Dr Soren
Petter
Academic Research Supervisor and Visiting Lecturer
Department
School of Psychotherapy & Counselling
Psychology
Faculty
HASS (Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences)
Professional affiliation(s)
- Health Professions Council (HPC
Practitioner Psychologist)
- British Psychological Society (Chartered
Psychologist)
- United Kingdom Council of Psychotherapy
(UKCP Registered)
- Universities Psychotherapy and Counselling
Association (UPCA)
Qualifications
- DCounsPsy, University of Essex/ Tavistock
PERU
- PgDip Psychotherapy, University of
Sheffield/ NSPC
- Post-MA DipCounsPsych, City University
London /Regents
- MA Counselling Psychology, City University
London /Regents
- BSc (Hons) Psychology, University of Surrey
Roehampton
- Pedagogic Studies, University of
Dusseldorf
Biography
Dr Petter is a qualified Psychologist and Psychotherapist who
has for many years worked in severe and enduring mental health
services in both NHS and for private sector psychiatric providers.
His specialism includes psychosis, severe trauma and anxiety
disorders, as well as psychosexual phenomena, with a special
interest in the role of shame in the formation of
psychopathology.
He currently works for the NHS East London Foundation Trust running
a psychology service on a Psychiatric Intensive Care Unit, in the
private sector as an individual and couples therapist at PPCS Ltd
and in his own private practice, as well as providing
organisational consultancy on stress reduction within systems. He
is a visiting lecturer in both Counselling and Clinical Psychology,
with a special focus on psychopathology and research.
Course Development
Dr Petter was for many years actively involved in the
development of the DCounsPsy.
PhD and Doctoral Research Supervision and
examining
Dr Petter has supervised various doctoral research projects to
completion and also acts as an internal examiner.
Research Interests
- the role of shame in conscious and unconscious processes
- projection and triangulation of powerlessness within micro and
macro systems
- psychosexual problems as an indicator of intra- and
interpersonal proximity conflicts Accreditation with professional
bodies
List of Publications
- Petter, S. (2011). Multimodal interventions for Premorbid and
Comorbid Shame: An Experiential Analysis. LAP Academic
Publishing
- Under Review:
Walker, R.; Petter, S. (2011). Identifying mitigating and
challenging beliefs in dealing with threatening patients: An
analysis of experiences of clinicians working in a Psychiatric
Intensive Care Unit. Submitted to Journal of Psychiatric
Intensive Care
Page last updated 9/15/2011