David Murphy

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  Jubilee Campus
  Wollaton Road
  Nottingham
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  UK
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Biography

David Murphy, PhD., CPsychol., AFBPsS., is Professor of Psychology and Education at the University of Nottingham and member of the Centre for Research in Human Flourishing. David is author of Person-Centred Experiential Counselling for Depression 2nd edition (2019), Sage. His book contributions include Editor of the official BPS-Wiley Counselling Psychology: A textbook for study and practice (2017); Co-editor of Relational Depth: New Perspective and Developments (2012, with Rosanne Knox, Sue Wiggins and Mick Cooper), Palgrave MacMillan and, Trauma and the therapeutic Relationship (2013, with Stephen Joseph) Palgrave MacMillan. He was an editor of the international journal Person-Centered & Experiential Psychotherapies for 10 years and published around 75 peer-reviewed journal articles.

Teaching Summary

David is currently working on the development of person-centred experiential pedagogy as a way of facilitating students exploring how and under what conditions optimal learning occurs and the ways in… read more

Research Summary

David's research interests are situated at the interface of psychology and education. David 's research is focused on the development of therapeutic pedagogy, experiential learning and human… read more

Selected Publications

• MURPHY, D. and JOSEPH, S., 2016. Person-centered therapy: past, present and future orientation. In: D. CAIN, K. KEENAN and S. RUBIN, eds., Handbook of Humanistic Psychotherapies (second edition). American Psychological Association.
• MURPHY, D. and CRAMER, D., 2014. Mutuality of Rogers’ Therapeutic Conditions and Treatment Progress in the First Three Psychotherapy Sessions Psychotherapy Research. 24(6), 651-661
• TICKLE, E. and MURPHY, D., 2014. A journey to client and therapist mutuality in person-centered psychotherapy: A case study. Person-Centered & Experiential Psychotherapies. 13(4), 337-351
• JOSEPH, S. and MURPHY, D., 2013. Person-centered approach, positive psychology and relational helping: building bridges Journal of Humanistic Psychology. 53(1), 26-51

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David is currently working on the development of person-centred experiential pedagogy as a way of facilitating students exploring how and under what conditions optimal learning occurs and the ways in which learning leads to knowledge of subject matter, personality change and growth. This takes place through his facilitation of the module: Personal Power and Social Change (EDUC4131).

David's work is positioned as the facilitation of learning through experience. It is informed by the philosophies of John Dewey and Carl Rogers. Classes are typically unstructured and subject matter is co-constructed. Learners are considered self-directed agents who are supported to identify and work towards the development of skills and knowledge that will help them to reach their goals for learning.

Current Research

David's research interests are situated at the interface of psychology and education. David 's research is focused on the development of therapeutic pedagogy, experiential learning and human flourishing. Currently, he is researching the use of independent day/boarding schools as a social-pedagogical intervention for looked after and vulnerable children in England. This builds on earlier work in this area where he researched the use of boarding schools for children that are looked after or are in need of a safe and secure environment to help them flourish. David is also collaborating with colleagues and students researching the process and effectiveness of person-centred counselling in The Human Flourishing Project. A counselling and psychotherapy research clini in a community setting.

David is currently supervising 11 doctoral students completing PhDs on a range of topics including parental facilitation of children's motivation and autonomy for learning from home during the COVID19 pandemic in Saudi Arabia; relationship satisfaction, wellbeing and authenticity; teacher authenticity; person-centred experiential counselling for people who have experienced traumatic events; and the process of learning to become a person-centred counsellor and educator; the role of hope in conductive education; the role and links between the concept of experiencing and emotional intelligence; adverse childhood experiences and person-centred education, and the mediating effects of tutor-student relationships on cultural belonging and wellbeing in education.

Future Research

David is only considering potential doctoral research students for 2026. He is keen to hear from those with research interests and practitioners with an interest in the application of person-centred psychology theory, therapeutic pedagogy, or psychology and education and their links with wellbeing and human flourishing.

• CHEN, S., MURPHY, D. and JOSEPH, S., 2024. Dispositional Authenticity, Internalized Homonegativity, and Relationship Quality in Same-Gender Couples: An Actor-Partner Interdependence Moderation Model Psychology and Sexuality. 15(1), 127-146
• CHEN, S., MURPHY, D. and JOSEPH, S., 2024. Dispositional authenticity, facilitativeness, femininity ideology, and dyadic relationship functioning in opposite‐gender couples: An Actor-Partner Interdependence Moderation Model Asian Journal of Social Psychology. 27(1), 101-126
• LAKIN, J. and MURPHY, D., 2024. A pilot qualitative study of a person-centred approach to eating distress in women Person-Centered & Experiential Psychotherapies. 23(4), 512-530
• MURPHY, D., OLIVER, M., ADKINS, M., DE FRAJA, G. and CHEN, S., 2023. An independent evaluation of the outcomes for looked after and vulnerable children attending boarding schools London: Royal National Children’s SpringBoard Foundation.
• ARCHARD, P., TANGEN, J., GILES, E., LUCAS, S., MOORE, I., O'REILLY, M. and MURPHY, D., 2023. Reflecting on the use of freedom of information requests in mental health research Social Work and Social Sciences Review. 23(3), 80-92
• SPORS, V., FLINTHAM, M., BRUNDELL, P. and MURPHY, D., 2023. Care-full data, care-less systems: making sense of self-care technologies for mental health with humanistic practitioners in the United Kingdom Frontier in Computer Science. 5,
• LIAO, F., MURPHY, D., WU, J. C., CHEN, C. Y., CHANG, C. C. and TSAI, P. F., 2022. How technology-enhanced experiential e-learning can facilitate the development of person-centred communication skills online for health-care students: A qualitative study BMC Medical Education. 22, 60
• ARCHARD, P. J., TANGEN, J., FOX, J., LUCAS, S. and MURPHY, D., 2022. A survey of specialist treatment provision and care pathways for adults with post-traumatic stress disorder Journal of Psychological Therapies.
• SOHAL, A. and MURPHY, D., 2022. A longitudinal analysis of person-centred therapy with suicidal clients Counselling and Psychotherapy Research. 23(1), 20-30
• HOLLAND, J., MURPHY, D. and JOSEPH, S., 2021. Assessment of well-being in the clinic: Using the state version of the short Scale of General Well-Being as a clinical outcome measure Journal of Clinical Psychology. 77(7), 1629-1643
• CHEN, S., LIAO, F., MURPHY, D. and JOSEPH, S., 2021. Measurement invariance of the English, Chinese and Spanish versions of the Barrett-Lennard Relationship Inventory Measurement and Evaluation in Counseling and Development. 55(1), 30-47
• CHEN, S., LIAO, F., MURPHY, D. and JOSEPH, S., 2021. Development and validation of a 12‑item version of the Barrett‑Lennard Relationship Inventory (B‑L RI:mini) using item response theory Current Psychology. 42, 10566-10580
• PLUST, U., JOSEPH, S. and MURPHY, D., 2021. Sucking results out of children: Reflective lifeworld case study of a primary school teaching striving for authenticity British Journal of Educational Studies.
• SPORS, V., WAGNER, H. G., FLINTHAM, M. and BRUNDELL, P., 2021. Selling Glossy, Easy Futures: A Feminist Exploration of Commercial Mental-Health-focused Self-Care Apps’ Descriptions in the Google Play Store CHI '21: Proceedings of the 2021 CHI Conference on Human Factors in Computing Systems. Association for Computing Machinery. 404
• MURPHY, D., JOSEPH, S., DEMETRIOU, E. and KARIMI-MOFRAD, P., 2020. Unconditional positive self-regard, intrinsic aspirations and authenticity: pathways to psychological well-being Journal of Humanistic Psychology. 60(2), 258-279
• BEHR, M., MURPHY, D., COOPER, M. and CORNELIUS-WHITE, J. D., 2020. Humanistic approaches to adolescent development. In: HUPP, S. and JEWELL, J. D., eds., Encyclopedia of child and adolescent development. Hoboken: Wiley.
• ONG, W. T., MURPHY, D. and JOSEPH, S., 2020. Unnecessary and Incompatible: A Critical Response to Cooper and McLeod’s Conceptualisation of a Pluralistic Framework for Person-Centered Therapy Person-Centered & Experiential Psychotherapies. 19(2), 168-182
• MURPHY, D., LIAO, F., SLOVAK, P., HOLLE, L., JACKSON, D., OLIVIER, P. and FITZPATRICK, G., 2020. An evaluation of the effectiveness and acceptability of a new technology system to support psychotherapy helping skills training Counselling and Psychotherapy Research. 20(2), 324-335
• JOSEPH, S., MURPHY, D. and HOLFORD, J., 2020. Positive education: A new look at Freedom to Learn Oxford Review of Education. 46(5), 549-562
• MURPHY, D., OLIVER, M., POURHABIB, S. and ADKINS, M., 2020. Pedagogical devices as children’s social care levers: A study of social care workers’ attitudes towards boarding schools to care for and educate children in need British Educational Research Journal. 46(6), 1300-1320
• BAYLISS-CONWAY, C., PRICE, S., MURPHY, D. and JOSEPH, S., 2020. Client-centred therapeutic relationship conditions and authenticity: A prospective study British Journal of Guidance and Counselling. (In Press.)
• NAKATA, Y., UENISHI, H, ONOHARA, A., ONO, M., MOTOYAMA, T. and MURPHY, D., 2020. Learning from a workshop with David Murphy: Toward the development of person-centred therapy in Japan Bulletin of Psychological Service Centre. 11, 57-66
• PLUST, U., MURPHY, D. and JOSEPH, S., 2020. A systematic review and metasynthesis of qualitative research into teachers’ authenticity Cambridge Journal of Education. 51(3), 301-325
• MURPHY, D., EVERITT, G., DOWDING, K. and TICKLE, A., 2020. Hard to Reach?: The use of one-to-one psychotherapeutic interventions for people experiencing Severe and Multiple Disadvantage: An evaluation of two regional pilot projects.
• SPORS, V., REYES CRUZ, G., CAMERON, H. R., FLINTHAM, M., BRUNDELL, P., BRUNDELL, P. and MURPHY, D., 2020. Plastic Buttons, Complex People: An Ethnomethodology informed Ethnography of a Video Game Museum CHI PLAY '20. 12
• MURPHY, D., SLOVAK, P., THIEME, A., JACKSON, D., OLIVIER, P. and FITZPATRICK, G., 2019. Developing technology to enhance learning interpersonal skills in counsellor education British Journal of Guidance and Counselling. 47(3), 328-341
• ELLIOTT, R., BOHART, A. C., WATSON, J. C. and MURPHY, D., 2019. Empathy. In: J. C. NORCROSS and M. J. LAMBERT, eds., Psychotherapy relationships that work. Third Edition. New York: Oxford University Press.
• CHEN, S. and MURPHY, D., 2019. The mediating role of authenticity on mindfulness and wellbeing: A cross cultural analysis. Asia Pacific Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy. 10(1), 40-55
• MURPHY, D., 2019. Person-centred experiential counselling for depression Second Edition. London: Sage.
• MURPHY, D., ELLIOTT, R. and CARRICK, L., 2019. Identifying and developing therapeutic principles for trauma focused work in person-centred and emotion. focused therapies Counselling and Psychotherapy Research. 19(4), 497-507
• LIAO, F. and MURPHY, D., 2019. Evaluation of therapeutic relationship skills training for mental health professionals: the Therapeutic Relationship Enabling Programme (TREP) MedEdPublish. 8(2), 42
• MAHON, D. and MURPHY, D., 2019. Do students develop the way universities say they do?: Staff perceptions of student development of graduate attributes in the context of a transnational partnership in Kazakhstan The European Educational Researcher.
• RIZQ, R., GUY, A., BOND, T., MURPHY, D., SAMS, P., SPADA, M. and WHITNEY, G., 2019. Implications for therapeutic practice. In: GUY, A., RIZQ, R. and DAVIES, J., eds., Guidance for Psychological Therapists: Enabling conversations with clients taking or withdrawing from prescribed psychiatric drugs. Centre for Evidence-based Psychiatry. 17-26
• DREWITT, L., PYBIS, J., MURPHY, D. and BARKHAM, M., 2018. Practitioners’ experiences of learning and implementing Counselling for Depression (CfD) in routine practice settings Counselling and Psychotherapy Research. 18(1), 3-13
• LIAO, F., MURPHY, D. and BARRETT-LENNARD, G., 2018. A confirmatory factor analysis of the Mandarin-Chinese version of the Barrett-Lennard Relationship Inventory. Asia Pacific Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy. 9(1), 20-45
• MURPHY, D., IRFAN, N., BARNETT, H., CASTLEDINE, E. and ENESCU, L., 2018. A systematic review and meta-synthesis of the qualitative research into mandatory personal psychotherapy during training Counselling and Psychotherapy Research. 18(2), 199-214
• LUCAS, S., ARCHARD, P. J., TANGEN, J. and MURPHY, D., 2018. Arrangements for adult services users who are homeless in English mental health trusts. Mental Health Review Journal. 23(1), 64-71
• ELLIOTT, R., BOHART, A. C., WATSON, J. C. and MURPHY, D., 2018. Therapist empathy and client outcome:: An updated meta-analysis. Psychotherapy. 55(4), 399-410
• CORNELIUS-WHITE, J., KANAMORI, Y., MURPHY, D. and TICKLE, E., 2018. Mutuality in psychotherapy:: A meta-analysis and meta-synthesis. Journal of Psychotherapy Integration. 28(4), 489-505
• MURPHY, D. and JOSEPH, S., 2018. Contributions of the person-centred experiential approach to the field of social pedagogy. Cambridge Journal of Education. 49(2), 181-196
• JOSEPH, S., MURPHY, D. and HOLFORD, J., 2018. Counselling training in higher education in the United Kingdom: Challenges and opportunities for research Counselling and Psychotherapy Research. 18, 387-394
• ROGERS, A. and MURPHY, D., 2017. Person-Centred Therapy and the regulation of counselling and psychotherapy in the UK. In: Person-Centred Therapy and Mental Health: Theory, Research and Practice Second Edition. PCCS Books. 376-390
• BOERNER, M., JOSEPH, S. and MURPHY, D., 2017. The Association Between Sense of Humour and Trauma-Related Mental Health Outcomes: Two Exploratory Studies Journal of Loss and Trauma. 22(5), 440-452
• MURPHY, D., ed., 2017. Counselling Psychology: A textbook for study and practice Chichester: BPS-Wiley.
• MURPHY, D., 2017. Person-Centred Experiential Counselling Psychology. In: MURPHY, D., ed., Counselling Psychology: A textbook for study and practice Chichester: BPS-Wiley. 72-87
• BOERNER, M., JOSEPH, S. and MURPHY, D., 2017. Theory on reports of constructive (real) and illusory posttraumatic growth Journal of Humanistic Psychology.
• LAGO, C., BEHR, M., CHARURA, D., MURPHY, D. and STUMM, G., 2017. Person-Centered Therapies Oxford Bibliographies. Available at: <http://www.oxfordbibliographies.com/view/document/obo-9780199828340/obo-9780199828340-0199.xml?rskey=OiQ70M&result=127>
• BOERNER, M., JOSEPH, S. and MURPHY, D., 2017. Reports of post-traumatic growth and well-being: moderating effect of defense style. Journal of Social and Clinical Psychology. 36(9), 723-737
• MURPHY, D., OLIVER, M., POURHABIB, S., HODGEN, J. and ADKINS, M., 2017. Boarding chances for children: A report on lessons learned. Education Endowment Foundation.
• MURPHY, D. and JOSEPH, S., 2016. Person-centered therapy: past, present and future orientation. In: D. CAIN, K. KEENAN and S. RUBIN, eds., Handbook of Humanistic Psychotherapies (second edition). American Psychological Association.
• MURPHY, D. and JOSEPH, S., 2016. Client-centred therapy and posttraumatic growth. In: P. WILKINS, ed., Person-Centred and Experiential Therapies: Contemporary approaches and issues in practice Sage. 119-132
• MURPHY, D. and HAYES, C., 2016. Person-Centered Therapy. In: H. E. A. TINSLEY, S. H. LEASE and N. S. GIFFIN WIERSMA, eds., Contemporary theory and practice of counselling and psychotherapy. Sage. 295-322
• MURPHY, D., 2016. Relational depth: theory, research and practice. In: C. LAGO and D. CHARURA, eds., Person-Centred Counselling and Psychotherapy: Origins, developments and contemporary applications Open University Press.
• JOSEPH, S., MURPHY, D. and PATTERSON, T., 2016. Mindfulness and person-centered therapy. In: I. IVTZAN and T. LOMAS, eds., Mindfulness in positive psychology: The science of meditation and wellbeing Routledge.
• HOOK, L and MURPHY, D, 2016. Related but not replaceable: A response to Warner's reworking of person-centered personality theory. Person-Centered & Experiential Psychotherapies. 16(4), 285-299
• JOSEPH, S., MURPHY, D. and REGEL, S., 2015. Posttraumatic growth in police officers: Guidelines for facilitating posttraumatic growth. In: S. M. FREEMAN, L. MILLER and A. FREEMAN, eds., Beyond the Badge: A psychological treatment handbook for law enforcement officers. Routledge.
• MURPHY, D., DEMITRIOU, E. and JOSEPH, S., 2015. A cross sectional study to explore the mediating effect of intrinsic aspiration on the association between unconditional positive self-regard and post traumatic growth Person-Centered & Experiential Psychotherapies. 14(3), 201-213
• ARCHARD, P and MURPHY, D, 2015. A practice research study concerning homeless service user involvement with a programme of social support work delivered in a specialized psychological trauma service Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing. 22(6), 360-370
• SLOVAK, P., THIEME, A., MURPHY, D., TENNENT, P., OLIVIER, P. and FITZPATRICK, G, 2015. On becoming a counsellor: Challenges and opportunities to support interpersonal skills training. In: CSCW 2015.
• MURPHY, D. and CRAMER, D., 2014. Mutuality of Rogers’ Therapeutic Conditions and Treatment Progress in the First Three Psychotherapy Sessions Psychotherapy Research. 24(6), 651-661
• TICKLE, E. and MURPHY, D., 2014. A journey to client and therapist mutuality in person-centered psychotherapy: A case study. Person-Centered & Experiential Psychotherapies. 13(4), 337-351
• MURPHY, D. and JOSEPH, S., 2014. Person-centred approach: Understanding posttraumatic stress and facilitating posttraumatic growth.. In: P. PEARCE and L. SOMMERBECK, eds., Person-Centred Practice: Working at the difficult edge PCCS Books.
• MURPHY, D., DUGGAN, M. and JOSEPH, S., 2013. Relationship-based social work and its compatibility with the person-centred approach: principled versus instrumental perspectives British Journal of Social Work. 43(4), 703-719
• JOSEPH, S. and MURPHY, D., 2013. Person-centered approach, positive psychology and relational helping: building bridges Journal of Humanistic Psychology. 53(1), 26-51
• MURPHY, D. and JOSEPH, S., eds., 2013. Trauma and the therapeutic relationship: approaches to process and practice Palgrave MacMillan.
• MURPHY, D., ARCHARD, P.J., REGEL, S. and JOSEPH, S., 2013. A survey of specialized traumatic stress services in the United Kingdom Journal of Psychiatric and Mental Health Nursing. 20(5), 433-441
• JOSEPH, S. and MURPHY, D., 2013. Trauma: a unifying concept for social work British Journal of Social Work. 44(5), 1094-1109
• JOSEPH, S. and MURPHY, D., 2013. Person-Centered Theory encountering mainstream psychology: Building bridges and looking to the future. In: J. H. D. CORNELIUS-WHITE, R. MOTSCHNIG-PITRIK and M. LUX, eds., Interdisciplinary handbook of the Person-Centered Approach. Springer.
• JOSEPH, S., MURPHY, D. and REGEL, S., 2012. An affective-cognitive processing model of post-traumatic growth Clinical Psychology and Psychotherapy. 19(4), 316-325
• MURPHY, D., 2012. Mutuality and relational depth in counselling and psychotherapy. In: R. KNOX, D. MURPHY, S. WIGGINS and M. COOPER, eds., Relational depth: Contemporary perspectives and developments Palgrave MacMillan.
• MURPHY, D. and JOSEPH, S., 2012. Facilitating post traumatic growth through relational depth. In: KNOX, R., MURPHY, D., WIGGINS, S. and COOPER, M., eds., Relational depth: Contemporary perspectives and developments Palgrave MacMillan.
• KNOX, R., MURPHY, D., WIGGINS, S. and COOPER, M., eds., 2012. Relational depth: Contemporary developments and perspectives Palgrave MacMillan.
• MURPHY, D., CRAMER, D. and JOSEPH, S., 2012. Mutuality in person-centered therapy: a new agenda for research and practice Person-Centered & Experiential Psychotherapies. 11(2), 109-123
• MURPHY, D., 2011. Unprecedented times in the professionalisation and state regulation of counselling and psychotherapy: the role of the Higher Education Institute British Journal of Guidance and Counselling. 39(3), 227-237
• GIBBONS, S, MURPHY, D and JOSEPH, S., 2011. Countertransference and positive growth in social workers Journal of Social Work Practice: Psychotherapeutic Approaches in Health, Welfare and Community. 25(1), 17-30
• JOSEPH, S. REGEL, S, HARRIS, B & MURPHY, D., 2010. What to expect when being counselled for post-traumatic stress Lutterworth: British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy.
• MURPHY, D., 2010. The value of multidisciplinary work in responding to trauma Healthcare Counselling and Psychotherapy Journal. 10(2), 6-9
• MURPHY, D and CRAMER, D., 2010. Mutuality as relational empowerment In: Paper presented in Relational Depth Symposium. Symposium at the World Association for Person-Centered and Experiential Psychotherapy and Counselling. Rome, Italy, July..
• MURPHY, D, JOSEPH, S and DURKIN, J., 2010. Growth in Relationship: A post-medicalised vision for positive transformation. In: N TEHRANI, ed., Managing trauma in the workplace London: Routledge.
• MURPHY, D., 2009. Engaging trainee social workers in trauma related research In: British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy 15th Annual Research Conference, Portsmouth, May.. (In Press.)
• MURPHY, D and CRAMER, D., 2009. The relationship conditions, relational depth and outcome In: 2nd Relational Depth Research Conference, University of Nottingham, July..
• MURPHY, D, TAPLIN, S, REGEL, S and JOSEPH, S., 2009. Thinking outside the local authority box Professional Social Work. 4-6
• MURPHY, D., 2009. Client-centred therapy for severe childhood abuse: A case study Counselling and Psychotherapy Research. 9(1), 3-10
• SHORROCK, S.T and MURPHY, D., 2008. Empathy: A humanistic take on human factors The Ergonomist. 480(October), 8-9
• MURPHY, D., 2008. Client and Counsellor perceptions of each other and the relation to outcome In: Researching Relational Depth Conference, University of Strathclyde, February..
• MURPHY, D., 2008. Counselling and Psychotherapy: A mutual encounter? In: British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy 14th Annual Research Conference, Cardiff, May..
• MCGAHEY, P and MURPHY, D., 2008. Notes on the Increasing Access to the Psychological Therapies (IAPT) Programme Person-Centred Quarterly. 6-8
• SHORROCK, S.T. & MURPHY, D., 2007. The role of empathy in ergonomics consulting. In: P. BUST, ed., Contemporary Ergonomics Taylor and Francis.
• MURPHY, D, 2005. A qualitative study into mandatory personal therapy during training Counselling and Psychotherapy Research Journal. 5, 27-32
• SHORROCK, S.T. & MURPHY, D., 2005. The ergonomist as a skilled helper. In: P. BUST AND P.T. MCCABE, ed., Contemporary Ergonomics Taylor and Francis..
• MURPHY, D. & SULLIVAN, J., 2004. Critical Incident Stress Debriefing in a County Police Force: Lessons Learned for Future Practice. Counselling Psychology Review. 19, 13-20
• MURPHY, D., 2003. A qualitative study into mandatory personal therapy for trainee counsellors In: British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy 9th Annual Research Conference, Leicester, May.
• MURPHY, D. and RADFORD, J., Person-centred counselling following an adverse cardiac event: Integrating person-centred counselling into cardiac rehabilitation programmes