Dr Jo Pearce
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Email
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Location
Colchester Campus
Profile
Biography
Jo Pearce is a group analytic psychotherapist who has also trained in mentalization-based therapy and its application with adolescents and families. She provides clinical supervision and reflective practise to staff teams as well as a range of psychological therapies to individuals, groups and families within both NHS specialist mental health services and the voluntary sector. Her current research is focussed on the experience of group psychotherapy for adolescent gender-related distress from the perspectives of the young people who attend, and those of their parents and carers.
Publications
Journal articles (1)
Pearce, J., (2026). Group psychotherapy for young people with gender-related distress. Journal of Child Psychotherapy. 52 (1), 8-29
Book chapters (1)
Pearce, J. and Barry, M., (2014). Chapter eight - Preventing sexual violence: the role of the voluntary sector. In: Preventing Violence against Women and Girls: Educational Work with Children and Young People. Editors: Ellis, J. and Thiara, RK., . Cambridge University Press