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Luke completed his BA(Hons) degree in Psychology and Philosophy at the University of Northampton. He then continued to study for his MSc in Counselling Children and Young People, also at Northampton, where he began his clinical practice, volunteering at The Lowdown (a local charity providing free counselling to young people). He now specialises in working with developmental trauma at Broad Horizons. He has also volunteered as a youth leader for an LGBTQ+ youth group and has provided training for charities, schools and therapy services on supporting LGBTQ+ young people. Luke is a registered member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) as well as Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (FHEA). Luke completed his PhD at the University of Stirling in 2021, focusing on the regulation of gender identities for non-binary youth.
Luke’s main research interests centre around his PhD, which focused on non-binary youth and how their genders are regulated. This follows from his MSc research, which explored the everyday experiences of non-binary young people. He has also done a commentary on RuPaul’s Drag Race for a journal’s pop culture special edition. Currently, Luke is working with the MSc CAMH team on a project exploring the concept of "safe spaces" within the classroom and how to facilitate the discussion of "sensitive" topics. Luke is also working with clinical psychologists from Northamptonshire’s Gender Identity Clinic on a review of the literature around transgender people’s sexualities.
Luke is a qualitative researcher, with experience in feminist relational discourse analysis, interpretative phenomenological analysis and thematic analysis. He is passionate about participatory and creative forms of research that focus on identities – particularly genders and sexualities.
Luke has supervised MSc students, whose dissertations covered topics, such as absent fathers, parental bereavement, transgender and gender non-conforming identity development in online spaces and the impact of covid on young people's mental health.
Luke has supervised various qualitative research methodologies and forms of analysis, including: thematic analysis, interpretative phenomenological analysis, autoethnography and feminist relational discouse analysis.
Luke has established connections across multiple industries, including: a psychotherapy service, youth counselling service and the gender identity clinic within Northamptonshire Healthcare Foundation Trust.
Luke is a tutor for the MSc in Child and Adolescent Mental Health, and predominantly teaches at postgraduate level. He is module coordinator for PSYM106, a therapeutic skills module in the MSc CAMH programme, helping students put theory into practice. He also teaches undergraduate research methods. Luke won the university’s award for ‘Advancing Equality and Diversity’ in 2020.
Luke has also previously taught across first, second and third year undergraduate modules, including both qualitative and quantitative research methods and child and adolescent mental health. He has also taught on the MSc Counselling Children and Young People programme.
Luke has/current teaches on:
PSY1004: Investigating Psychology
PSY1006: Becoming a Psychologist (Research Methods)
PSY2005: Research Methods and Statistics
PSY2014 Personality and Individual Differences
PSY3026: Child and Adolescent Mental Health
PSYM105: Understanding Children and Young People's Distress
PSYM065: Therapeutic Interventions for Working with Children, Young People and Families
PSYM132: With Young People in Mind: Clinical, Community or Educational Placement
PSYM086: Research Methods (Postgraduate)
In 2015, UN member states agreed to 17 global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) to end poverty, protect the planet and ensure prosperity for all. This person’s work contributes towards the following SDG(s):
PhD, Exploring the B/ordering Processes for Non-Binary Youth, University of Stirling
Award Date: 22 Nov 2021
Master, MSc Counselling Children and Young People, University of Northampton
Award Date: 29 Mar 2017
Bachelor, BA(Hons) Psychology and Philosophy, University of Northampton
Award Date: 29 Jun 2012
Child and Young Person Therapist, Broad Horizons
20 Feb 2017 → …
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to Conference › Poster
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to Journal › Article › peer-review
Research output: Contribution to Specialist Publication › Review
Research output: Contribution to Conference › Poster
Ward, L. (Creator), University of Northampton, 7 Feb 2023
DOI: 10.24339/30b70192-c22d-43a4-a63c-09b3a484b777
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Luke Ward (Author)
Activity: Academic Talks or Presentations › Conference Presentation
Lauren McAllister (Speaker), Luke Ward (Author) & Lauren Young (Author)
Activity: Academic Talks or Presentations › Conference Presentation
Luke Ward (Author), Lauren McAllister (Author), Lauren Young (Author) & Jessica Renew (Speaker)
Activity: Academic Talks or Presentations › Conference Presentation
Luke Ward (Author)
Activity: Academic Talks or Presentations › Conference Presentation
Luke Ward (Author)
Activity: Academic Talks or Presentations › Conference Presentation
Luke Ward (Consultant)
Activity: Knowledge Exchange & Consultancy › Delivery/Organisation of courses for externals › Enterprise
Luke Ward (Author)
Activity: Academic Talks or Presentations › Oral presentation › Research
Luke Ward (Academic)
Activity: Public Engagement and Outreach › Schools Engagement › Enterprise
Luke Ward, Lauren McAllister & Lauren Young
13/01/23
1 Media contribution
Press/Media