Mary Morris
The Family Institute
University of South Wales
Pontypridd
South Wales, UK
Phone: +44(0)1443 483823
Email: maryjmmorris@gmail.com
Mary Morris is a Systemic Psychotherapist, Consultant and Trainer,
registered with the UK Council for Psychotherapy, and works as a Senior
Lecturer in The Family Institute, University of South Wales (formerly
University of Glamorgan).
Prior to qualifying as a Systemic Psychotherapist in 2000, Mary
worked for more than 20years as a Social Worker. It was as a Social
worker that she first began working with children who have had abusive
experiences including those who are being looked after by the state,
either in foster or residential care. Her experience and interest in
this work has continued in her psychotherapy practice and includes
offering consultation to professionals working within these systems.
In her current role as Senior Lecturer Mary teaches on the
undergraduate and postgraduate counseling and psychotherapy programs run
by The Family Institute, which includes qualifying level psychotherapy
training involving live supervision of a team of trainee Systemic
Psychotherapists. Mary is a committed participant in the provision by
The Family Institute of an independent psychotherapy service, unique in
the region in providing a direct access service to the public. Mary
believes that there is an important isomorphic relationship between
teaching, supervisory and therapeutic practices. Maintaining an active
relationship between current therapeutic practice and teaching is
important to her.
Mary also has a particular interest in the interplay between
gendered practices and power, and the impact of this dynamic in all
areas of her life; as educator, psychotherapist, partner, daughter,
mother, sister, friend and colleague.
Mary brings social constructionist ideas to her practices as teacher
and therapist, where she is interested in creating relational contexts
that facilitate students in discovering their own way through the myriad
of theory and practices associated with counseling and psychotherapy.
She has contributed to national and international conferences, is
involved at committee level with the (UK ) Association of Family
Therapy, and as part of Family Institute team has contributed to
EFTA-TIC conferences.