What The Research Centre is Like
The SPC Reseach Centre actively promotes a
non-doctrinaire, integrative attitude to psychotherapy and
counselling psychology research, with critical theory and
philosophy reflection and a reflective clinical
practice.
By bringing together existential/phenomenological,
psychoanalytic, humanistic, integrative and cognitive behavioural
concepts, staff expose students to difference in conceptualisation,
richness in epistemological traditions and philosophical principles
, enabling the development of a more open, reflective thinking to
philosophy, theory and practice.
This attitude allows competing and diverse models to be
considered both conceptually and experientially so that their areas
of interface and divergence can be exposed, considered and
clarified. The aim is to highlight the value of holding the tension
between contrasting and often contradictory ideas, of ‘playing
with’ their experiential possibilities and of allowing a
paradoxical security, which can ‘live with’ and at times even
thrive in the absence of final and fixed truths. Research in the
School emanates from and reflects this attitude.
Outstanding Reputation
The SPCP Research Centre enjoys an outstanding
reputation for existential & phenomenological research in
psychotherapy and counselling psychology grounded in
Masters and Doctorate Programmes offered by the School of
Psychotherapy and Counselling Psychology, at Regent’s College over
many years. Research programmes within SPCP were established in
1977.
Staff are involved in a wide range of projects supervising both
PhD by research and Taught Doctorate research students. The Centre
also supports s well-established masters programme in Psychotherapy
and Counselling.
The Centre runs events, including conferences, seminars and
short courses including research training.
Many members of staff are clinicians as well as scholars. Strong
links are maintained with the local NHS and other services,
institutions, and centres of excellence.
Page last updated 11/12/2010