects running in collaboration with bodies such as the European Commission and the United Nations.

Dr Marshall is on the editorial board for a number of journals, including: 
 

  • Journal of Ethnic and Migration Studies
  • Displaced Voices: A Journal of Archives, Migration and Cultural Heritage
  • Journal of Psychological Therapies
  • Existential Analysis (EA) Journal
  • Frontiers in Psychology

Editorships

  • Existential Analysis

Languages

  • English (fluent)
  • Catalan (fluent)
  • Spanish (proficient)

Publications

Authored and Co-authored books

  • Luca, M., Marshall, C., & Nuttall, J. (2019). Integrative Theory and Practice in Psychological Therapies – New Directions. Open University Press. 

Book chapters

  • Alhakim J., Berdondini L., Marshall C. (2021) Humanitarian Intervention Training Programs. In: Bhugra D., Moussaoui D., Ventriglio A., Tribe R. (eds) Mental Health, Mental Illness and Migration. Mental Health and Illness Worldwide. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0750-7_32-1
  • Belyani, H., & Marshall, C. (2020). Social Justice Theory and Practice. In Tribe, R. & Morrissey, J. The Handbook of Professional, Research and Ethical Practice for Psychologists, Counsellors and Psychotherapists (3rd ed.). Routledge
  • Marshall C. (2021) Social and Political Agendas: The Securitisation of Migration and Detention as a Spectacle. In: Bhugra D., Moussaoui D., Ventriglio A., Tribe R. (eds) Mental Health, Mental Illness and Migration. Mental Health and Illness Worldwide. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0750-7_40-1
  • Marshall C. (2021) The Psychological Impact of Residing in a Refugee Camp. In: Bhugra D., Moussaoui D., Ventriglio A., Tribe R. (eds) Mental Health, Mental Illness and Migration. Mental Health and Illness Worldwide. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-0750-7_33-1
  • Tribe, R. & Marshall, C. (2020) Culture, Mental Health, and Immigrants. In Lee, E. & Moodley, R. (eds). The Routledge International Handbook of Race, Ethnicity and Culture in Mental Health. New York: Routledge.
  • Tribe, R. & Marshall, C.  (2022) Working with Interpreters. In., Hanley, T. & L.A. Winter (eds) (2nd ed). The Sage Handbook of Counselling and Psychotherapy. London: Sage
  • Tribe, R. & Marshall, C. (2023) Is there a case for using the power, threat meaning (PTMF) framework within clinical supervision? In: Tribe R., Bhugra, D. Social Justice, Social Discrimination and Mental Health: Theory, Practice, and Professional Issues. New York: Routledge.

Articles in professional journals

  • Marshall, C. (2009). All the Shades of a Rainbow in the Spectrum of Perception: The Mind-Body Phenomenology of the Therapist’s Internal Process. Hermeneutic Circular: Newsletter of the Society for Existential Analysis, July 2009.
  • Jackson, C. (2013). [Interview with Claire Marshall]. Rebuilding broken communities. Therapy Today, 24(7), 12-16.

Conference presentations/Seminars

  • 2023 (Jul) Symposium: The link between social inequity, power, and well-being: How Counselling Psychologists might adapt, build, and evolve their work - Psychologising the non-citizen: A Counselling Psychologist works within Immigration removal centres. British Psychological Society Division of Counselling Psychology Annual Conference.
  • 2022 (Jul). Symposium: Forced migration: What Counselling Psychologists Might Contribute to both Theory and Practice - The Tyranny of the Majority: ‘Refugee-ing’ and Psychopathology. British Psychological Society Division of Counselling Psychology Annual Conference.
  • 2022 (May). From policy to practice, a psychological perspective on The Inter-Agency Standing Committee (IASC) Guidelines on Mental Health And Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) In Emergency Settings. Refugee Mental Health and Place Conference organised by ESRC Centre for Society and Mental Health, Department of Population Health Sciences, King’s College London and Refugee Mental Health & Place Network.
  • 2022 (Apr). Assessing and Planning Humanitarian interventions (translated into Ukrainian, Spanish and English). 11th Annual Free Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) titled "Understanding the Rehabilitation Needs of Displaced Persons" in collaboration with the USAID-funded ReLAB-HS project to strengthen rehabilitation in health systems.
  • 2022 (Mar). Psychology, culture, and government institutions: working as a psychologist in UK detention centres. Guest lecturer for the Mental Health: Cultural Psychology and Psychiatry, MSc and Public Health, MSc at Queen Mary University London.
  • 2022 (Mar). ‘Refugee-ing’: Othering, pathologizing and other individual-social acts’.The School of Life CPD Event, UK (online).
  • 2020 (Sep.). Keynote speaker. The Inter-agency standing committee (IASC) on mental health and psychosocial support (MHPss) in Emergency Settings. Forced Migration: Reconstructing Psychosocial Theory & Practice. The UEL Forced Migration Conference 2020. Hosted by the University of East London (UEL) Psychology Department, London, U.K.
  • 2020 (May) Children, young people and families who have experienced forced migration: Psychological conceptualisations of distress and psychosocial interventions. Centre for Social Work Research (CSWR), the Victoria Climbié Foundation UK (VCF) and the BME & Migrant Advisory Group for Safeguarding Children and Young People (B-MAG), UK (online).
  • 2020 (Feb) Immigration Detention in the UK. United against Inhumanity (UAI). London, U.K.
  • 2019 (Jul.) ‘Trauma’ and ‘The Refugee’. London Conference in Critical Thought (LCCT).  Goldsmiths, University of London, U.K.
  • 2018 (Jun.) Stranger, Other, Outsider: The Conceptualisation of Forced Migrants in Contemporary Culture. The Migration Conference, University of Lisbon, Portugal.
  • 2018 (Jan.) Forced Migrants in Contemporary Culture. Society of Psychotherapy, Existential Academy, London, UK.
  • 2013 (Dec.) Experiences of Displacement and Psychosocial Support: Narratives from Northern Uganda. The Psychotherapy and Counselling Psychology Reflections Research Centre, Regent’s University, London, UK.
  • 2013 (Apr.) Experiences of Displacement and Psychosocial Support: Narratives from Northern Uganda. Migration Journeys Therapeutic Approaches Nafsiyat (Intercultural Therapy Centre) Conference, Regent’s University, London, UK.
  • 2010 (Nov.) Migratory Journeys. Grundvig Project. Vice Versa, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
  • 2010 (Oct.) Phenomenology as a Research Method. Counselling Community Outreach, Patongo, Uganda.
  • 2009 (Nov.) The Lived Experience of Being a Refugee. African Refugee Development Center, Tel Aviv, Israel.

CURRENT RESEARCH

Claire's research interests are in critical psychology and social constructionist approaches in therapeutic work. She is a member of UEL's Psychology and Social Change Research Group.

  • Experiences of Displacement, Uganda. Oct 2010

Research investigating the lived experience of displacement, psychosocial interventions and perceptions of support using hermeneutic phenomenology. Interviews were conducted in a remote disbanded refugee camp in Northern Uganda, Africa.

  • Colleagues Across Borders. 2013 – 2015

Consultancy work for UNHCR Mental Health Programme working with Colleagues Across Borders and Mother Tongue to provide culturally sensitive psychosocial support. Provided clinical guidance to psychosocial workers on assignment abroad, including with the UNHCR Mental Health Programme in Salloum Refugee Camp, Egypt.

  • Society of Existential Analysis (2011 to 2016)

Committee member: Publicist.

Conference Organiser (2011): “The Permeation of Technology in Everyday Life”.125 delegates, 17 speakers, 2 days with a budget of £8,500

  • Grundtvig Project: Guidance and Counselling Project for Migrants and Returnees. Jun 2010 – Aug 2011

Collaborated on the Grundtvig Project for the European Commission (Lifelong Learning Program). The project aimed to investigate guidance and counselling for migrants and returnees. Coordinated events, stood as a group leader and presented at a press conference for the Guidance and Counselling Project for Migrants and Returnees (European Commission). Conducted in the UK, The Netherlands and Slovakia.

  • Experiences of Migration: The African Refugee Development Centre (ARDC), Israel. Nov 2009

Piloted a research project for a UN-funded, non-statutory organisation in Israel (ARDC) working with asylum seekers from African countries. The research used qualitative methods to explore the experience of being a forced migrant. The research findings were presented to the United Nations.

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MODULES

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  • Professional Practice in Counselling Psychology 1 (PY8610)
  • Professional Practice in Counselling Psychology 2 (PY8604)
  • Perspectives on Research (PY8605)
  • Professional Practice in Counselling Psychology 3 (PY8607)
  • Supervision, Consultation and Leadership (PY8608)
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