Dusanka Dee Marsenic
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Email
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Location
Colchester Campus
Profile
- Voice and the Therapeutic Space: A study of how voice intonation, melody and prosody are experienced in the therapeutic dyad
Biography
Currently pursuing her Professional Doctorate in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy at the University of Essex, Dee brings a rich academic and practical background to her therapeutic work. She holds a postgraduate degree in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy from WPF Therapy, Roehampton University, and completed a Foundation Course in Psychoanalysis at the Institute of Psychoanalysis in London. Additionally, she has earned certificates in Trauma Therapy and Safeguarding. Her experience includes working as an Associate Psychotherapist with young people and students in a university setting, and she is also a certified Reflective Group Facilitator, trained at The Tavistock and Portman NHS Foundation Trust. When working with trauma, she offers EMDR therapy to support her clients in their healing process. She is a dedicated member of the British Psychoanalytic Council (BPC), UK Counselling and Psychotherapy (UKCP), Foundation of Psychotherapy and Counselling (FPC), EMDR UK Association, and is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (RSA). Research and conference activities: PPS 30th Anniversary Student Research Conference Dreamscapes of Belonging in a Changing World University of Essex, 23rd 24th May 2024 Dee participated with her research paper titled: Voice and the Therapeutic Space: A study of how voice intonation, melody and prosody can be experienced as a dreamscape of the memory and past and was part of PPS Student Conference Committee
Research and professional activities
Thesis
Voice and the Therapeutic Space: A study of how voice intonation, melody and prosody are experienced in the therapeutic dyad
This research project will explore the role of voice intonation, prosody, and melody in the client/therapist interaction, and bring awareness to related phenomena, largely unconscious, which occur in therapeutic space. I suggest that the client’s voice, as distinct from the meaning of the words, can give clues about their attitude or affective state, and that the client’s experience of the therapist’s voice can potentially create a primitive, pre-verbal transference in which the client can expe
Supervisor: Dr Debbie Wright, D.Psychodyn.Psych. , Joanne Emmens
Contact
Location:
Colchester Campus
Working pattern:
Working full - time in private practice.