David Murphy

David Murpy, Ph.D., is a Chartered Psychologist, a Full Member of the Counselling Psychology Section and an Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Association, as well as a Full Member of the British Association for Counselling & Psychotherapy. He is an Associate Professor at the University of Nottingham, England and Director of Studies for the Master of Arts in Person-Centred Experiential Counselling & Psychotherapy.

He has studied at Liverpool John Moores, Nottingham and Loughborough Universities and has worked at First Assist, Leicestershire Constabulary, Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust Centre for Trauma and DeMontford University. He is a Visiting Professor at the University of Fukuoka in Japan and an Approved Fellow of the UK Academy of Higher Education. At the same time he has served as Chair of Scientific Committees at World Conferences on Counselling and Psychotherapy.

He has edited the British Psychological Association and Wiley's official publication, Counselling Psychology: a Textbook for Study and Practice (2017), co-edited Relational Depth: New Perspective and Developments (2012) with Rosanne Knox, Sue Wiggins and Mick Cooper, and co-edited Trauma and the Therapeutic Relationship (2013) with Stephen Joseph. He is the author of over 60 scholarly articles and book chapters in counselling and psychotherapy research and training.

He is also Editor of the international journal Person-Centred and Experiential Psychotherapies and Counselling.

At ICPS, David is a visiting lecturer on the only NHS and BACP approved programme in the world for "Person-Centred Experiential Counselling for Depression", which is offered in Greece by our College.