Personal profile
Education/Academic qualification
HE Education, PGCert, PGCTHE, Edge Hill University
Award Date: 30 Sept 2015
Nursing, BSc, Mental Health Nursing , University of Cumbria
Award Date: 30 Jun 2013
Teaching, PGDip, PGDE, University of Bolton
Award Date: 30 Aug 2009
Psychology , MSc, Psychology (BPS Accredited), University of Central Lancashire
Award Date: 30 Aug 2009
Psychology, PGDip, Psychology Conversion, University of Central Lancashire
Award Date: 30 Aug 2007
Applied Social Sciences, BA, St Martin's College
Award Date: 30 Jun 2006
Other positions
External Examiner, Leeds Trinity University
1 Jan 2025 → …
External Examiner, University of Worcester
2021 → 2024
External Examiner , University of the West of Scotland
2018 → 2022
Research Centres
- Research Centre for Arts and Wellbeing
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Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Arts for the blues: a new creative psychological therapy for depression
Parsons, A., Omylinska-Thurston, J., Karkou, V., Harlow, J., Haslam, S., Hobson, J., Nair, K., Dubrow-Marshall, L., Thurston, S. & Griffin, J., 27 Mar 2024, Art that Tells the Truth. Lengelle, R., Hughes, D. & Hambly, L. (eds.). 1st ed. London: Routledge, 16 p.Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter
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Bringing Creative Psychotherapies to Primary NHS Mental Health Services in the UK: A Feasibility Study on Patient and Staff Experiences of Arts for the Blues Workshops Delivered at Improving Access to Psychological Therapies (IAPT) services
Karkou, V., Omylinska-Thurston, J., Parsons, A., Nair, K., Starkey, J., HASLAM, S., Thurston, S. & Dubrow-Marshall, L., 2 Sept 2022, In: Counselling and Psychotherapy Research. 22, 3, p. 616-628 13 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (journal) › peer-review
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Reflections on offering a therapeutic creative arts intervention with cult survivors: A collective biography
Karkou, V., Parsons, A., Omylinska-Thurston, J., HASLAM, S. & Thurston, S., 4 Jan 2021, (E-pub ahead of print) In: International Journal of Coercion, Abuse, and Manipulation. 1, 1, p. 47-60 14 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (journal) › peer-review
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Arts for the blues–a new creative psychological therapy for depression
Parsons, A., Omylinska-Thurston, J., Karkou, V., Harlow, J., Haslam, S., Hobson, J., Nair, K., Dubrow-Marshall, L., Thurston, S. & Griffin, J., 2 Jan 2020, In: British Journal of Guidance and Counselling. 48, 1, p. 5-20 16 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (journal) › peer-review
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Arts for the Blues – a new creative psychological therapy for depression: a pilot workshop report
Haslam, S., Parsons, A., Omylinska-Thurston, J., Nair, K., Harlow, J., Lewis, J., Thurston, S., Griffin, J., Dubrow-Marshall, L. & Karkou, V., 1 May 2019, In: Perspectives in Public Health. 139, 3, p. 137-146 10 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article (journal) › peer-review
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Projects
- 1 Finished
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Dancing the Blues: An interdisciplinary collaboration between therapists and artists for dissemination and innovation in the treatment of depression
Karkou, V. (PI), GERSTEN ROBERTS, J. (CoI), MAN, M. (CoI), HARLOW, J. (CoI) & HASLAM, S. (CoI)
1/09/17 → 31/05/19
Project: Research