Dr Mark Hoelterhoff

Dr Mark Hoelterhoff (PhD)

Lecturer in Clinical Psychology and Programme Director for Staff Learning and Teaching Development

Email: mark.hoelterhoff@ed.ac.uk

Street: School of Health in Social Science
Medical School, Doorway 6
Teviot Place
City: Edinburgh
Post code: EH8 9AG

Please contact via email

Biography

Background

I have been working in the field of mental health for over 20 years. My clinical experience includes settings within private practise and third sector mental health organisations in the USA and UK. I’ve provided individual and family psychotherapy to clients who have wide-ranging mental health experiences; I promote developing strengths to enable individuals and communities to thrive. My work is based on positive psychology which is founded in the belief that people want to find meaning, develop their potential and live fulfilling lives. In addition to health care settings, I’ve worked at several higher education institutions before coming to the University of Edinburgh.

Qualifications

PhD Psychology at University of Plymouth

MA Psychology at Alliant University

MA Counselling Psychology at Trinity International University

BA Psychology at University of Dayton

Responsibilities & affiliations

British Psychological Society Chartered Psychologist

Health and Care Professioal Council Registered Practitioner Psychologist (Counselling Psychology)

Higher Education Academy Senior Fellow

Teaching & PhD supervision

Undergraduate teaching

Psychological Therapies for the BSc in Psychology

Postgraduate teaching

Psychological Therapies for the MSc in Psychology of Mental Health

Trauma Across the Lifespan for the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology

Open to PhD supervision enquiries?

Yes

Research

Research summary

Developing resilience through an agentic strengths-based education strategy promoting well-being among young people at risk of vulnerability* in a global context.

*Populations of interest:

Young people in low and middle-income countries/communities (LMIC)
Students and new career professionals in demanding vocations
Individuals and communities affected by trauma
Systems that support health promotion choices to improve hardiness

Current research interests

-Education linked to outcomes of well-being in LMIC -Re-settled refugees and community-based -Mental health awareness training among traditional healers -Establishing well-being among resettled refugees utilising social enterprise and health-promoting interventions. -Burnout among high stress job demands -Locus of control and professional engagement and flow. -Agentic protective factors in PTSD and psychiatric-comorbidity -Posttraumatic growth -Religious coping and existential attitude. -Whole food plant-based diets and mental health.

Projects

Current project grants

2019 (£50,000) College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences SFC Official Development Assistance Global Challenges Internal Fund
Project Title: Strong minds, strong lives: Building enduring partnerships through co-design of a rural mental health service and research strategy in Malawi.

2018-2019. Erasmus+ KA2 – Strategic partnership for innovation in the adult field
Project: Support potential entrepreneurs with a migrant/refugee background to start and develop business initiatives in the Blue Growth economy on behalf of the Scottish Islands Federation.

Past project grants

2018 (£14,981) The Global Academies and Edinburgh Global Research and Partnership Fund (LMIC).
Project: Growing strong kids in Malawi: A collaborative needs analysis between a Scottish research team and MamaLita School in Namwera, Malawi.

2018 (£9123). The College of Radiographers
Project: Studying resilience among newly qualified radiographers

2016 (£5,000) University of Cumbria Research and Development Funding
Project: Exploring the role of social capital in the Storm Desmond flood.

2012 (£1200) University of Cumbria Research and Development Funding
Project: The impact of sustainable development activities on health and well-being in a Senegalese population..

2005-2010 (£21,075) University of Plymouth PhD Scholarship funding

2006 ($25,000) Lions Club International Start Up Grant
Project: Lions Quest well-being pilot programme for Lithuanian primary school children.

Publications

The challenges and opportunities of informed consent in LMIC 17 Oct 2018
Contribution to conference › Abstract (Accepted/In press)
Death anxiety resilience; a mixed methods investigation (17 pages) Sep 2017 In: Psychiatric Quarterly, vol. 88, no. 3, pp. 635-651
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s11126-016-9483-6
Contribution to journal › Article (Published)
Cognitive theories of depression in online peer support forums : Exploring the cognitive triad (8 pages) 4 Aug 2017 In: Journal of European Psychology students, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 7-14
DOI: https://doi.org/10.5334/jeps.405
Contribution to journal › Article (Published)
Posttraumatic stress disorder following asthma attack : The role of agency beliefs in mediating psychiatric morbidity 4 Jul 2017 In: Journal of Mental Health, vol. 26, no. 4, pp. 342-350
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/09638237.2017.1340628
Contribution to journal › Article (E-pub ahead of print)
What change processes does team formulations facilitate in intellectual disability (ID) staff teams? : A practitioner’s perspective 2017
Contribution to conference › Paper (Published)
The role of social capital in developing flood resilience 2017
Contribution to conference › Paper (Published)
A theoretical exploration of death anxiety 22 Dec 2015 In: Journal of Applied Psychology and Social Science, vol. 1, no. 2, pp. 1-17
Contribution to journal › Article (Published)
Resilience against death anxiety in relationship to post-traumatic stress disorder and psychiatric co-morbidity 2015
Contribution to conference › Paper (Published)
Resilience against death anxiety in the face of trauma; the role of self-efficacy 28 Oct 2013 In: Comprehensive Psychiatry, vol. 54, no. 8, pp. e24
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.comppsych.2013.07.027
Contribution to journal › Article (Published)
Death anxiety and well-being; coping with life-threatening events (12 pages) 2013 In: Traumatology, vol. 19, no. 4, pp. 280-291
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/1534765613477499
Contribution to journal › Article (Published)
A phenomenological study of Senegalese eco-projects; the connection between well-being and sustainable development activities 2012
Contribution to conference › Paper (Published)
Resilience against death anxiety in relationship to post-traumatic stress disorder and psychiatric co-morbidity (239 pages) 2010
Thesis › Doctoral Thesis (Published)
Membership stability and performance : A study of baseball clubs and laboratory group 2010
Contribution to conference › Paper (Published)
Saving ecopsychology from itself; the need for scientific enquiry 2010 In: History & Philosophy of Psychology, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 63-68
Contribution to journal › Article (Published)
Trauma reaction in the light of Kierkegaard’s concept of self 2010 In: History & Philosophy of Psychology, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 84-89
Contribution to journal › Article (Published)
Advice from a sceptic : There is room for naturalism in ecopsychology? 2010 In: European Journal of Ecopsychology, vol. 1, pp. 52-63
Contribution to journal › Article (Published)
The terror management in people with posttraumatic stress 2008
Contribution to conference › Paper (Published)
The theoretical and philosophical relationship between existential choice, psychodynamic determinism and trauma reaction 2007
Contribution to conference › Paper (Published)
Cross-cultural complexities; barriers or pathways to transformation in the classroom? 2007
Contribution to conference › Paper (Published)
Training and Integration for Future Psychologists and Counsellors 2006
Contribution to conference › Paper (Published)

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This article was published on Jul 19, 2019