Jan Fish

Senior Lecturer, MSc Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Counselling

Phone
+44 (0)1473 338018
Email
j.fish@uos.ac.uk
School/Directorate
School of Social Sciences and Humanities
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Jan is Senior Lecturer for the MSc in CBT & Counselling teaching in both years of the programme as Module Lead for Psychodynamic Counselling and Time Limited Therapy, Evidence Based Practice and Research Skills and Dissertation.  

She is an experienced counsellor and psychotherapist with a particular interest in grief and bereavement. 

Jan has managed counselling services delivered in the health service, hospice and voluntary settings and taught at Birkbeck College as Course Co-ordinator for the Counselling Foundation degree in Psychodynamic Counselling and Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, before joining the University of Suffolk. 

Recent Publications 

Fish, J. 2020, "How do communities best support the bereaved?", Bereavement care, vol. 39, no. 1, pp. 42-44. 

Richards, Sarah, Fish, Jan and Tyrrell, Katie (2021) Bereavement support and training in Suffolk primary schools. University of Suffolk.

http://oars.uos.ac.uk/2633/

Jan is currently working towards her PhD in Palliative Care at Lancaster University. 

https://www.linkedin.com/in/jan-fish-68960755/ 

Jan is a clinical supervisor working with health care and hospice staff.

Jan trained in psychodynamic approaches to counselling and has a particular interest in time-limited ways of working with clients. She is a qualified clinical supervisor, has been an external examiner for courses with the Open University and University of Essex, and is an accredited member of the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP).