International Health Humanities Network Membership

I am a PhD student at the Open University in the school of Wellbeing, Education and Language Studies.

 

My project is an AHRC-funded collaboration with the organisation Beyond Words, who make wordless books on topics related to physical and mental health, including bullying, bereavement, friendship, healthy eating and exercise. Using creative and visual narrative methods, I aim to explore the health and wellbeing benefits of (wordless) book clubs for people with learning disabilities.

 

Previously, I completed a BA (English) and an MA (Person-Centred Experiential Counselling and Psychotherapy Practice) at The University of Nottingham.

 

My research interests include collaborative and restorative storytelling, multimodal narratives, reading for pleasure, the discourse of therapy and improving accessibility in health services.

 

I am a member of the Open University’s Social History of Learning Disability network and am part of an emergent University of Cambridge network examining inequalities in primary healthcare.

 

Outside of my studies, I volunteer with young adults as a person-centred counsellor and read as many science fiction novels as I can squeeze in.