I joined the psychology department at CCCU in October 2021, shortly after being awarded my PhD in Psychology from Edinburgh Napier University. My PhD research explored Myalgic Encephalomyelitis (ME)/Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS), examining both individual and sociocultural factors in its experience, formation, and development. My teaching and research focus on critical health psychology, psychoanalysis, and qualitative research methods. While I have experience with various qualitative approaches such as thematic analysis and interpretative phenomenological analysis, my speciality lies in discourse analysis—particularly Lacanian discourse analysis. This approach draws on the psychoanalytic theory of Jacques Lacan in interpreting language.