Natasha Mansukhani

Natasha is an Integrative Counsellor (MSc, BACP). She has research experience in the field of Health and Social Care and has worked as a Research Assistant at the Centre for Children and Youth (University of Northampton) between 2007 and 2008. Natasha is a member of the British Psychosocial Oncology Society (BPOS).

Natasha's research interests include:

• Psycho-oncology,
• Positive Psychology,
• Counselling 
• Bereavement and loss

Natasha is currently undertaking a PhD study on: 'How cancer survivors experience the journey from despair to post-traumatic growth through the process of counselling'.

She is interested in qualitative research approaches to understand lived experiences and meaning-making, such as Interpretative Phenomenological Analysis (IPA).

Natasha's recent master's dissertation (Counselling) focused on: 'How counsellors make sense of the experience of working with bereaved clients.'

Natasha's earlier master's dissertation (Child and Adolescent Mental Health) focused on: 'Young people's perspective of experiencing an impending transition to secondary school and university'.  This research was based on Social Representation Theory, and Thematic Analysis was employed.