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"If I See Somebody. I'll Immediately Scope Them Out": Anorexia Nervosa Clients' Perceptions of Their Therapists' Body (2013)
Journal Article
Rance, N., Clarke, V., & Moller, N. (2014). "If I See Somebody. I'll Immediately Scope Them Out": Anorexia Nervosa Clients' Perceptions of Their Therapists' Body. Eating Disorders, 22(2), 111-120. https://doi.org/10.1080/10640266.2013.860847

Although people with eating disorders are known to observe and assess body related stimuli, research has yet to explore these behaviors in the therapy room. Consequently, practitioners do not know if their bodies are having an impact on their clients... Read More about "If I See Somebody. I'll Immediately Scope Them Out": Anorexia Nervosa Clients' Perceptions of Their Therapists' Body.

The good, the bad and the uncertainty: Trainees' perceptions of the personal development group (2013)
Journal Article
Moller, N. P., & Rance, N. (2013). The good, the bad and the uncertainty: Trainees' perceptions of the personal development group. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, 13(4), 282-289. https://doi.org/10.1080/14733145.2012.754482

Background: Views about the purpose and role of personal development groups (PD group) in the counsellor training process are varied. Some argue they enhance self-awareness, self-exploration, the ability to be congruent and, ultimately, that they mak... Read More about The good, the bad and the uncertainty: Trainees' perceptions of the personal development group.

The assessment of the readiness of five countries to implement child maltreatment prevention programs on a large scale (2013)
Journal Article
Mikton, C., Power, M., Raleva, M., Makoae, M., Al Eissa, M., Cheah, I., …Almuneef, M. (2013). The assessment of the readiness of five countries to implement child maltreatment prevention programs on a large scale. Child Abuse and Neglect, 37(12), 1237-1251. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.chiabu.2013.07.009

This study aimed to systematically assess the readiness of five countries - Brazil, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia, Malaysia, Saudi Arabia, and South Africa - to implement evidence-based child maltreatment prevention programs on a large sc... Read More about The assessment of the readiness of five countries to implement child maltreatment prevention programs on a large scale.

Recording therapy sessions: What do clients and therapists really think? (2013)
Journal Article
Moller, N., Brown, E., Moller, N. P., & Ramsey-Wade, C. (2013). Recording therapy sessions: What do clients and therapists really think?. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, 13(4), 254-262. https://doi.org/10.1080/14733145.2013.768286

Aims: Recording therapy sessions has become part of routine practice amongst trainee psychotherapists. To date most research has focused on the benefits of recording sessions to support clinical supervision. There are few data about the benefits or r... Read More about Recording therapy sessions: What do clients and therapists really think?.

Speculative and critical realism (2013)
Journal Article
Assiter, A. (2013). Speculative and critical realism. Journal of Critical Realism, 12(3), 283-300. https://doi.org/10.1179/1476743013Z.0000000002

This is a contribution to the debate on speculative realism deriving from the book The Speculative Turn: Continental Materialism and Realism, eds Levi Bryant, Nick Srnicek and Graham Harman (Melbourne: re.press, 2011). It is also in part a response t... Read More about Speculative and critical realism.

Appearance distress and dysfunction in the elderly: International contrasts across italy and the UK using DAS59 (2013)
Journal Article
Moss, T. P., Moss, T., Cogliandro, A., Persichetti, P., Pennacchini, M., & Tambone, V. (2013). Appearance distress and dysfunction in the elderly: International contrasts across italy and the UK using DAS59. Aesthetic Plastic Surgery, 37(6), 1187-1193. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00266-013-0209-y

Background: As the global population grows, the percentage of those over 60 will escalate disproportionately. Their needs will become an ever more dominant feature of public policy and healthcare provision. Older adults' appearance is often removed f... Read More about Appearance distress and dysfunction in the elderly: International contrasts across italy and the UK using DAS59.

Negotiating equality in the equality act 2010 (United Kingdom): Church-state relations in a post-Christian society (2013)
Journal Article
Hunt, S., & Hunt, S. E. (2013). Negotiating equality in the equality act 2010 (United Kingdom): Church-state relations in a post-Christian society. Journal of Church and State, 55(4), 690-711. https://doi.org/10.1093/jcs/css078

Few recent legislative enactments in the United Kingdom have wrought so much controversy as the Equality Act 2010. The far-ranging legislation, aiming to enhance civil rights and social inclusion, provides a unique opportunity to analyze how equality... Read More about Negotiating equality in the equality act 2010 (United Kingdom): Church-state relations in a post-Christian society.

Old age and difficult life transitions: A psycho-social understanding (2013)
Journal Article
Crociani-Windland, L. (2013). Old age and difficult life transitions: A psycho-social understanding. Psychoanalysis, Culture and Society, 18(4), 335-351. https://doi.org/10.1057/pcs.2013.4

This paper develops a psycho-social understanding of difficult and disabling life transitions, particularly in relation to old age. The paper brings together a biographical case study and theoretical analysis that draws on three sources: the work of... Read More about Old age and difficult life transitions: A psycho-social understanding.

"It Shouldn't Stick Out from Your Bikini at the Beach": Meaning, Gender, and the Hairy/Hairless Body (2013)
Journal Article
Braun, V., Tricklebank, G., & Clarke, V. (2013). "It Shouldn't Stick Out from Your Bikini at the Beach": Meaning, Gender, and the Hairy/Hairless Body. Psychology of Women Quarterly, 37(4), 478-493. https://doi.org/10.1177/0361684313492950

Women's and men's bodies and sexuality can be understood as socially situated and socially produced. This means they are affected by, and developed in relation to, patterned sociocultural meanings and representations. We aim here to understand a rece... Read More about "It Shouldn't Stick Out from Your Bikini at the Beach": Meaning, Gender, and the Hairy/Hairless Body.

Kierkegaard and vulnerability (2013)
Book Chapter
Assiter, A. (2013). Kierkegaard and vulnerability. In A. Grear, & M. Fineman (Eds.), Vulnerability: Reflections on a New Ethical Foundation for Law and Politics (29-40). Ashgate

Feminism: We're not calling for equal inequality (2013)
Journal Article
Mackay, F. (2013). Feminism: We're not calling for equal inequality

Speech given to the Feminism in London Conference 2013 and published in Open Democracy in English and Turkish.

Mobile phone technology and sexual abuse (2013)
Presentation / Conference
McCartan, K., & McAlister, R. (2013, November). Mobile phone technology and sexual abuse. Paper presented at Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers Conference, Toronto, Canada

New findings on sexual offenders’ emotional congruence (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Wilson, R., McCartan, K., & Pake, D. (2013, November). New findings on sexual offenders’ emotional congruence. Paper presented at Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers Conference, Toronto, Canada

The curious absence of love stories in women's talk (2013)
Journal Article
Carter, J. (2013). The curious absence of love stories in women's talk. Sociological Review, 61(4), 728-744. https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-954X.12082

Sociological debate has dealt with love in a number of different ways. For some, love offers a unique opportunity; it is a path to salvation (Jackson, 1993; Langford, 1999). Others, however, take a more sceptical approach to love in modern society: f... Read More about The curious absence of love stories in women's talk.

From a lack of engagement and mistrust to partnership? Public attitudes to the disclosure of sex offender information (2013)
Journal Article
McCartan, K. (2013). From a lack of engagement and mistrust to partnership? Public attitudes to the disclosure of sex offender information

This paper discusses public attitudes to the current limited disclosure of sex offender scheme in the UK. The study focuses on two ‘countries’ of the UK (ie, Northern Ireland and Wales) where, up until now, no direct research has been done with t... Read More about From a lack of engagement and mistrust to partnership? Public attitudes to the disclosure of sex offender information.

Student staff relationships in a climate of insecurity: New bargains and new boundaries (2013)
Presentation / Conference
Frost, L. (2013, November). Student staff relationships in a climate of insecurity: New bargains and new boundaries

This paper is arguing that some fundamental needs of student staff relationships in the university have remained consistent but the capacity for them to be met within higher education has changed, as society, and the university as one instantiation o... Read More about Student staff relationships in a climate of insecurity: New bargains and new boundaries.

Evaluating circles of support and accountability: Developing good practice? (2013)
Presentation / Conference
McCartan, K., & Kemshall, H. (2013, October). Evaluating circles of support and accountability: Developing good practice?. Paper presented at Association for the Treatment of Sexual Abusers Conference, Chicago, IL, USA

This paper will draw on a recent study for the MoJ and present an in depth case analysis methodology for examining the usefulness of circles to offender management and reintegration.  The paper will present a case audit tool, and examine whether appr... Read More about Evaluating circles of support and accountability: Developing good practice?.

Towards a psycho-social pedagogy as a relational practice and perspective (2013)
Journal Article
Crociani-Windland, L. (2013). Towards a psycho-social pedagogy as a relational practice and perspective

This article focuses on social pedagogy as a relational practice and revolves around the number three. Its central organising principle is thirdness, as defined in the work of Benjamin (2004) and it has three connected aims. First it aims to introduc... Read More about Towards a psycho-social pedagogy as a relational practice and perspective.