Dr Suzanne Hodge
Senior Lecturers in Clinical Psychology, LecturerResearch Interests
I am a qualitative social scientist and health researcher. My research interests lie mainly in mental health, with a particular interest in democratic therapeutic communities and other psychosocial interventions which place an emphasis on relational and communicative processes.
Current Teaching
I am part of the team delivering research teaching to trainees on the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology Programme.
Additional Information
I joined the DClinPsy programme team in June 2011, having previously worked for eight years as a researcher in the Health and Community Care Research Unit at the University of Liverpool. Prior to this I undertook my doctoral research at the University of Bristol's School for Policy Studies, where I looked at service user involvement in mental health policy making through the lens of Jürgen Habermas's theory of communicative action. Habermas's focus on intersubjectivity as a concept of value to social theory led me to an interest in psychological theories of intersubjectivity, and particularly in the relationship between intersubjectivity and individual subjectivity.
Before moving into academia I spent several years working in a policy role in the voluntary social care sector.
PhD Supervision Interests
Psychosocial approaches to mental health; knowledge and power in health and social care; applications of Habermasian theory; therapeutic communities.
Selected Publications
Switching roles: a qualitative study of staff experiences of being dialectical behaviour therapists within the National Health Service in England
Hutton, R., Hodge, S.M., Tighe, M.G. 2017 In: The Cognitive Behaviour Therapist. 10, e6, 14 p.
Journal article
Understanding experiences of the self-harm of others: A qualitative exploration of the views of young people with complex mental health needs
Smith-Gowling, C., Knowles, S., Hodge, S.M. 1/10/2018 In: Clinical Child Psychology and Psychiatry. 23, 4, p. 528-541. 14 p.
Journal article
Resilience and vision impairment in older people
Thetford, C., Bennet, K., Hodge, S., Knox, P., Robinson, J. 12/2015 In: Journal of Aging Studies. 35, p. 37-48. 12 p.
Journal article
A qualitative study exploring the effects of attending a community pain service choir on wellbeing in people who experience chronic pain
Hopper, M., Curtis, S., Hodge, S.M., Simm, R.J. 08/2016 In: British Journal of Pain. 10, 3, p. 124-134. 11 p.
Journal article
Service user experiences of mentalisation-based treatment for borderline personality disorder
O Lonargain, D., Hodge, S.M., Line, R. 28/02/2017 In: Mental Health Review Journal. 22, 1, p. 16-27. 12 p.
Journal article
Life Stories of International Romanian Adoptees: A Narrative Study
Mckail, R., Hodge, S.M., Daiches, A., Misca, G. 12/2017 In: Adoption Quarterly. 20, 4, p. 309-328. 20 p.
Journal article
Loneliness, social isolation and sight loss: a literature review conducted for Thomas Pocklington Trust
Hodge, S., Eccles, F. 12/2013 Lancaster : Lancaster University.
Commissioned report
Exploring the role of an emotional support and counselling service for people with visual impairments
Hodge, S., Barr, W., Bowen, L., Leeven, M., Knox, P. 01/2013 In: British Journal of Visual Impairment. 31, 1, p. 5-19. 15 p.
Journal article
Living with age-related macular degeneration treatment: Patient experiences of being treated with ranibizumab (Lucentis) intravitreal injections
Thetford, C., Hodge, S., Harding, S., Taylor, S., Knox, P. 05/2013 In: British Journal of Visual Impairment. 31, 2, p. 89-101. 13 p.
Journal article
Evaluation of Emotional Support and Counselling within an Integrated Low Vision Service
Hodge, S., Barr, W., Knox, P. 09/2010 Liverpool : Health and Community Care Research Unit, University of Liverpool. 155 p.
Commissioned report
Qualitative findings from a mixed methods evaluation of once-weekly therapeutic community day services for people with personality disorder
Hodge, S., Barr, W., Göpfert, M., Hellin, K., Horne, A., Kirkcaldy, A. 2010 In: Journal of Mental Health. 19, 1, p. 43-51. 9 p.
Journal article
Quantitative findings from a mixed methods evaluation of once-weekly therapeutic community day services for people with personality disorder
Barr, W., Kirkcaldy, A., Horne, A., Hodge, S., Hellin, K., Göpfert, M. 2010 In: Journal of Mental Health. 19, 5, p. 412-421. 10 p.
Journal article
Therapeutic Communities
Hodge, S., Barr, W., Kirkcaldy, A. 01/2010 Openmind, 161, p. 12-13. 2 p.
Article
User involvement in the construction of a mental health charter: an exercise in communicative rationality?
Hodge, S.M. 2009 In: Health Expectations. 12, 3, p. 251-61. 11 p.
Journal article
Reading between the lines: the experiences of taking part in a community reading project
Hodge, S., Robinson, J., Davis, P. 2007 In: Medical Humanities. 33, 2, p. 100-104. 4 p.
Journal article
Communicative rationality in the clinic?: exploring the parental role in the management of gastro-oesophageal reflux in children
Hodge, S., Perkins, E. 2007 In: Social Theory and Health. 5, 2, p. 107-125. 19 p.
Journal article
Why is the potential of augmentative and alternative communication not being realized?: Exploring the experiences of people who use communication aids
Hodge, S. 2007 In: Disability and Society. 22, 5, p. 457-471. 15 p.
Journal article
Participation, discourse and power: a case study in service user involvement
Hodge, S. 2005 In: Critical Social Policy. 25, 2, p. 164-179. 16 p.
Journal article
Competence, identity and intersubjectivity: Applying Habermas's theory of communicative action to service user involvement in mental health policy making
Hodge, S. 2005 In: Social Theory and Health. 3, 3, p. 165-182. 18 p.
Journal article
All Publications
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Searching for the Community in the Mental Health Act 1983 - Hospital Manager Panels, Local Justice and Legitimacy
02/01/2024 → 31/12/2024
Research
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Thomas Pocklington Trust - The Changing Needs of People with Sight Loss: A Follow-up Study
01/09/2010 → 31/05/2011
Research
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Looked after children's experiences of self-harm: a qualitative analysis
01/01/1900 → …
Research
BMJ Open Ophthalmology (Journal)
Publication peer-review
NIHR ARC NWC (External organisation)
Membership of committee
ISRF - Independent Social Research Foundation (External organisation)
Membership of committee
Belongingness, responsible agency and the power of giving and taking: A grounded theory of the therapeutic process in DTCs
Oral presentation
ESRC (External organisation)
Membership of committee
Social Theory and Health (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Teesside University
Visiting an external academic institution
British and Irish Orthoptic Society Northern Branch Clinical Meeting
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Qualitative Health Research (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Teesside University
Visiting an external academic institution
Grounded Theory Method
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Sage (Publisher)
Publication peer-review
Health, Risk and Society (Journal)
Publication peer-review
Teachers, Trainers and Supervisors workshop: Interpretative phenomenological analysis
Participation in workshop, seminar, course
Health Expectations (Journal)
Publication peer-review
- Clinical Psychology