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Personal profile
Biography
Dr Jonathan Isserow is an art psychotherapist, researcher and documentary filmmaker in the Department of Psychology, where he Convenes the MA Art Psychotherapy Programme. From 2010 to 2018 he was Head of the Arts and Play Therapy Programmes. More recently he has taken on the role as Head of Partnerships within the Departement. Jonathan has contributed to a range of art psychotherapy trainings in the UK, Europe, Russia and South Africa.
Qualifications
PhD UCL
MA Psychoanalytic Observational studies (Tavistock Clinic & UEL)
PgDip Art Therapy, University of Hertfordshire
BA Fine Art (Hons), University of Witwatersrand
Research interests
His research interests are psychoanalysis, documetnary film, infant mental health, child development, the visual turn in psychoanalysis, negative capability, visual and participatory visual research methods in psychology and the arts therapies. Jonathan welcomes proposals for research in art pscyhotherapy, psychology and therapeutic studies more broadly, at both the MPhil and PhD levels. He particularly welcomes practice-based research proposals.
Professional affiliations
British Association of Art Therapists (BAAT),
Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC)
Teaching
Art psychotherapy, child development, joint attention, visual joint attention, psychoanalysis, documentary film
Collaborations and top research areas from the last five years
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Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP013600) Between University of Roehampton and Mind Brent, Westminster and Wandsworth
Isserow, J. (CoI), Faulkner, P. (CoI), Malheiro Magalhães, J. (CoI) & Malik, B. (CoI)
3/01/24 → 2/01/26
Project: Research
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Research output
- 6 Article
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Looking with liquid: an exploration of the use of water in art psychotherapy in light of infant observation
Isserow, J., 12 Jul 2023, In: Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy. p. 1-19 19 p.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Object representation: intersecting infant observation with observational documentary
Isserow, J., 22 May 2022, (E-pub ahead of print) In: British Journal of Psychotherapy.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Documenting separation: tracing a visual culture in post-war psychoanalysis and its contribution to child development
Isserow, J., 1 Sept 2019, In: Psychoanalysis, Culture & Society. 24, 3, p. 282–302Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Retroactive subjectivity in documentary film
Isserow, J., 30 Jun 2019, In: Studies in Documentary Film.Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
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Between water and words: Reflective self-awareness and symbol formation in art therapy
Isserow, J., 2013, In: International Journal of Art Therapy. 18, 3, p. 122-31Research output: Contribution to journal › Article