Dr Edith Steffen

Honorary Associate Professor in Counselling Psychology Associate Professor in Counselling Psychology at the University of Plymouth from July 2021-October 2023 Co-Chair, Faculty Research Ethics and Integrity Committee (Psychology) 2021-2023
HCPC registered Counselling Psychologist since 2011
Prior to joining the University of Plymouth in July 2021, I was a Senior Lecturer in Counselling Psychology at the University of Roehampton (2018-2021), a Lecturer in Counselling Psychology at the University of Roehampton (2015-2018) and at the University of East London (2014-2015), a Research Fellow at the University of Surrey (2013-14) and an Associate Lecturer at the Open University (2009-2013).
I also hold a post as a senior counselling psychologist in community mental health (working-age adults) in the National Health Service (Surrey and Borders Partnership Foundation Trust, SABP) and have had a small private practice since 2014. 

• Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society (AFBPsS)
• Chartered Member of the British Psychological Society (CPsychol)
• Fellow of the Higher Education Authority (FHEA)
• Full Member of the Division of Counselling Psychology (DCoP)
• Registered Practitioner Psychologist/Counselling Psychologist with the Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
• EMDR Europe Accredited Practitioner 
• Registered EuroPsy Psychologist with the European Federation of Psychologists Association

Practicum Faculty, Portland Institute for Loss and Transition

Lilit Torosyan (PsychD): The role of spirituality and religion in the lives of refugee women in the UK: A thematic analysis Lydia Rowland-Greenstone (PsychD, 2022): How do voice-hearers understand the personal significance of the origins, identities and content of their voices? An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (University of Roehampton)
Diego Vitali (PhD, 2022): Evidence-based principles for the conduction of group psychotherapy with chronic pain patients (University of Roehampton)
Jacqueline Aug (DCPsych, 2021): A phenomenological inquiry into how transcendent experiences among existential therapists influence their practice (New School of Psychotherapy and Counselling)
Helena Nundy (PsychD, 2020): Continuing bonds: The grief experience of adults bereaved by parental suicide during childhood (University of Roehampton)
Claire Vowell (PsychD, 2020): Clients’ perceptions of helpful and unhelpful factors following group grief therapy: A thematic analysis (University of Roehampton)
Ruth Anderson (PsychD, 2020): A qualitative exploration of cancer patients’ experiences of moments of relational depth with their therapist during psychological therapy (University of Roehampton)
Petra Kagleder (PsychD, 2020): Teaching epistemology in counselling psychology: An empirical analysis of the perceptions of stakeholders in counselling psychology training (University of Roehampton)
Marta Chromekova (PsychD, 2020): Therapists’ experiences of working with male clients with a history of childhood sexual abuse – implications for counselling psychology practice: An interpretative phenomenological analysis (University of Roehampton)
Laura Tinsley (PsychD, 2020): Therapists’ experiences of delivering CBT for clients with alcohol use problems: A thematic analysis (University of Roehampton)
Terence Sergeant (PsychD, 2019): Making the best of both worlds: A constructivist grounded theory study of Chinese Gay men in Britain (University of Roehampton)
Jesca Tukahebwa (PsychD, 2019): African immigrant women survivors of domestic abuse: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of their perceptions and experiences of counselling and support services in the UK (University of Roehampton)
Amy Crossley-Lewis (PsychD, 2018): The experience and meaning of compassion and self-compassion for individuals with an eating disorder presenting to a compassion-focused treatment (Roehampton)
Ian Hodges (DCPsych, 2017): Exploring the phenomenology of non-clinical depression: A Q-methodological study (New School of Psychotherapy and Counselling)
Danielle Phoenix (DCPsych, 2017): How individuals who experience phenomena that have been described as ‘conversion disorder’ experience agency in their lives (New School of Psychotherapy and Counselling)
Paula Seth (DProf, 2017): Being opened: A hermeneutic-phenomenological enquiry into the existential therapist's lived experience of wonder (New School of Psychotherapy and Counselling)
Emma Jartell (DCPsych, 2016): The experience of losing a sibling in adult life: An interpretative phenomenological analysis (New School of Psychotherapy and Counselling)
Nicola Taylor (PsychD, 2015): The use of music in facilitating change within the therapeutic relationship: An interpretative phenomenological analysis of therapists’ accounts (University of Surrey)

I currently do not fulfill any teaching responsibilities at the University of Plymouth 2021-2023: My teaching mainly fell into the areas of counselling and clinical psychology as well as qualitative research methods.
I was Deputy Programme Lead of the MSc in Clinical Psychology where I also led on the module

• PSYC791: Foundations of clinical psychology

I also contributed to the MSc Clinical Associate Psychologist where I led on the module

• PSYC7990: Assessment, Formulation and Therapeutic Skills

Furthermore, I contributed to qualitative research methods teaching on the BSc in Psychology, and I taught on the final-year module PSYC601 Current Topics in Psychology, where I provided an introduction to counselling psychology approaches to grief and bereavement.