People
Dr Gareth Morgan
Clinical Psychologist/Senior Clinical Tutor, & Honorary Associate Professor
School/Department: Psychology and Vision Sciences, School of
Email: gsm23@leicester.ac.uk
Profile
I am a Chartered Clinical Psychologist and one of the clinical tutors on the University’s Clinical Psychology training programme. I work part time as Youth Lead for the Climate Psychology Alliance and am co-chair of the Association of Clinical Psychologists’ Climate Action Network. I am deeply saddened, terrified and angry about how the climate, ecological and other planetary emergencies have escalated to the level they have reached. To this end, I value working with others to challenge the individualised western approaches to psychology that speak of ‘symptoms’ of ‘mental illness’ in ways that obscure the relationship between human experience and wider socio-political contexts. We are living through a time of social and environmental collapse. Our profession has huge potential for supporting us to process and adapt to our rapidly changing planet and I am keen to support us in engaging beyond the clinic room.
Research
Publications
Clinical psychology and climate and ecological collapse
Morgan, G. (2024). Climate distress through the lens of the Power Threat Meaning Framework. In: J. Anderson, T. Staunton, J. O’Gorman & C. Hickman (Eds). Being a Therapist in a Time of Climate Breakdown. Routledge. ISBN 9781032565606
Isham, A., Morgan, G., & Kemp, A. (2023). Nurturing wellbeing amidst the climate crisis: on the need for a focus on wellbeing in the field of climate psychology. Frontiers in Psychology, 14, https://doi.org/10.3389/fpsyg.2023.1205991
Morgan, G., Barnwell, G., Johnstone, L., Shukla, K. & Mitchell, A. (2022). The Power Threat Meaning Framework and the climate and ecological crises, Psychology in Society, 63, 83-109. Link
Li, C., Lawrence, E.L., Morgan, G., Brown, R., Greaves, N., Krzanowski, J., Samuel, S., Guinto, R. R., & Belkin, G. (2022). The role of mental health professionals in the climate crisis: An urgent call to action. International Review of Psychiatry, 34(5), 563-570. DOI:10.1080/09540261.2022.2097005
Samuel, S., Greaves, N., Morgan, G., Li, C., Sunglao, A. J., Belkin, G., Salcedo, S. & Lawrence, E. L. (2022). Reflections of mental health professionals on working with and in the climate crisis. International Review of Psychiatry 34(5), 525-529. DOI:10.1080/09540261.2022.2093628
Morgan, G., Wang, M., Clarke, I., Snell, T., Williams, M., Walker, A., Howell, R., & Lewis-Holmes, E. (2022, April). ACP-UK supports climate activists engaging in non-violent direct action and encourages members to support the cause. ACP-UK. DOI:10.13140/RG.2.2.26984.55043
Walker, A., Hewitt-Johns, L., Mitchell, A., Morgan, G., Thorne, L. & Wainwright, T. (2021). Bringing climate change into clinical psychology teaching. Clinical Psychology Forum, 346, 64-69. Link
Lewis-Holmes, E., Johnstone, L., Morgan, G., Snell, T., & Wang, M. (2021). ACP-UK rapid response to report on impact of climate breakdown on distress. ACP-UK. https://acpuk.org.uk/acp-uk-rapid-response-to-report-on-impact-of-climate-breakdown-on-distress/
Morgan, G., Snell, T., & Randall, J. (2020). ACP-UK statement on the need for action to address the climate crisis. ACP-UK. https://acpuk.org.uk/climate_change_statement/
Critical perspectives on diagnosis/Making sense of distress in relation to power, culture and socio-political contexts
Fulton-Hamilton, E. & Morgan, G. (2024). Examining attitudes towards mental health diagnoses: A Q-methodological study. Journal of Mental Health. https://doi.org/10.1080/09638237.2023.2182430
Harris, C., Morgan, G. & Welham, A. (2023). The impact of boarding school on adult relationships: Men's accounts. In: P. Cavenagh, S. McPherson & J. Ogden (Eds), The psychological impact of boarding school. Routledge. 10.4324/9781003280491-3
Ball, M., Morgan, G., Haarmans, M. (2023). The Power Threat Meaning Framework and 'psychosis'. In: J. Garrido, R. Costa, H. Cabrera & E. Morris (Eds). Psychological interventions for psychosis: Towards a paradigm shift. Springer. Link
Ball, M., Morgan, G. & Haarmans, M. (2022). El Marco de Poder, Amenaza, y Significado, y la psicosis. In: J. Garrido, R. Costa, H. Cabrera & E. Morris (Eds). Modelos del cambio: Casos clínicos en psicosis. Piramide. Link (Spanish translation of chapter above).
Compton, E. & Morgan, G. (2022). The experiences of psychological therapy amongst people who identify as transgender or gender non-conforming: A systematic review of qualitative research. Journal of Feminist Family Therapy. Link
Smith, A., Morgan, G., & Robertson, N. (2022). Experiences of female partners of people transitioning gender: A feminist interpretive metasynthesis. Journal of Sex and Marital Therapy. Link
Moore, I., Morgan, G., Welham, A., & Russell, G. (2022). The intersection of autism and gender in the negotiation of identity: A systematic review and metasynthesis. Feminism & Psychology. https://doi.org/10.1177/09593535221074806
Siverns, K. & Morgan, G. (2021) ‘If only I could have said, if only somebody was listening’: Mothers’ experiences of placing their child into care. Adoption Quarterly, 24(3), 207-228. https://doi.org/10.1080/10926755.2021.1908473
Siverns, K. & Morgan, G. (2019). Parenting in the context of historical childhood trauma: An interpretive meta-synthesis. Child Abuse & Neglect, 98. Link
Morgan, G., Melluish, S. & Welham, A. (2017). Exploring the relationship between postmigratory stressors and mental health for asylum seekers and refused asylum seekers in the UK. Transcultural Psychiatry, 54, 653-674. Link
Supporting people with intellectual dis/abilities and their networks
Morgan, G. (2023). Being identified/identifying as having an intellectual disability. PTMF Pattern available via the BPS PTMF website.
Collins, G., Fyson, R., Morgan, G., Runswick-Cole, K., Steel, J., & Boyle, M. (2022). The Power Threat Meaning Framework: A new way of thinking about the lives of people with intellectual dis/abilities. Link
Collins, G., Fyson, R., Morgan, G., Runswick-Cole, K., & Steel, J. (2022). The Power Threat Meaning Framework: Development of a document for use in intellectual disability services. Bulletin of the Faculty of Intellectual Disabilities, 20(1), 4-11. Link
Clawson, R.…, Morgan, G…. & Wilson, S. (2018). My marriage, my choice: Practice guidance toolkit for assessing capacity to consent to marriage. University of Nottingham: Nottingham. https://www.nottingham.ac.uk/research/groups/mymarriagemychoice/documents/toolkit.pdf
Supervision
I provide research supervision for trainee clinical psychologists on the Leicester DClinPsy relating to research interests stated above. I do not have capacity to supervise additional PhD students at this time.
Theses supervised to completion:
Dudley-Hicks, D. (2023). An Exploration of Parental Identity and Parents’ Experiences of Parenting a Child with an Intellectual Disability. Leicester DClinPsy thesis.
James, G. (2023). The experiences of parents of children diagnosed with an intellectual disability: Social model of disability and Power Threat Meaning Framework perspectives. Leicester DClinPsy thesis.
Stacey, H. (2023). Attitudes towards the use of puberty blockers for gender diverse young people. Leicester DClinPsy thesis.
Whetter, D. (2023). Exploring Attitudes Towards The Power Threat Meaning Framework and Its Utility. Leicester DClinPsy thesis.
Camm-Crosbie, L. (2022). Intellectual Disabilities: An exploration into attachment assessments and adoptive mothers’ experiences. Leicester DClinPsy thesis.
Fulton-Hamilton, E. (2022). The usefulness and effects of mental health diagnoses: Examining public stigma and attitudes around utility. Leicester DClinPsy thesis.
Marple-Hovart, P. (2022). Illness beliefs and psychological outcomes in people experiencing psychosis. Leicester DClinPsy thesis.
Rickard, A. (2022). Perspectives of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome/Myalgic Encephalomyelitis: A Q-methodology study. Leicester DClinPsy thesis.
Compton, E. (2021). Attitudes towards how gender services should respond when an adult presents seeking gender transition. Leicester DClinPsy thesis.
Moore, I. (2021). At the intersection of autism and gender: Personal identities and professional ideas. Leicester DClinPsy thesis.
Smith, A. (2021). Exploring gender transition: Partner experiences and attitudes towards adolescent gender services. Leicester DClinPsy thesis.
Lee, E. (2020). An exploration of the factor structures of the Short Parallel Assessments of Neuropsychological Status (SPANS) in two independent samples. (2nd supervisor). Leicester DClinPsy thesis.
Harris, A. (2019) The structure and psychometric properties of the BERRI: An Outcome measure for Looked After Children in residential care. Leicester DClinPsy thesis.
Siverns, K. (2019). Mothers’ experiences of placing their child into care in the context of mental health difficulties or trauma. Leicester DClinPsy thesis.
Cope, K. (2018). Female care staff experiences of working with males with intellectual disabilities who display sexualised challenging behaviour: An interpretative phenomenological approach. Leicester DClinPsy thesis.
Jones, R. (2018) How does deinstitutionalisation affect the quality of life of service users with intellectual disabilities? An eight year follow up of adults who moved out of long stay hospital accommodation.
Smith, A. (2018). Understanding the experiences of unaccompanied asylum-seeking young people as they turn eighteen whilst subject to UK immigration control. Leicester DClinPsy thesis.
Rich, E. (2017). Getting ready to move on: Considering attachment within young peoples’ experiences of preparing to transition out of CAMHS. (2nd supervisor). Leicester DClinPsy thesis.
Wright, L. (2017). Women's experience of decision making regarding prophylactic mastectomy. (2nd supervisor). Leicester DClinPsy thesis.
Hull, N. (2016). Parents’ experiences of caring for an adopted child: An interpretive phenomenological analysis. Leicester DClinPsy thesis.
Teaching
Press and media
Climate crisis and psychological responses; psychiatric diagnosis (problems with); supporting people with intellectual disabilities and their carers; systemic therapy.
Recent contributions:
British Medical Journal: Health professionals demand action on the climate to protect people and planet. https://www.bmj.com/content/381/bmj.p851
The Guardian: ‘Terrified for my future’: climate crisis takes heavy toll on young people’s mental health. https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/mar/30/terrified-for-my-future-climate-crisis-takes-heavy-toll-on-young-peoples-mental-health
Extinction Rebellion. Anxiety and alienation: Navigating your relationships in an age of climate crisis. https://rebellion.global/blog/2022/06/08/relationships-climate-crisis-anxiety-alienation/