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Research interests
Overview: I co-lead the Family Wellbeing and Attachment Relationships research stream in the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology Programme. I undertake research informed by systemic and narrative therapy approaches.
My research focus is on parental and family wellbeing, primarily in the following areas:
1. Parental mental health: A programme of research within the field of parental and perinatal mental health. This includes qualitative research, involving both parents who experience psychological distress and their children, and focuses in particular on how families communicate together about parental mental health concerns and how families make meaning together and individually about these difficulties.
2. Parental and family loss and bereavement: I collaborate with a number of 3rd sector organisations to research parental journeys through loss and bereavement, including ambigious loss (birth mothers whose children are taken into care or adopted); anticipated loss (parents of children with progressive or life limiting illness) and parental and family bereavement (parental loss of a child).
3. Family meaning-making and communication: Research that investigates how families make sense of and communicate about challenging life events, for example parental mental health contexts, chronic or life limiting illness, or family transitions.
In addition, I undertake research with a focus on:
Diversity and social inclusion: I am committed to research that addresses discrimination and marginalization within training contexts, the wider profession of clinical psychology and within society. This has included qualitative research investigating the experiences of those who experience homelessness and who experience cuts to their disability benefits; as well as the experiences of those from minoritised groups within the profession of Clinical Psychology.
Teaching specialisms
Lizette teaches within the areas of:
- Research Methodology
- Qualitative research methods
- Research processes
- Systemic and Family Psychotherapy and Narrative Therapy approaches
- Equity and inclusion in mental health and social care
Education/Academic qualification
Family and Systemic Psychotherapy, Doctorate in Systemic Psychotherapy
Award Date: 1 Sept 2014
External positions
Academic Quality and Standards Committee Member, Institute of Family Therapy
8 Mar 2024 → …
External Examiner, HEI: University of Leicester
2024 → …
Trustee, SLOW bereavement charity
1 Nov 2023 → …
External Examiner, HEI: The University of Bristol
27 Jul 2023
External Examiner, NHS - Tavistock & Portman Clinic NHS Foundation Trust
2023 → 31 Jan 2025
NIHR Reviewer
Mar 2022
Editorial Board - Journal of Family Therapy
Jul 2021 → …
External Examiner, HEI: Coventry University
Jun 2021 → …
External Examiner, HEI: The University of Essex
May 2020 → 31 Jan 2025
External Examiner, HEI: Canterbury Christ Church University
Jun 2016 → Sept 2021
External Examiner, HEI: University of Edinburgh
Oct 2015 → Sept 2020
Registered Clinical Psychologist, British Psychological Society
1996 → …
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Projects
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Ageing Perception and Social Relationships Moderate the Associations Between Health Stressors and Life Satisfaction in the Very Old: Evidence from the ELSA Study
Olawa, B. D., Taiwo, A. O. & Nolte, L., 1 Dec 2024, (E-pub ahead of print) In: Journal of Gerontological Social Work . p. 1-23 23 p., 2435916.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Young People's Experiences of Exiting Homelessness in South Wales - An Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis
Day, K., Nolte, L. & Vara, P., 6 Jun 2024, (Accepted/In press) In: Housing, Care and Support.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Sibling stories of parental mental distress
O'Neill, W., Nel, P. W., Horley, N. & Nolte, L., May 2024, In: Journal of Family Therapy. 46, 2, p. 121-139 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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“Fighting the invisible system”: A grounded theory study of the experiences of child protection social workers in England
Brazil, C., Nolte, L., Rishworth, B. & Littlechild, B., 30 Nov 2023, In: Child & Family Social Work. p. 1-12 12 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Talking and making meaning about parental mental health problems: the role of children’s family caregivers
Nolte, L. & Gammage, R. J., 28 Aug 2023, In: Journal of Marital and Family Therapy. 224 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review