Christina Johnson

Email
cj23545@essex.ac.ukLocation
Colchester Campus
- Psychoanalytic formulations of internalised misogyny
Biography
I joined the department of Psychoanalytic and Psychosocial Studies in 2023 as a part-time PhD student. I have a private psychodynamic psychotherapy practice, working with a cross-section of issues, and have also worked in agency and forensic settings. In addition, I work in Human Resources within the professional services. Prior to this role I had my own business as an HR consultant, working with corporate clients particularly around culture and leadership development, both designing and delivering development programmes, as well as offering group and 1:1 executive coaching, and running investigations for complex issues such as whistle-blowing claims, disciplinaries and grievances. My primary research interest is on the ways in which the female body is used as a container for certain types of social and cultural phantasy, as holders of emotion (for example sorrow), and a site of moral arbitration (through representations of violence). In particular, I'm interested in the way these phantasies are internalised by women as a form of misogynistic self-representation of the female/feminine. I would welcome the opportunity to connect with any other researchers to exchange ideas and share thoughts on psychoanalytic research, and hear about your projects.
Qualifications
Advanced Diploma in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy The Counselling Foundation (2022)
Diploma in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy The Counselling Foundation (2020)
MLitt History of Art: Dress & Textile Histories University of Glasgow (2014)
MA Personnel & Development University of Westminster (2009)
BA (Hons) English Birkbeck College, University of London (2005)