Beverly Cole

Lecturer and Research Supervisor
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Background

The human resource aspect of Beverley’s position as the Head of Finance and Administration in Wales for a national organisation brought her into daily contact with the difficulties people experience and their struggles to address these. This, aligned with the management aspect of her position, which included fostering personal and professional growth and encouraging success, led to research into the potential and power of psychotherapy and a change to a more personal-centred management style. Eventually, her growing interest in encouraging a person to use their inherent instincts to find potential and growth led Dr Cole to transfer her use of the person-centred approach within the business world into a clinical realm through training as a psychotherapist. Her previous work experience, her counselling and research inform her teaching. 

Specialist Subjects

  • Counselling skills for potential counsellors [Level 4 - Level 7], and those who wish to use counselling techniques as communication skills within other professions.
  • Theoretical perspectives of Counselling and Psychotherapy
  • Qualitative research methodology/methods
  • Research supervision
  • Raising research awareness, knowledge, activity and dissemination within the counselling and psychotherapeutic profession.

Professional and/or Research Experience

Over 15 years’ experience as a Programme Director, Lecturer, and module leader for Level 4 - Level 7 students. Currently a lecturer and MA/PhD research supervisor within the Academic Discipline of Psychology and Counselling at the University of Wales, Trinity Saint David.

In addition to these academic roles, Dr Cole is an accredited member of the BACP and a practising psychotherapist/counselling supervisor within the NHS, private practice, and the voluntary sector.

Beverley’s research interests include Heuristic Self-search Inquiry, Auto-ethnography and Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis. She has a particular interest in research into the training and supervision of psychotherapists.

Her psychotherapeutic and research activities and interests help inform her teaching across undergraduate and postgraduate portfolios.

Qualifications

  • PhD University of Wales, Trinity Saint David
  • MPhil Swansea Metropolitan University
  • MA University of Wales, Newport
  • Post Graduate Diploma in Integrative Counselling. University of Wales, Newport

Languages Spoken

English

Professional Membership or Roles

Registered and Accredited Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy

Academic Teaching

External Recognition or Rewards

Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

Link to Orcid Profile

ORCID Research profile

Professional Publications

  • Watling, A. and Cole, B. J. (2025). Metaphorical Metaphor for working with forgiveness. European Journal of Counselling Theory, Research and Practice. In press.
  • Noble, H. J. and Cole, B. J. (2024). Falling into Glăveanu’s Gap: A lyric essay searching for resilience through creativity. European Journal for Qualitative Research. 14. 48-61.
  • Noble, H. J. and Cole, B. J. (2020). Re-writing the pain: A Lyric Essay. European Journal for Qualitative Research. 10. 16-27.
  • Edworthy, A. and Cole, B. J. (2012). ‘Cycles of Self Esteem’. Social Care and Neuro-disability. 3(1). 27–36.

Available to Supervise Doctoral Students

Yes