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Staff Profile

Theresa Marrinan

Course Tutor, Doctorate in Clinical Psychology programme

  • Telephone: +44 (0) 191 208 7925
  • Address: School of Psychology
    Dame Margaret Barbour Building
    Wallace Street
    NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE
    NE2 4DR

Background

Profile

  • Course tutor, Doctorate in Clinical Psychology Programme
  • Clinical Psychologist (MSc ClinPsy, 1992)
  • Registered member of the Health and Care Professions Council
  • Chartered member of the British Psychology Society
  • Cognitive Behaviour Therapist (accredited by the British Association of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapy) 
  • Associate fellow of the Higher Education Academy


Qualifications 

  • 2004: Postgraduate Diploma in Cognitive Behaviour Therapy
  • 1992: MSc Clinical Psychology
  • 1988: BA (Hons) Psychology (2:1)


Background

I am a clinical psychologist and CBT practitioner with more than 25 years' experience of working in mental health services, across primary, secondary and tertiary care settings. I joined the School of Psychology in 2008 as a tutor for the doctorate in clinical psychology and to help develop the low intensity talking therapies PG certificate programme. In my current role, as course tutor on the dclinpsy programme, I am the lead for the CBT, EDI and older adult teaching streams, as well as disability lead for the programme, overseeing the support we offer for trainees with long term health conditions and disabilities.

Research

My main interests are around CBT for depression and anxiety. I have helped to supervise a number of large scales research projects in these areas.

I am also interested in looking at the impact of disability on trainees and clinicians, and the obstacles this presents in getting fair access to training and employment. 

Teaching

My main areas of interest are Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for GAD, panic disorder and depression.

Publications

  • Articles

    • Marrinan T, Milne D. Learning to supervise whilst a supervisee. Clinical Psychology Forum 2011, 222, 20-25.
    • Milne D, Marrinan T, Ormrod J. Supervision of older adult placements in one region: Perspectives of three clinical tutors. PSIGE newsletter 2010, (112).
    • Bentall R, Wood G, Marrinan T, Deans C, Edwards R. A brief mental fatigue questionnaire. British Journal of Clinical Psychology 1993, 32.

  • Authored Books