Dr Chris Nicholson
Lecturer
Department of Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies
University of Essex
United Kingdom
Biography
I teach a course on Therapeutic Communication and Therapeutic Organisations for those working with, or interested in working with troubled and traumatised children and adolescents . Before joining the Department, I worked in a range of children's services for over ten years. Among other roles I was the Admissions and Assessment Officer at the Jacques Hall Foundation and Therapeutic Services Manager at Donyland Lodge, both therapeutic communities for traumatised adolescents.
Research Interest
Primary Interests: Issues facing 'looked after' children, particularly trauma, transitions and leaving care Assessment of children and adolescents Therapeutic Communities Additional Interests: The poetry and other works of Robert Graves The relationship between psychodynamic theory and literature
