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Post Qualification Doctorate Staff Team

Head of Department

Professor Simon du Plock
DPsych (Prof), MA, MA, BSc (Hons), AdvDipExPsych, C.Psychol, Chartered Counselling Psychologist, C.Sci, AFBPsS, FRSM, UKCP Registered Psychotherapist, Foundation Member with Senior Practitioner Status of BPS Register of Psychologists Specialising in Psychotherapy, European Certificate of Psychotherapy.

Module Leaders and Academic Advisers

Dr Sofie Bager-Charleson
PhD, MSc, BSc, BACP, AHPP,UKCP Registered Psychotherapist.

Dr Stephen Goss
BA, Dip. Couns., Cert. Supervision, PhD, MBACP.

Academic Advisers

Professor Paul Barber
PhD, MSc, BA, RNT, SRN, RMN, RNMS, UKCP Registered Psychotherapist, Fellow Roffey Park Institute.

Dr.Ruth Caleb
DPsych (Prof), MA, PGDip Research Studies, BSc (Hons), UKCP Registered Psychotherapist.

Dr Nigel Copsey
DPsych (Prof), MSc, BD, AKC, MTh, UKCP Registered Psychotherapist.

Dr Sally Denham-Vaughan
DPsych, BSc (Hons), MSc, AFBPsS, C.Psychol, Chartered Clinical Psychologist, Chartered Counselling Psychologist, Coaching Psychologist, Dip GPTI, TSM (GPTI), UKCP Registered Psychotherapist, MSCP.

Professor Ken Evans
DPsych, Dip Sac Admin, BSc, Fellow Royal Society of Arts, Fellow EAIP, UKCP Registered Psychotherapist, European Certificate of Psychotherapy.

Dr Alistair McBeath
PhD, MA, BSc, C.Psychol, AFBPsS, BACP Accredited Practitioner, Foundation Member with Senior Practitioner Status of BPS Register of Psychologists Specialising in Psychotherapy, European Certificate of Specialist Expertise in Psychotherapy.

Dr Werner Prall
PhD, MSc, MA, UKCP Registered Psychoanalytic and Integrative Psychotherapist.

Dr Christine Stevens
PhD, MA, BSc, UKCP Registered Psychotherapist

Recognition of Academic Learning Consultant

Dr Neil Gordon
DPsych (Prof), MSc, Dip Psych Couns, Dip Clin Teaching, PGCE, RMN, RNT, Fellow of Higher Education Academy.

Administration Staff


Academic Coordinator

Mandy Kersey

Middlesex University

Dr. Annette Fillery-Travis
MA, PhD, CCHEM, FRSC, Link Tutor.

Academic Consultants, include:


Professor Julia Buckroyd
UKCP Registered Psychotherapist.

Professor Michael Carroll
C.Psychol, PhD, MA, BA, BACP Registered Supervisor, Visiting Industrial Professor, University of Bristol, Fellow BACP, Fellow APECS Accredited Executive Coach and Executive Coach Supervisor.

Professor Kim Etherington
PhD, MSc, Dip.Coun., Dip.Occup.Therapy.

Emeritus Professor Douglas Hooper
Consultant Clinical Psychologist, PhD, BA FBPsS, C.Clin.Psychol, C.Counselling Psychol, FBACP, Chair, Centre of Social Policy, Dartington Warren House Research Group, Vice President National Relate.

Dr. Anne Kearns
DPsych (Prof), MSc.

Dr. Anne-Marie Salm
PhD, Dr. Biol. Hom, Diplom Psychology (Germany), Chartered Clincal Psychologist, Chartered Counselling Psychologist.