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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)

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.

TEACHING

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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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Publications

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