Research output per year
Research output per year
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Accepting PhD Students
PhD projects
Projects in the following areas: (1) counsellor or psychologist professional development or supervision; (2) counselling skills learning and training, including influence of personal therapy; (3) psychotherapy process research; (4) 'alternative' interventions for wellbeing (physical activity, music).
Research activity per year
Sandy's main area of research interest is in motivations for becoming a counsellor or psychologist, and optimal professional development. She is also interested in counselling skills and alternative interventions (including music, and physical activity) to support mental health and wellbeing. Current projects include a large scale survey to examine relationships between reasons for becoming a psychologist and key variables such as attachment style, and in-depth interviews with postgraduate psychology students about their experience of training.
Research methods: Qualitative interviews, thematic analysis, interpretative phenomenological analysis (IPA), systematic review
Research design: Cohort design, randomised control trial, pre- to post-intervention comparison, survey design.
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › Research › peer-review
Stewart, Sandy (Recipient), 2011
Prize: Prize (including medals and awards)