Christopher Arnold
Dr Christopher Arnold worked as a local authority educational psychologist in the West Midlands for nearly 30 years. He now works independently and until recently was a research tutor at the Tavistock Portman NHS Trust in their programme for training educational psychologists. In addition to his qualifications from Cambridge, Nottingham and Exeter he wrote a PhD thesis on the applications of Chaos Theory in children’s development. He is a past chair of the Division of Educational and Child Psychology in the British Psychological Society. He is currently developing tools to aid communication with children and young people. He has contributed to conferences both in the UK and Europe as well as publishing a range of books and papers.
Learning from the Unconscious: Psychoanalytic Approaches in Educational Psychology
Each of us has an inner world, influenced by experience, environment and the people and places we encounter. As individuals engaged with children and those around them, educational psychologists... (more)
Children in Lockdown: Learning the Lessons of Pandemic Times
Children in Lockdown: Learning the Lessons of Pandemic Times acknowledges the constant change and adaptation that was required in real time and the reverberations that continue today. It provides the... (more)
Learning Beyond Reason: Psychodynamic Case Studies in Education
Five case studies explore varied challenges for young people and those working with them. Each one sets out the challenge, an analysis from a psychodynamic perspective, and the intervention.... (more)