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David Murphy

Professor of Psychology and Education, Faculty of Social Sciences

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Biography

David Murphy, PhD., CPsychol., AFBPsS., is Professor of Psychology and Education at the University of Nottingham. He is currently the Course Director for the MA in Person-Centred Experiential Counselling and Psychotherapy and a member of the Centre for Research in Human Flourishing. David is author of Person-Centred Experiential Counselling for Depression 2nd edition (2019), Sage and, his Edited books include the official BPS-Wiley Counselling Psychology: A textbook for study and practice (2017). David is 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 is also editor of the international journal Person-Centered & Experiential Psychotherapies.

Teaching Summary

David is currently Course Director for the MA in Person-Centred Experiential Psychotherapy and Counselling. His interests cover approaches to experiential learning and the links between education,… read more

Research Summary

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

Selected Publications

David is currently Course Director for the MA in Person-Centred Experiential Psychotherapy and Counselling. His interests cover approaches to experiential learning and the links between education, psychology and psychotherapy. David is actively working on the development of person-centred experiential pedagogy in his work with students where learning is considered to take place at the interface of learning and therapeutic change/personal growth.

Current Research

David's research interests are at the interface of education and psychology. David 's research is focused on the development of therapeutic pedagogy and pedagogy of human flourishing. Currently, he is researching the use of independent day/boarding schools as a form of social-pedagogical intervention for looked after and vulnerable children. This builds on earlier work in this area researching 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 currently supervising eleven doctoral students completing PhD 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; and humanistic psychology informed self-care apps.

Future Research

David is keen to hear from potential doctoral research students or practitioners with an interest in psychology, education and their links with wellbeing.

School of Education

University of Nottingham
Jubilee Campus
Wollaton Road
Nottingham, NG8 1BB

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