The Global Goals
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. Nneamaka's work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
About Nneamaka
I moved to Cornwall over 8 years ago to undertake my Doctoral Training at Â鶹´«Ã½ University. I am a Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) registered Clinical Psychologist and hold Chartered status with the BPS.I have worked with children, young people and families for over 20 years, and specialise in working with families where there has been a history of trauma and abuse. My background prior to qualifying as a Clinical Psychologist includes working within residential drug rehabilitation units, prisons and criminal justice services, with homeless populations, and various roles within children’s homes, which provides me with a rich knowledge base to apply to my current work.
As a Clinical Tutor at the university I am responsible for supporting trainees within the Cornwall areas whilst they are on their placements. Clinical tutors remain with the same trainees throughout their training journey across the three years and act as their appraisers. Within this role, I also oversee the organisation and co-ordination of all placements within the Cornwall patch and am the link person for all of my tutees’ supervisors in terms of trainee assessment/progression issues and any other liaison, information or support they may need from the course. I am the module lead for the first year clinical practice strand. I am involved in teaching, including ‘Attachment Theory and Complex Trauma’ for year ones, and ‘Clinical Skills’ across the three years.
I am also involved in providing supervision to trainees for their major research projects. My research interests are fairly broad and include trauma and attachment theory as it applies to organisations; experiences of children within the care system, fostering and adoption; experiences of People of Colour within the UK; and issues relating to Forensic Psychology (substance misuse, domestic violence, homelessness, etc). I am also interested in community psychology ideas and in particular those who are disadvantaged/marginalised within society. I am part of the DDPi (Worldwide) Research Committee, and so would be particularly interested in supporting research exploring interventions which fall under the Dyadic Developmental Practice umbrella of approaches.
I see myself as coming from a social constructionist standpoint, and so view knowledge as evolving and shared, and within a historic and political context, of which power is a main feature. I am most experienced using Discursive approaches to research methodology, including conversational analysis and discourse analysis, and using an attachment lens when thinking about individual and societal discourses. I have also supervised research which have taken an IPA, Reflexive Thematic Analysis and Narrative Analysis approaches, and I am comfortable supporting trainees using a range of qualitative methodologies.
In addition to this main role, I am also involved in EDI funded work as part of the w