Speaker
Dr. Hope Christie
Teaching Fellow
Biography
I am currently a teaching fellow in the Department of Clinical Psychology. My area of expertise is looking at parents who have experienced a trauma and have developed post traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) as a result of this experience. My interests are around understanding how PTSD and parent mental health can affect the parent (as an individual), as well as their parenting behaviours and the wider family dynamic. I have mixed methodology experience utilising a number of different methods during my PhD and post-doctoral work, which includes: Quantitative data collection and analysis; Interviews and focus groups; Observational data; and Photovoice. My research also works across different countries and contexts, having previously worked with trauma exposed parents in both the United Kingdom and South Africa.