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Esther Hunt

Esther Hunt

Affiliated Lecturer in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapeutic Counselling

Qualifications

  • MA, 
  • BA (Hons), 
  • Dip (Couns), 
  • Dip (Sup Ind & Group), 
  • PGCert LTHE, 
  • FHEA

Memberships/Professional Bodies

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (Advance HE) MBACP Registered and Accredited Counsellor/Psychotherapist Registered Member of the Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care PNCPS Accredited Professional, The National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society External Examiner for the University of Northampton, Counselling MSc.

Personal profile

I teach part-time on the master's Level 7 program in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapeutic Counselling and the Introduction to Child and Adolescent Psychotherapeutic Counselling. Currently, I am a Doctor of Education Candidate at the Faculty of Education, a member of Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge, and a Master's Dissertation Supervisor at the University of South Wales. I am Co-Lead of the Cambridge Forum for Children's Emotional Wellbeing, Faculty of Education, University of Cambridge. https://www.educ.cam.ac.uk/courses/ppd/counselling/cfcew/

Academic Areas/Links:

Member of the Curriculum, Pedagogy, and Professional Learning Group (CPPL), Faculty of Education Chair of the UK Psychotherapeutic Educators and Counsellors Hub (PEACH), fostering progressive conversations about learning and teaching, and educational research in the counselling and psychotherapy professions. Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy Research Teaching Forum and Postgraduate Forum. Member of the Clinical Education Researchers Group at Cambridge University Clinical School. Network member of the Practical Wisdom Network, The Collaborating Centre for Values-based Practice in Health and Social Care, St Catherine's College, Oxford.

Research Topics

Psychotherapeutic Pedagogy and the development of phronesis (tacit practical wisdom). Values-based practice in Education, Health and Social Care. Competence-Based Education in the Healthcare Professions Research Lesson Study (Dudley, 2019) https://www.camtree.org/rls

Current Research

Teaching, Course Involvement & PhD Supervision:
Master's Level 7 program in Child and Adolescent Psychotherapeutic Counselling and the Introduction to Child and Adolescent Psychotherapeutic Counselling.