Graham Whitehead

Graham is Head of Subject - Health, Social Care and Early Childhood Studies in the School of Social Sciences and Professions.

Graham Whitehead Principal Lecturer (Health), Academic Liaison Tutor

Graham Whitehead

Graham joined London Metropolitan University in August 2016. He has been working in Higher Education since 1991 with previous posts at Nottingham Trent University, London South Bank University and Auckland University of Technology (New Zealand).

Graham teaches on both undergraduate and postgraduate programmes within the health area. His research interests include:

  • Inter-professional Practice
  • Transcultural communication
  • Equality & Diversity
  • Management Theory and Practice
He is a Senior Accredited Counsellor/Psychotherapist and a member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP).

Publications

  • Price, I., Whitehead, G., Khan, A., Webb, J.,(2022) Education for Social Justice: Research, Policy and Practice. Investigations in University Teaching and Learning Vol. 13
  • Whitehead, G (2019) Developing Empatic Resonance in Inter-Professional Education & Practice. Proceedings of Global Public Health Conference2(1), 10-17. Available at: https://doi.org/10.17501/26138417.2019.2102
  • Whitehead, G (2015) Developing Enabling Environments in Practitioner Training. Asia Pacific Journal of Counselling and Psychotherapy 6:1-2, 80-88, DOI: 10.1080/21507686.2014.1002803
  • Whitehead, G and Barnard, A (2013) Developing inclusive environments in mental health provision for people with disabilities. Journal of Mental Health Training, Education and Practice. (Publication in print) E-version released May 2013.
  • Whitehead, G (2013) Developing institutional strategies to support failing/failed part-time students in higher education – recommendations for practice and field educators. Journal of Practice Teaching and Learning. (Publication in print) E-version released March 2013.
  • Whitehead, G (2011) The Practice of Counselling in Barnard, A (Ed) Key Themes in Health and Social Care: a companion to learning. London: Routledge.
  • Harling, M and Whitehead, G (2011) Theories of Counselling in Barnard, A (Ed) Key Themes in Health and Social Care: a companion to learning. London: Routledge.
  • Beart, K, Whitehead, G and Barnard, A (2011) Working with people in Health and Social Care in Barnard, A (Ed) Key Themes in Health and Social Care: a companion to learning. London: Routledge.
  • Whitehead, G (2009) Working with redundancy: implications for practice and research. Counselling at Work, 63, pp1-4.
  • Rawson, D, Whitehead, G and Luthra, M (1999) The Challenges of Counselling in a Multicultural Society in Palmer, S and Laungani, P (Eds) Counselling in a Multicultural Society. London: Sage

Recent Conferences

  • Whitehead G. (2020) Developing Empathic Resonance in Health & Social Care Practice: Centre for Primary Health and Social Care Conference: London Metropolitan University.
  • Whitehead G. (2019) Developing Empathic Resonance in Inter-professional Education & Practice: 2nd Global Public Health Conference, Colombo, Sri Lanka.
  • Whitehead, G. (2018) Developing Enabling Environments in Professional Practice. Health Conference, London Metropolitan University (January 2018).
  • Whitehead, G. (2015) Managing attitudes towards sexual difference in large cohort teaching in higher education. LGBT Research Conference, Manchester University (May 2015).
  • Whitehead, G. (2013) Developing enabling environments in practitioner training. In proceedings of the 3rd Asia-Pacific Counselling Conference Kuching, Malaysia August 2013.
  • Whitehead, G. (2012) Developing inclusive environments in mental health provision for people with disabilities. In Proceedings of the 1st European Mind Change Conference: Social inclusion for people with disabilities Villach Austria (May 2012).

 

Graham Whitehead
Head of Subject - Health, Social Care and Early Childhood Studies
g.whitehead@londonmet.ac.uk