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Faculty 2 Research and Doctoral Staff

Dr Alistair McBeath

Email: Alistair.McBeath@metanoia.ac.uk

Dr Alistair McBeath is a BPS Chartered Psychologist and Associate Fellow; he is  a UKCP registered Psychotherapist and also registered with the General Psychotherapy Council (GPsyC)). Trained at Regents College and Guys Hospital he is a senior practitioner member of the BPS Register of Psychologists Specialising in Psychotherapy. Alistair considers himself to be a researcher-practitioner and is keen to promote this identity within the psychotherapy profession.

Alistair has published widely and is co-editor, with Dr Sofie Bager-Charleson, of the popular books Enjoying Research in Counselling and Psychotherapy and Supporting Research in Counselling and Psychotherapy. Alistair works for an Edinburgh based therapeutic consultancy. His primary research interests are in mixed methods research, the process of research supervision, the motivations of psychotherapists and the creative use of online surveys. Alistair has presented at several research conferences (Metanoia, UKCP) and has wide experience of teaching how to do research within the psychotherapy. profession and make it an enjoyable experience.

 

Latest Publications 

Bager-Charleson, S., McBeath, A.G., Charura. D. & Symons, C. (2024). The importance of diversity and inclusion within the research supervision relationship:  the views of research students and supervisors.  Counselling and Psychotherapy Research.

 

McBeath, A.G., Bager-Charleson, S., & Finlay, L. (2023) Views about Mixed Methods Research from counselling  and psychotherapy research students and research supervisors. European Journal of Qualitative Research in Psychotherapy, Vol 13, 33-47.

 

Bager-Charleson, S., McBeath A.G., & Challenor, J. (2023). The relational 3C model for research supervision for counsellors, psychotherapists, and counselling psychologists, Counselling and Psychotherapy Research.