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Tanya Richardson

PhD research student

Counselling and Psychotherapy

Outline Biography

My academic background includes degrees in Philosophy with Psychology (BA hons) and Sociology with Women’s Studies (MA). I have worked in a variety of capacities in a variety of settings over a number of years. I have consistently been in or around educational and learning contexts throughout the last 15 years.

I am a BACP Accredited Counsellor, working privately with individuals and couples in Edinburgh. I work with a broad range of issues, and have a particular interest in working with relationship difficulties around intrusion and intimacy.

Project Title

An exploration of psychoanalytic ideas of intimacy and distance in the therapeutic relationship.

Project details

I started my PhD in the Department of Counselling and Psychotherapy in September 2010, and am funded by a Career Development Studentship. My main research area of interest is in thinking about psychoanalytic ideas of differentiation and intimacy. I am interested to consider how these ideas inform understandings of counselling and psychotherapy relationships.

Publications

Publications/presentations/papers list for Tanya Richardson

Teaching

Postgraduate Certificate Counselling Studies, Core Tutor, 2011-12
Postgraduate Diploma in Counselling, PPG Tutor, 2010-12
Postgraduate Diploma in Counselling, Psychodynamic Course Tutor, 2009-2011 (Autumn 2010)
Postgraduate Certificate Counselling Studies, Practice Development Tutor, 2010-11

This article was published on May 1, 2013