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Professor Margie Callanan

Director of Salomons (Advisor)

School of Psychology and Life Sciences

I qualified as a Clinical Psychologist in 1984 completing a three-year MSc at University of East London. This training was characterised by great experience in a range of approaches and therapies (Systemic, Couple Therapy, Group Analysis, Sex Therapy and CBT,) including neuropsychological experience and practice. This training fostered a deep respect for social constructionist thinking and paradigms.

I worked as a Clinical Researcher at the National Hospital for Nervous Diseases in Queen Square, completed my PhD (Neuropsychological Investigation of MS and MRI Correlates) under the supervision of Professor Elizabeth Warrington (FRS) awarded by the Institute of Neurology at the University of London. Concurrent with this I undertook Systemic Therapy training at the Institute of Family Therapy in London and so began my life-long interest and passion for Systemic Psychotherapy and thinking.

My research and clinical practice have been rooted in professional (e.g. supervision, team building, compassionate approaches) and interpersonal areas of interest. Further training in Process Consultancy and Interpersonal Psychotherapy underpins my current work in Staff Development and Support through Compassionate Process Supervision. My clinical work has spanned Neuropsychology (Kings College Hosiptal) and Primary Care (Institute of Psychiatry) and Adolescent Services. Currently my psychotherapeutic work is support of individuals with serious mood disorder and couples in relationship breakdown. I have Level 1 and Level 2 training in Emotion Focused Therapy, as well as training in Emotion Focused Couple Therapy. I have been a trainer in Clinical Psychology since joining Salomons in 1990 - chairing the BPS national Committee on Training in Clinical Psychology amongst other roles in the BPS. I supervise a wide range of disciplines and grades within healthcare. I was awarded a Chair in Clinical Psychology in 2010. Currently I am the Director of the Salomons Institute for Applied Psychology and the Programme Director of the Clinical Psychology Doctorate.

I provide workshops in Supervision, Individual and Group provision, which is pan-discipline in nature. I have provided workshops on Reflective Practice and Consultancy in the Clinical Psychology Paradigm. I am an active member of the Group of Trainers in Clinical Psychology of the British Psychological Society. I am HCPC registered (PYL03321) and a member of the International Society for Emotion Focused Therapy.

I have taken the lead role in Knowledge Exchange activity within Clinical Psychology since 1999; undertaking commissioned work within public sector services at organisational, team and individual levels. Projects have included Knowledge Transfer work for the NHS R&D department, development of CPD frameworks for a large Mental Health Foundation Trust, provision of supervision to Health specialists and to third sector practitioners. This commissioned work also included providing a Psychological Therapies Support Service for staff within a Mental Health Trust. As I am now Director of Salomons Institute, and Director of the Clinical Psychology Doctorate Programme, I no longer take the lead role but I continue to engage in Knowledge Exchange activity around Process Supervision (training and consultancy provision in this model and provision of supervision to practitioners). A major contrast included work with the Family Nurse Partnership programme in Kent for whom I provided monthly psychological consultancy until early 2019. Currently I provide clinical supervision and mentoring for senior practitioners.

Research Projects

  • A RELEASE FROM BONDS; A QUALITATIVE CROSS-CULTURAL STUDY ON STUDENTS’ SOCIAL AND DRINKING BEHAVIOUR. Researcher(s): Miss STEFANIA KONSTA. Supervisor(s): Dr Dennis Nigbur, Professor Margie Callanan. [Postgraduate Research Project]
  • A study of trauma and coping in police officers who investigate rape and child abuse in London.. Researcher(s): Mr Jim Foley. Supervisor(s): Professor Alex Hassett, Dr Emma Williams, Professor Margie Callanan. [Postgraduate Research Project]
  • Academic staff/University Lecturers experience of managing preregistration health and social care students with mental health issues. Researcher(s): Mrs Alison Rae. Supervisor(s): Professor Alex Hassett, Professor Margie Callanan, Dr Paul Newton. [Postgraduate Research Project]
  • An examination of dose in mindfulness-based programs and mindfulness practice through a dose-response meta-regression and randomised controlled experiments. Researcher(s): Dr SARAH STROHMAIER. Supervisor(s): Dr Fergal Jones, Professor Margie Callanan, Dr James Cane. [Postgraduate Research Project]
  • An investigation into workplace support for bereaved employees.. Researcher(s): Dr Leanne Flux. Supervisor(s): Professor Alex Hassett, Professor Margie Callanan. [Postgraduate Research Project]
  • Credibility and health professional academics - a discursive exploration based on midwifery. Researcher(s): Mrs Faith Manyema-Nicol. Supervisor(s): Dr Sue Holttum, Professor Margie Callanan, Dr Sarah Cant. [Postgraduate Research Project]
  • Engagement, Disengagement and Non-Engagement with Sustainable Healthcare: An exploratory sequential design. Researcher(s): Dr Chloe Griggs. Supervisor(s): Professor Alex Hassett, Professor Margie Callanan. [Postgraduate Research Project (past)]
  • Exploration of Online Social Support for Breastfeeding Mothers. Researcher(s): Dr Mandy Wagg. Supervisor(s): Professor Alex Hassett, Professor Margie Callanan. [Postgraduate Research Project (past)]
  • Staff Retention and Health and Care Staff Wellbeing. Researcher(s): Mr Dave Hearn. Supervisor(s): Professor Tony Lavender, Dr James Brighton, Professor Margie Callanan. [Postgraduate Research Project]
  • To develop a neuroscience-based framework that supports the understanding and prevention of workplace bullying. Researcher(s): Ms Leanne Glenys Drew-McKain. Supervisor(s): Professor Alex Hassett, Professor Margie Callanan. [Postgraduate Research Project]
  • Trauma-informed Psychosexual Therapy: Exploring the integration of the two approaches. Researcher(s): Mrs Nicola Pinder. Supervisor(s): Dr Tamara Leeuwerik, Professor Margie Callanan. [Postgraduate Research Project]
  • Wide-area (city-wide and non-urban) programmes aiming to improve population-level mental health and wellbeing. Researcher(s): Dr Phil Moore. Supervisor(s): Professor David Lane, Professor Margie Callanan. [Postgraduate Research Project]
  • Young people in care’s perspective on their psychological adjustment as an addition to the BERRI questionnaire. Researcher(s): Miss Amy Malone. Supervisor(s): Professor Alex Hassett, Professor Margie Callanan. [Postgraduate Research Project]
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Contact me

margie.callanan@canterbury.ac.uk
01227 927094

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Faculty of Science, Engineering and Social Sciences
School of Psychology and Life Sciences
Salomons Institute for Applied Psychology