Simon Wharne

About

I offer Doctoral research supervision (primary and secondary). This term, I do have some availability. I completed the DCPsych with the New School of Psychotherapy and Counselling, having previously gained a PhD while studying with the Open University. My Open University studies included a Masters in Psychological Research Methods, including quantitative methods, although I specialised in qualitative methods, mainly hermeneutic phenomenological analysis, also exploring discourse analysis. I have been employed as a Counselling Psychology in an NHS Community Mental Health Service for Older People, having worked in community mental health services for thirty years, managing community teams for twenty years. I have spoken at national and international conferences on service design and therapeutic practice. My roles have included working as a counsellor at diploma level and roles in the voluntary sector, including a national leadership position. I am currently the Depty Course Leader for the DCPsych Programme at the New School. My research interests include: Existential understandings of Post-Traumatic Growth, decision-making, socially inclusive mental health services, resilience in mental health practitioners, homelessness, existential understandings of psychosis and bi-polar, counselling for older people, the philosophy of Edith Stein, drug and alcohol addiction and religious faith. In my research studies, it is van Manen’s hermeneutic phenomenological approach that I have most often employed. Publications (available via Researchgate or Academia) Wharne, S. (2021) Empathy in phenomenological research: Employing Edith Stein's account of empathy as a practical and ethical guide. Methods in Psychology, 5, ISSN 2590-2601, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.metip.2021.100053. Wharne, S. (2020). Trauma, empathy and resilience: A phenomenological analysis informed by the philosophy of Edith Stein. The Humanistic Psychologist, online https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/hum0000202 DOI link https://doi.org/10.1037/hum0000202 Wharne, S. (2020). How is distress understood in existential philosophies and can phenomenological therapeutic practices be Theory & Psychology https://doi.org/10.1177/0959354320964586 https://doi.org/10.1177/0959354320964586 Wharne, S. (2018). The emotionally engaged researcher: Using hermeneutic phenomenological analysis to explore dilemmas in mental health care. SAGE Research Methods Cases. https://doi/10.4135/9781526428073 Wharne, S. (2018). On being an auditory hallucination: A reflection on theory, practice, existential philosophy and hearing voices. The Humanistic Psychologist, https://psycnet.apa.org/doi/10.1037/hum0000102