Emma Crouch

Emma completed her Psychology degree at Queens University of Belfast in 1999 and her Masters in Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy at The University of London, Goldsmiths college in 2003. She has worked in Private hospitals (Priory, Cygnet Healthcare) and private practice for over 20 years as a Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist.

Emma is a Senior Lecturer and currently Lead for Talking Therapies courses (2020-2025) and Programme Lead for the MSc in Clinical Psychology & Mental Health.

Emma is an accredited Psychotherapist, Trainer and Supervisor with the British Association of Behavioural and Cognitive Psychotherapies (BABCP) and a Fellow (FHEA) of the Advance HE as well as a member of the BABCP course accreditation committee and the BABCP Neurodiversity Sig committee.

Research interests include Trainee & client neurodiversity, CBT Meta supervision and Critical thinking and reflection in CBT trainees.

Small scale research projects (unpublished):

• Types of thinking and the impact on a problem-solving task
• Critical thinking in students
• Reflections on teaching a skills-based course during covid: Blended learning, wellbeing and inclusivity.

Presented at Surrey ExciTeS Symposium on Student critical thinking (2013) and Staff experience and learning from teaching during and after covid (2022). Presented at the BABCP conference (2023 & 2024) on trainee Neurodivergence.