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Trans and non‐binary person‐centred therapists' experiences of, and responses to, transprejudice from clients: A reflexive thematic analysis (2024)
Journal Article
Wright, M., & Murphy, D. (2024). Trans and non‐binary person‐centred therapists' experiences of, and responses to, transprejudice from clients: A reflexive thematic analysis. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, 24(4), 1516-1527. https://doi.org/10.1002/capr.12798

Aims: This qualitative study aimed to explore what it is like for trans and non‐binary (TNB) person‐centred therapists to be exposed to transprejudice in their client work, and how they navigate such relationships. In so doing, the study aims to ampl... Read More about Trans and non‐binary person‐centred therapists' experiences of, and responses to, transprejudice from clients: A reflexive thematic analysis.

Care-full data, care-less systems: making sense of self-care technologies for mental health with humanistic practitioners in the United Kingdom (2023)
Journal Article
Spors, V., Flintham, M., Brundell, P., & Murphy, D. (2023). Care-full data, care-less systems: making sense of self-care technologies for mental health with humanistic practitioners in the United Kingdom. Frontiers in Computer Science, 5, Article 1230284. https://doi.org/10.3389/fcomp.2023.1230284

Introduction: The days of dusty couches in therapists' offices behind closed doors are long gone. Now, personalized mood tracking, therapy appointments and breathing exercises are just mere clicks (or taps) away: Technologies for self-care (SCTs) tha... Read More about Care-full data, care-less systems: making sense of self-care technologies for mental health with humanistic practitioners in the United Kingdom.

A pilot qualitative study of a person-centered approach to eating distress in women (2023)
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Lakin, J., & Murphy, D. (2024). A pilot qualitative study of a person-centered approach to eating distress in women. Person-Centered and Experiential Psychotherapies, 23(4), 512-530. https://doi.org/10.1080/14779757.2023.2273474

Person-centered experiential (PCE) psychotherapists work with the phenomenology of client experience from within their client’s frame of reference. Consequently, PCE theory does not provide proscriptions or prescriptions of therapeutic practice for h... Read More about A pilot qualitative study of a person-centered approach to eating distress in women.

Dispositional authenticity, facilitativeness, femininity ideology, and dyadic relationship functioning in opposite‐gender couples: Actor‐partner interdependence analysis (2023)
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Chen, S., Murphy, D., & Joseph, S. (2024). Dispositional authenticity, facilitativeness, femininity ideology, and dyadic relationship functioning in opposite‐gender couples: Actor‐partner interdependence analysis. Asian Journal of Social Psychology, 27(1), 101-126. https://doi.org/10.1111/ajsp.12584

This prospective study examined (a) the mediating roles of Carl Rogers' facilitative interpersonal conditions (i.e., genuineness, empathic understanding, and unconditional positive regard) and (b) the moderating roles of femininity ideology in the as... Read More about Dispositional authenticity, facilitativeness, femininity ideology, and dyadic relationship functioning in opposite‐gender couples: Actor‐partner interdependence analysis.

Dispositional authenticity, internalised homonegativity, and relationship quality in same-gender couples: an actor-partner interdependence moderation model (2023)
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Chen, S., Murphy, D., Joseph, S., Murphy, D., & Joseph, S. (2024). Dispositional authenticity, internalised homonegativity, and relationship quality in same-gender couples: an actor-partner interdependence moderation model. Psychology and Sexuality, 15(1), 127-146. https://doi.org/10.1080/19419899.2023.2231473

This dyadic study with 158 same-gender couples examined the relationships between dispositional authenticity, internalised homonegativity, and perceived relationship quality, introducing The Internalised Homonegativity-Authenticity Interaction Theory... Read More about Dispositional authenticity, internalised homonegativity, and relationship quality in same-gender couples: an actor-partner interdependence moderation model.

Reflecting on the use of freedom of information requests in mental health research (2023)
Journal Article
Archard, P. J., Tangen, J., Giles, E., Lucas, S., Moore, I., O'Reilly, M., & Murphy, D. (2023). Reflecting on the use of freedom of information requests in mental health research. Social Work and Social Sciences Review, 23(3), 80-92. https://doi.org/10.1921/swssr.v23i3.1985

Freedom of information (FoI) legislation has been represented as a valuable but underused means of generating otherwise unavailable data from public authorities in health and social care research. This article complements extant literature on the use... Read More about Reflecting on the use of freedom of information requests in mental health research.

Mental health service provision for single homeless people: findings from a freedom of information-based study (2022)
Journal Article
Giles, E., Lucas, S., Archard, P. J., Moore, I., Tangen, J., O’Reilly, M., & Murphy, D. (2024). Mental health service provision for single homeless people: findings from a freedom of information-based study. Mental Health Practice, 27(3), Article e1630. https://doi.org/10.7748/mhp.2022.e1630

Background
Homeless people are at increased risk of developing mental health conditions and mental ill-health can be a precipitating factor for episodes of homelessness. However, gaps in mental health provision for homeless people remain, and they... Read More about Mental health service provision for single homeless people: findings from a freedom of information-based study.

A longitudinal analysis of person-centred therapy with suicidal clients (2022)
Journal Article
Sohal, A., & Murphy, D. (2023). A longitudinal analysis of person-centred therapy with suicidal clients. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, 23(1), 20-30. https://doi.org/10.1002/capr.12588

Background: There have been substantial research efforts demonstrating the effectiveness of person-centred therapy. However, little research has investigated whether person-centred therapy is effective in facilitating psychological growth amongst cli... Read More about A longitudinal analysis of person-centred therapy with suicidal clients.

Use of one-to-one psychotherapeutic interventions for people experiencing severe and multiple disadvantages: An evaluation of two regional pilot projects (2022)
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Dowding, K., Murphy, D., Everitt, G., & Tickle, A. (2023). Use of one-to-one psychotherapeutic interventions for people experiencing severe and multiple disadvantages: An evaluation of two regional pilot projects. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research, 23(2), 313-322. https://doi.org/10.1002/capr.12536

Background: People with “severe and multiple disadvantages” (SMD) experience a combination of homelessness, mental health difficulties, alcohol or substance misuse and offending. Despite frequent and cyclical traumatic experiences being commonplace,... Read More about Use of one-to-one psychotherapeutic interventions for people experiencing severe and multiple disadvantages: An evaluation of two regional pilot projects.