Staff Profile
Professor Lynne Gabriel
Professor of Counselling & Mental Health, Founder and Centre Director at York St John Communities Centre
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Lynne Gabriel, OBE
Professor of Counselling and Mental Health
Founder and Centre Director, York St John Communities Centre
REF Impact Case Study Lead and co-lead for REF Unit of Assessment (UoA 3, Allied Health).
My work involves teaching and enhancing student experience through engagement with research and practice in the clinical and training environment of the York St John Communities Centre. The Centre offers high quality placements and work related opportunities. I lead on a Masters research programme and supervise doctoral and postgraduate researchers. I am founder and Centre Director of the University’s Communities Centre, which is about to move into premises at 32-34 Clarence Street. The Centre has a talented operational and leadership team and provides a REF (Research Excellence Framework) case study for the University. You can find out more about the Communities Centre on our webpage:
York St John Communities Centre
For my work in mental health and education across decades I was awarded an OBE in 2022. I am very honoured to have worked with many talented people and teams across the years, including the current Centre leadership, management and office team. I believe that the OBE honours all of the colleagues I’ve worked with across the years.
I am passionate about mental health and wellbeing and have been involved at national and international level in the development of counselling as a frontline intervention for wellbeing and human distress. In 2007 I was awarded a Fellowship of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy and have won local and national awards for contributions to mental health. I am a former Chair of the Association, and have chaired a number of committees, including professional conduct and ethics. I am also active in the York mental health networks and was recently appointed as Co-Chair of York’s Mental Health Partnership Board, working alongside Dr Steve Wright from NHS England and TEWV. You can read more about my background in this article.
- School – School of Education, Language and Psychology
- Email – l.gabriel2@yorksj.ac.uk
- Phone – 01904 876 930
- Research - View my work in RaY
Teaching
I lead a taught MA research year and supervise doctoral and postgraduate researchers.
In recent years I set up a public facing counselling and mental health service, based on the University campus. A key aim of the project was to provide quality teaching and educational placements for students. The project has provided clinical, training and work related placements for many students and is now known as the York St John Communities Centre.
Research
I am passionate about research and value the production of practice-base evidence and evidence informed practice.
After setting up the York St John based counselling and mental health centre, now known as the York St John Communities Centre, I connected with other University’s to set up a research consortium. This has now developed into the UK Training, Research & Counselling Clinic Consortium, with collaborators from multiple UK Universities and two lead bodies in the counselling professions - British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP).
Professional Activities
Across the years I have been involved in multiple professional activities, locally, nationally and internationally.
The following are examples of some of my recent involvements:
- Chair, BACP Ethics and Good Practice Guidance Committee (stepping down in 2023)
- Co-Chair, York’s Mental Health Partnership Board
- Member of UK Expert Reference Group for SCoPED (scoping of practice and education in counselling and psychotherapy)
- Founder and member of the UK Training, Research and Counselling Clinics (TRACCs)
- Member of the international Pluralistic Practice Network - I a member of several of the network’s working groups
- Conference host for 2023 BACP student conference
Publications
Books
2005:
Gabriel, L., Speaking the Unspeakable: The ethics of dual relationships in counselling and psychotherapy: 224pp. London: Brunner-Routledge.
2009:
Gabriel, L. & Casemore, R. Relational Ethics in Practice: Narratives from Counselling and Psychotherapy. London: Brunner-Routledge.
Parts of books
2000:
Gabriel, L. & Davies, D. The Management of Ethical Dilemmas Associated with Dual Relationships. In Neal, C. & Davies, D., (Eds.) Issues in therapy with lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered clients. Pp 35-54 Buckingham: Open University Press.
2006:
Dunnett, A., Gabriel, L., Hobman, T., Lacock, L., Pendle, A., Roberts, E., Smith, L. Storr, P., Warren, C. Developments and Applications of the Skilled Helper Model: A Roundtable of Views. In Wosket, V. Egan’s Skilled Helper Model: Developments and Applications in Counselling. Chapter 7. London: Brunner-Routledge.
2009:
Gabriel, L. Relational ethics, boundary riders and process sentinels: allies for ethical practice. In Gabriel, L., & Casemore, R., (Eds). Relational Ethics in Practice: Narratives from Counselling and Psychotherapy. Pp 9-22. London: Brunner-Routledge.
Gabriel, L. Exploring the researcher-contributor research alliance. In In Gabriel, L., & Casemore, R., (Eds). Relational Ethics in Practice: Narratives from Counselling and Psychotherapy. Pp 147-157. London: Brunner-Routledge.
2016:
Gabriel, L. Ethics in Pluralistic Counselling and Psychotherapy. In Cooper, M. & Dryden, W., (Eds). The Handbook of Pluralistic Counselling and Psychotherapy. Pp 300-313. London: Sage. (January 2016).
Peer Reviewed Papers
2018:
Gabriel, L., Tizro, Z., James, H., Cronin-Davies, J., Beetham, T., Corbally, A., Moreno-Lopez, E., & Hill, S. “I need you to give me some space”: Young person to parent aggression and violence. Journal of Family Violence.
Gabriel, L. Ethical Decision-Making in the Counselling Professions. Good practice in action 044, Revised edition. Lutterworth: BACP
2017:
Gabriel, L., James, H., Cronin-Davis, J., Tizro, Z., Beetham, T., Hullock, A., & Raynar, A. Reflexive research with mothers and children. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research. (DOI: 10.1002/capr.12117). In publication.
2016:
Gabriel, L. Ethical Decision-Making in the Counselling Professions. Good practice in action 044, Lutterworth: BACP
Seamark, D., & Gabriel, L. Barriers to Support: A Qualitative Exploration into the Help-seeking and Avoidance Factors of Young Adults. British Journal of Guidance and Counselling. (DOI: 1080/03069885).
Wilson, J., Gabriel, L., & James, H. How bereaved people cope with minimal professional support. Five case studies are compared. Bereavement Care. (DOI: 10.1080/02682621.2016.1218127).
2014:
Wilson, J., Gabriel, L., & James, H. Observing a Client’s Grieving Process: Bringing Logical Positivism into Qualitative Grief Counselling Research. British Journal of Guidance and Counselling.(DOI: 10.1080/03069885.2014.936823)
2008:
Gabriel, L. Boundaries Riders and Process Sentinels: Allies for ethical practice. American Counseling Association, VISTAS 2008 online professional articles
2006:
Gabriel, L. Creating Quality Research. Counselling and Psychotherapy Research. 6(2) 146-147. (DO: 10.1080/14733140600725567).
(1473-3145 (print)/1746-1405 (online) – 2006 British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy)
Papers in peer review process
2017:
Gabriel, L., Tizro, Z., James, H., Cronin-Davies, J., Beetham, T., Corbally, A., Moreno-Lopez, E., & Hill, S. “I need you to give me some space”: Young person to parent aggression and violence. Journal of Family Violence. (resubmitted following minor edits).
