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Del Loewenthal (born 3 October 1947[1]) is an Emeritus professor of psychotherapy and counselling at the University of Roehampton, London.[2] He is also Chair of the Southern Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy[3] and Founding Editor of the European Journal of Psychotherapy and Counselling.[4]

Career[edit]

Loewenthal was Director of the Research Centre for Therapeutic Education until October 2018 when he became Emeritus Professor[5] and convener of the Doctoral Programmes in Psychotherapy and Counselling in the Department of Psychology at Roehampton University.[6]

Loewenthal has been on the UKCP register since 1996[7] (Analytic Section, Philadelphia Association) and is also a Chartered Counselling Psychologist (BPS) and Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) Registered.[8]

Alongside his career as a psychotherapist and educator, Loewenthal has had an interest in photography[1] and completed a BA degree in Photography and Multimedia at the University of Westminster and subsequently an MA in Documentary Photography and Photojournalism at the University of Arts/London College of Communication.[1] Loewenthal has nurtured his interest in photography into seminal work on phototherapy and therapeutic photography with publications including The Handbook of Phototherapy and Therapeutic Photography for the Professional and Activist Client (2023, Routledge), The Therapeutic Use of Photographs in the United Kingdom criminal Justice System in the European Journal for Psychotherapy and Counselling (2015);[9] Talking Pictures Therapy as Brief Therapy in a School Setting, Journal of Creativity in Mental Health (2013);[10] and has edited Phototherapy and Therapeutic Photography in a Digital Age (2013, Routledge).[11]

Research interests[edit]

Loewenthal's interests are broadly on the implications of continental philosophy for professional practice, theory and research. They include such areas as:

  • The training of psychological therapists[2]
  • Post-Existentialism/Post-Phenomenology[5]
  • Phototherapy[1][12]
  • Relational learning, ethics and research[13][14]
  • Emotional Learning and Involvement

Selected works[edit]

Loewenthal has authored books including:

  • The Handbook of Phototherapy and Therapeutic Photography: For the professional and activist client (2023, Routledge)[1]
  • Existential Psychotherapy and Counselling after Post-Modernism: The selected works of Del Loewenthal; World Library of Mental Health (2017, Routledge)[5]
  • Post-existentialism and the psychological therapies: Towards a therapy without foundations (2011, Karnac)[15]
  • Case Studies in Relational Research (2007, Macmillan Palgrave)[16]

He has also been the editor of several books including:

  • Psychotherapy and Unstable Notions of Masculinity (2023, Routledge)[17]
  • Levinas and the Other in Psychotherapy and Counselling (2022, Routledge)[18]
  • Toxic Young Adulthood: Therapy and Therapeutic Ethos (2022, Routledge)[19]
  • What is Paranormal? Some Implications for Psychological Therapies (2022, Routledge)[20]
  • Critical Existential-Analytic Psychotherapy: Some implications for practices, theories and research (2021, Routledge)[21]
  • Love, Sex and Psychotherapy in a Post-Romantic Era (2020, Routledge)[22]
  • Critical Psychotherapy, Psychoanalysis and Counselling: Implications for practice (2015, Palgrave Macmillan)[23]
  • Phototherapy and Therapeutic Photography in a Digital Age (2013, Routledge)[24]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b c d e Loewenthal, Del (2023). The Handbook of Phototherapy and Therapeutic Photography: For the professional and activist client (1st ed.). London: Routledge. ISBN 978-1032147512.
  2. ^ a b Loewenthal, Del (2021). Critical Existential-Analytic Psychotherapy: Some Implications for Practices, Theories and Research (1st ed.). London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0367690656.
  3. ^ "SAFPAC Southern Association for Psychotherapy and Counselling". SAFPAC. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
  4. ^ Taylor & Francis (2023-09-05). "European Journal of Psychotherapy and Counselling: Editorial Board". Retrieved 29 November 2023.
  5. ^ a b c Loewenthal, Del (2016). Existential Psychotherapy and Counselling after Postmodernism: The selected works of Del Loewenthal (World Library of Mental Health) (1st ed.). London: Routledge. ISBN 978-0415740586.
  6. ^ "Del Loewenthal". University of Roehampton Research Explorer. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
  7. ^ "Profile". www.psychotherapy.org.uk. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
  8. ^ "Check the Register: Details for |". www.hcpc-uk.org. Retrieved 2023-11-29.
  9. ^ Loewenthal, Del (2015-01-02). "The therapeutic use of photographs in the United Kingdom criminal justice system". European Journal of Psychotherapy & Counselling. 17 (1): 39–56. doi:10.1080/13642537.2015.1006132. ISSN 1364-2537.
  10. ^ Loewenthal, Del (January 2013). "Talking Pictures Therapy as Brief Therapy in a School Setting". Journal of Creativity in Mental Health. 8 (1): 21–34. doi:10.1080/15401383.2013.763679. ISSN 1540-1383.
  11. ^ "Introducing phototherapy and therapeutic photography in a digital age", Phototherapy and Therapeutic Photography in a Digital Age, Routledge, pp. 17–32, 2013-02-11, ISBN 978-0-203-07069-7, retrieved 2023-11-29
  12. ^ Loewenthal, Del (2013). Phototherapy and Therapeutic Photography in a Digital Age (1st ed.). Routledge. ISBN 978-0415667364.
  13. ^ Loewenthal, Del (2007). Case Studies in Relational Research: Qualitative research methods in counselling and psychotherapy. London: Red Globe Press. ISBN 978-1403921918.
  14. ^ i) Loewenthal ii) Samuels, i) Del ii) Andrew (2014). Relational Psychotherapy, Psychoanalysis and Counselling: Appraisals and reappraisals (1st ed.). Routledge. ISBN 978-0415721530.
  15. ^ Loewenthal, Del (2018-03-29), "Towards a therapy without foundations", Post-Existentialism and the Psychological Therapies, Routledge, pp. 175–179, ISBN 978-0-429-47842-0, retrieved 2023-11-29
  16. ^ Loewenthal, Del (2007), "Introducing Relational Research", Case Studies in Relational Research, London: Macmillan Education UK, pp. 1–18, ISBN 978-1-4039-2191-8, retrieved 2023-11-29
  17. ^ Loewenthal, Del (2023-05-03), "Introduction—Psychotherapy and healthy masculinity: Exploring our values, and what stops us thinking about them, when working psychotherapeutically with increasingly unstable notions of masculinity", Psychotherapy and Unstable Notions of Masculinity, London: Routledge, pp. 1–9, ISBN 978-1-003-38609-4, retrieved 2023-11-29
  18. ^ Loewenthal, Del; Kunz, George (2022-09-23), "Introduction: Levinas and the Other in psychotherapy and counselling", Levinas and the Other in Psychotherapy and Counselling, London: Routledge, pp. 1–5, ISBN 978-1-003-32125-5, retrieved 2023-11-29
  19. ^ Loewenthal, Del (2022-05-16), "Introduction – toxic young adulthood: therapy and therapeutic ethos", Toxic Young Adulthood, London: Routledge, pp. 1–8, ISBN 978-1-003-26000-4, retrieved 2023-11-29
  20. ^ Loewenthal, D (2022). What is Paranormal? Some Implications for Psychological Therapies. Routledge.
  21. ^ Loewenthal, Del, ed. (2021-03-24). Critical Existential-Analytic Psychotherapy. doi:10.4324/9781003140276.
  22. ^ Loewenthal, D (2020). Love, Sex and Psychotherapy in a Post-Romantic Era. Routledge.
  23. ^ Loewenthal, D (2015). Critical Psychotherapy, Psychoanalysis and Counselling: Implications for practice. Palgrave Macmillan.
  24. ^ "Introducing phototherapy and therapeutic photography in a digital age", Phototherapy and Therapeutic Photography in a Digital Age, Routledge, pp. 17–32, 2013-02-11, ISBN 978-0-203-07069-7, retrieved 2023-11-29
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