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Valerie Fletcher

Senior Lecturer

Valerie works as a Psychological Therapies Lecturer and MA Integrative Counselling and Diploma Course Leader in the Department of Health. She is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA) and runs a private practice as an Accredited (BACP) Counsellor/Psychotherapist/Supervisor.

Valerie has specialist BACP accredited experience working with Sexual Abuse, Bereavement, Mental Health Diagnoses, Depression and Anxiety. Alongside her successful Private Practice she has been working as a Psychological Therapist/ Counsellor within IAPT. and specialist centres for counselling survivors of sexual abuse and bereavement services.

Valerie enjoys helping counselling and mental health students to learn and flourish into successful practitioners. Prior to working at Leeds Beckett University, Valerie ran the Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling at Wakefield College and enjoyed a career as a qualified nurse for many years.

Current Teaching

Course Leader - PG Diploma in Counselling and Psychotherapy
Course Leader - Short Courses in Counselling
Module Leader - Relational Framework (HE & PG Diploma In Counselling and Psychotherapy)
Module Leader - Therapeutic Supervision (HE & PG Diploma in Counselling and Psychotherapy)
Module Leader - Mental Health and Practice (BSc Counselling and Mental Health)
Module Tutor - Becoming a Therapist (HE & PG Diploma in Counselling and Psychotherapy)
Module Tutor - Therapeutic Skills (HE & PG Diploma in Counselling and Psychotherapy)
Module Tutor - Psychological Foundations (BSc Counselling and Mental Health)
Module Tutor - Counselling Skills (BSc Counselling and Mental Health)
MA Psychotherapy Supervisor
Academic Advisor

Research Interests

Valerie is currently conducting EdD research into counselling/psychotherapists' experiences of working with clients with a diagnosis of a personality disorder and has experience of setting up and running a drop in centre within a HM Prison.

As an Accredited practitioner Valerie has conducted research into therapists perceptions of the evidence based guidelines used in psychotherapy for depression and is passionately interested in the promotion of the counselling/psychotherapy profession.

Valerie is also involved in research into resilience amongst mental health students and is interested in concepts of empowerment and confidence as vital facilitators for the modern mental health professional.

0113 81 22393
V.Fletcher@leedsbeckett.ac.uk
Calverley, 512, City Campus

School of Health

Ask Me About

Counselling
Mental health
Psychology

Selected Outputs

Fletcher V (2022) Developing Anti-Opressive Psychological Tools: Experiences of Working With Minority. In: APA Annual Conference 2022, 4 August 2022 - 6 August 2022, Minneapolis.
Fox T; Fletcher V (2021) An Interpretative Phenomenological analysis of a pilot resilience programme in educational support for first year mental health degree students. In: BACP Research Conference- Promoting Collaboration in Research, Policy and Practice, 15 May 2021, Online.

https://www.bacp.co.uk/media/11803/research-conference-2021-online-event-programmev4.pdf
Fletcher V (2020) Relational Psychotherapy as a Successful Intervention for Complex Clients: Including Those Diagnosed Disorders. In: Forensic Mental Health Awareness Conference, 27 October 2020 - 29 October 2020, Chicago University , Washington DC.
Fletcher V (2019) Therapists' Views on the Evidence-based Guidelines for the Treatment of Depression in Adults. In: BACP (British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy) Research Confererence, 17 May 2019 - 18 May 2019, Belfast.

Fletcher V; Evans V (2019) FACTORS TO CONSIDER IN THE INTERPRETATION OF TRIAL RESULTS IN PSYCHOTHERAPY FOR DEPRESSION IN ADULTS, WITH REFERENCE TO SUICIDAL BEHAVIOUR. Journal of Evidence-Based Psychotherapies, 19 (2),

https://doi.org/10.24193/jebp.2019.2.10

Fletcher V; Matthews T; Hills J (2022) Technology and Digital Literacy. In: Williams S; Conroy D ed. A Student's Guide to Placements in Health and Social Care Settings From Theory to Practice. Critical Publishing, pp. 108-121.