Dr Deborah Wright

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Email
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Telephone
+44 (0) 1206 872921
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Location
5A.204, Colchester Campus
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Academic support hours
Southend Room GB.3.54, 12-1 Tuesday Colchester Room 5A.204 12-1 Friday
Profile
Biography
Deborah Wright, D.Psychodyn.Psych. is a psychotherapist trained at the Westminster Pastoral Foundation. She previously worked as a Deputy Manager, staff trainer and training consultant in residential care for people with learning difficulties and mental health problems. She is a trained artist and her patient and client work, as well as her academic and art work, relate to humans’ relationship with their environment. Registered member of: • British Psychoanalytic Council (B.P.C.) • The Foundation for Psychotherapy & Counselling (F.P.C.) • Registered Member, Member British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (M.B.A.C.P.) • Associate Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (A.F.H.E.A.) • Member of Cultural Literacy Everywhere (C.L.E.) • Member of the Association for Psychosocial Studies (A.P.S.) Additional Roles in PPS: Honorary Secretary of the PPS Placement Group Honorary Secretary of the PPS EDI (Equality Diversity Inclusion) Committee Additional Citizenship Roles: Honorary Secretary of the Cultural Literacy Everywhere (C.L.E.) Organisation Previous Teaching Responsibilities at the Department of Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies, University of Essex: Understanding Individuals Groups and Organisations : An Introduction to Psychodynamic Concepts (PA123) Child, Adolescent and Adult Development (PA125) Trauma and Recovery: A Psychodynamic Approach (PA223) Advanced Psychodynamic Observation and Reflective Practice (PA224) Violence and Projective Processes in Individuals and Society (PA225) Work-based Learning for Therapeutic Care (PA227)
Qualifications
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Doctorate in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy University of Essex,
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Postgraduate Diploma in Psychodynamic studies/WPF Qualification in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy University of Roehampton,
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BA (Hons) in Visual Communication Edinburgh College of Art and Design,
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Art Psychotherapy Foundation Certificate Goldsmiths University of London,
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Certificate in Counselling Skills & Attitudes Westminster Pastoral Foundation (WPF),
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Skills for Clinical & Case Supervision The Skills Development Service,
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Certificate in Supervision Level 2 (Intermediate) Norman Mark Training,
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Understanding Organisational Dynamics Westminster Pastoral Foundation (WPF),
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Certificate in Delivering Training at Foundation Level (N.V.Q.) in a Care Setting Malvern Partnership,
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Child Protection and Safeguarding London Borough of Hounslow,
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Understanding Early Years Outcomes London Borough of Hounslow,
Appointments
University of Essex
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Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies, University of Essex (1/10/2016 - 31/7/2019)
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Lecturer in Therapeutic Studies, Department of Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies, University of Essex (1/8/2019 - present)
Research and professional activities
Research interests
Freud, Klein, Bion, Winnicott and Object Relations
Human relations with the non-human world
Psychosocial and psychoanalytic perspective on humans’ relationships with their environment
Childrens’ and residential care clients’ relationship with their (bed)rooms
Patients’ relationship with the consulting room
Spatialisation, environmental usage and political connotations
Conferences and presentations
'The spatial array of the brain, the mind, rooms and places in the time of Covid-19'.
Invited presentation, Cross University Research Event: Brain and Mind https://www.essex.ac.uk/event-series/cure, University of Essex, 23/6/2020
Art to formulate and art to illustrate: methodological use of art work in theory building in empirical social science research
Invited presentation, Cultural Literacy Symposium: ‘Research in the Arts, the Arts in Research’, University of Łódź,,, Łódź, Poland, 15/5/2020
The geography, gendering, role and room-spatialisation of the physical space, and post COVID-19, the virtual space, of the higher education teaching room
Invited presentation, The Faculty of Social Sciences inter-disciplinary workshop: ‘Research on education and pedagogy’, University of Essex, Colchester, United Kingdom, 11/5/2020
Stages of the Room-spatialisation Matrix in Clinical Practice
PPS Research Conference 2019: The Unconscious and Everyday life., Colchester, United Kingdom, 30/5/2019
Spatialisation and the Fomenting of Political Violence
Panel Presentation of Chapter at Book Launch of book Fomenting Political Violence – Fantasy, Language, Media, Action, London, United Kingdom, 22/2/2019
Why a 'Psychoanalytic Society'?: The 'Enterprise' of Psychoanalysis, Wollheim and the Mind
Psychoanalysis Society Open Forum, Colchester, United Kingdom, 18/10/2018
Spatialisation and the Physical Space of the Consulting room
PPS Research Conference 2018: Interdisciplinary Interventions in Depth Psychology, Colchester, United Kingdom, 31/5/2018
Rooms as Replacements for People: The Consulting Room as a Room Object
– ‘Replacement Conference’, Birkbeck (Dept. Culture and Languages, School of Arts, The Birkbeck Institute for Social Research, Birkbeck Research in Aesthetics of Kinship and Community), London, United Kingdom, 10/12/2017
The Psyche and the Social: Marking out Meaning in the Physical Space of the Consulting Room
CPS Research Conference, Colchester, United Kingdom, 1/6/2017
The Physical Space of the Consulting Room – Safety of Violence? Political Violence Legacy and Fomenting Feelings in the Clinical Setting
Fomenting Political Violence Conference, Colchester, United Kingdom, 10/9/2016
Being in the Consulting Room: A Study of the Physical Space of the Consulting Room and Its Impact on the Therapeutic process
CPS Research Conference 2015, ‘Depth Psychology in Modern Perspective’,, Colchester, United Kingdom, 28/5/2015
Teaching and supervision
Current teaching responsibilities
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Understanding Individuals Groups and Organisations : An Introduction to Psychodynamic Concepts (PA123)
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Child, Adolescent and Adult Development (PA125)
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Placement Based Observation Skills and Reflective Practice (PA142)
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Professional Practice in Careers with Children (PA230)
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Advanced Practice-Based Psychodynamic Observation and Reflective Practice (PA239)
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Preparing for my Future (PA325)
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Non-Psychodynamic Approaches to Practice (PA700)
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Psychodynamic Observation for Counsellors (PA216)
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Different Approaches (PA966)
Publications
Book chapters (2)
Wright, D., (2019). Spatialisation and the Fomenting of Political Violence. In: Fomenting Political Violence – Fantasy, Language, Media, Action. Editors: Kruger, S., Figlio, K. and Richards, B., . Palgrave Macmillan
Wright, D., (2018). Rooms as Replacements for People: The Consulting Room as a Room Object. In: On Replacement - Cultural, Social and Psychological Representations. Editors: Owen, J. and Segal, N., . Palgrave Macmillan
Other (1)
Wright, D., (2020) Paper: ‘Room-object Spatialising in the Time of COVID-19: The Physical Space and the Remote, Virtual/On-line Space of the Consulting Room’ https://www.bpc.org.uk/professionals/scholars-network/latest-scholars-newsletter/. BPC (British Psychoanalytic Council) Scholars Newsletter(Issue 2)
Contact
Academic support hours:
Southend Room GB.3.54, 12-1 Tuesday Colchester Room 5A.204 12-1 Friday