Craig G. Hutchison
Senior Teaching Fellow
- Counselling, Psychotherapy and Applied Social Sciences
- School of Health in Social Science
Contact details
- Tel: 0131 650 3885
- Email: craig.hutchison@ed.ac.uk
Address
- Street
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2.11, 24 Buccleuch Place
- City
- Post code
- EH8 9LN
Background
Craig Hutchison joined the University of Edinburgh in 2008. An experienced person-centred counsellor/psychotherapist and supervisor, he delivers on the professional education programmes in counselling and psychotherapy, working as a programme director and core tutor.
Craig has been in practice since 1998 and is a registered accredited member of both BACP and COSCA, as well as a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Prior to joining the university he worked in the voluntary sector as manager of a range of mental health services for adult survivors of child sexual abuse, as manager of counselling services for gay and bisexual men, and as depute co-ordinator of a telephone helpline. He had also been involved for many years in delivering equality and diversity training for a range of audiences, including social workers and Lothian and Borders police, and in providing training on sexuality and sexual violence. He was a member of BACP's Equality and Diversity Forum for three years and sat on the Scottish Government's Reference Group on the needs of adult survivors of child abuse, advising on national policy.
His therapeutic practice is influenced by experiential theory, and particularly by Eugene Gendlin's philosophical and therapeutic work, and he has a particular interest in therapeutic and personal development groups, and in embodiment in therapeutic work.
Postgraduate teaching
Programme Director: Pg Diploma in Counselling (2016-2018)
Programme Director: Master of Counselling - Interpersonal Dialogue (2016-2018)
Open to PhD supervision enquiries?
No
Research summary
Person-Centred / Experiential psychotherapy; Organismic psychology; Focusing; Phenomenology; Pre-Therapy; LGBT Counselling
Current research interests
I am currently interested in the organismic underpinnings of person-centred therapy, with a particular interest in the lived body, experiencing and the 'felt sense'.Past research interests
I have investigated heterosexual counsellors' experiences of working with gay male clients, and person-centred group therapy.-
Trusting the process? Anxiety-provoking situations as challenges to the symbolization and processing of experience in person-centered groups
(14 pages)
In:
Person-Centered and Experiential Psychotherapies, vol. 14, pp. 47-61
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/14779757.2014.981654
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Welcome, Stigmatised, and Mundane: Heterosexual therapists' perceptions of their gay male clients
Research output: Contribution to Conference › Paper (Published) -
Unlimited Intimacy [book review]: Reflections on the Subculture of Barebacking
(2 pages)
In:
Psychology and Sexuality, vol. 2, pp. 181-182
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
An Introduction to Masculinities [book review]
(5 pages)
In:
Sexual and relationship therapy, vol. 25, pp. 235-237
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/14681991003647093
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Book/Film/Article review (Published) -
Feeling Queer or Queer Feelings [book review]
(2 pages)
In:
AUCC Journal, pp. 38-39
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Vicarious Traumatisation in Practitioners Who Work with Adult Survivors of Sexual Violence in Child Sexual Abuse: Literature Review and Directions for Future Research
(10 pages)
In:
Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, vol. 9, pp. 47-56
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/14733140802656479
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Disorienting Sex and Gender
(4 pages)
In:
AUCC Journal, pp. 8-11
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
The Therapeutic Use of Self in Recovery-Oriented Relationships
Web publication › Other contribution (Published) -
Responses from the Lesbian and Gay Psychology Section to Crossley's "Making Sense of Barebacking"
(10 pages)
In:
British Journal of Social Psychology, vol. 46, pp. 667-677
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Comment/debate (Published) -
Building Partnerships with the Voluntary and Community Sectors
(3 pages)
In:
The Psychologist, vol. 19, pp. 156-158
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article (Published) -
Getting it Right: LGBT Research Guidelines
(22 pages)
Research output: › Other report (Published)