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Dr Poul Rohleder

Honorary Senior Lecturer
Psychosocial and Psychoanalytic Studies
Dr Poul Rohleder

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Biography

Poul Rohleder is a chartered clinical psychologist and psychoanalytic psychotherapist. He is a senior member of the British Psychotherapy Foundation, and has a private practice in central London. As well as a clinician, he is an active researcher and author. He has research interests in sexuality, diversity and marginalised identities. He has published several research papers on sexuality, sexual health and disability, as well as several books. He sits on the editorial boards of the Psychoanalysis, Culture & Society, and Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy.

Qualifications

  • DPhil University of Stellenbosch,

  • MA (Clinical Psychology) University of Cape Town,

Publications

Journal articles (60)

Walsh, J. and Rohleder, P., Gay men’s experiences of holding hands in public: psychosocial dilemmas and the discourse of homophobia. Psychoanalysis, Culture & Society

Rohleder, P., (2024). Oedipal experiences in same-sex families. Psychodynamic Practice, 1-5

Taylor, L., Kegerreis, S. and Rohleder, P., (2023). Loss and Survival: Experiences of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapists Working Remotely During the COVID-19 Pandemic. British Journal of Psychotherapy. 39 (1), 182-197

Rohleder, P., Ryan-Flood, R. and Walsh, J., (2023). Holding hands: LGBTQ people’s experiences of public displays of affection with their partner(s). Psychology and Sexuality. 14 (3), 559-571

Winship, G., Baring, R., Dantzic, T., Davids, J., Fogel, J., Kane, A., Lee, A., Orrell, K., Rohleder, P. and Watt, B., (2023). WHAT ROLE AHEAD FOR THE BRITISH JOURNAL OF PSYCHOTHERAPY?. British Journal of Psychotherapy. 39 (2), 271-273

Semlyen, J. and Rohleder, P., (2022). Critical psychology perspectives on LGBTQ+ mental health: current issues and interventions. Psychology & Sexuality. 13 (5), 1105-1108

Jidong, DE., Ike, TJ., Tribe, R., Tunariu, AD., Rohleder, P. and Mackenzie, A., (2022). Berom cultural beliefs and attitudes towards mental health problems in Nigeria: a mixed-methods study. Mental Health, Religion & Culture. 25 (5), 504-518

Rohleder, P., Braathen, SH., Carew, M., Chiwaula, M., Hunt, X. and Swartz, L., (2021). Creative collaboration on a disability and sexuality participatory action research project: A reflective diary account. Qualitative Research in Psychology. 18 (2), 250-270

Mulubale, S., Rohleder, P. and Squire, C., (2021). LOLS@stigma: Comedy as activism in the changing times of the HIV epidemic. Critical Public Health. 31 (3), 255-267

Carew, MT., Braathen, SH., Hunt, X., Swartz, L. and Rohleder, P., (2020). Predictors of negative beliefs toward the sexual rights and perceived sexual healthcare needs of people with physical disabilities in South Africa. Disability and Rehabilitation. 42 (25), 3664-3672

Hunt, X., Swartz, L., Braathen, SH., Jordan, C. and Rohleder, P., (2020). (Re)presenting the self: Questions raised by a photovoice project with people with physical disabilities in South Africa. Disability and Society. 35 (6), 876-901

Watermeyer, B., Hunt, X., Swartz, L. and Rohleder, P., (2019). Navigating the relational psychic economy of disability: The case of M. Psychoanalytic Dialogues. 29 (5), 515-531

Smith, C., Cook, R. and Rohleder, P., (2019). ‘When it comes to HIV, that’s when you find out the genuinity of that love’: The experience of disclosing a HIV+ status to an intimate partner. Journal of Health Psychology. 24 (8), 1011-1022

Rohleder, P., Watermeyer, B., Braathen, SH., Hunt, X. and Swartz, L., (2019). Impairment, socialization and embodiment: The sexual oppression of people with physical disabilities. Psychoanalysis, Culture and Society. 24 (3), 260-281

Rohleder, P., (2019). Book review: Textbook of applied psychoanalysis. Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy. 33 (2), 142-144

Rohleder, P., (2019). (No) time for love: Reflecting on relationships in psychotherapy. European Journal of Psychotherapy and Counselling. 21 (3-4), 276-287

Rohleder, P. and Flowers, P., (2018). Towards a psychology of sexual health. Journal of Health Psychology. 23 (2), 143-147

McDermott, DT., Brooks, AS., Rohleder, P., Blair, K., Hoskin, RA. and McDonagh, LK., (2018). Ameliorating transnegativity: assessing the immediate and extended efficacy of a pedagogic prejudice reduction intervention. Psychology and Sexuality. 9 (1), 69-85

Hunt, X., Swartz, L., Carew, MT., Braathen, SH., Chiwaula, M. and Rohleder, P., (2018). Dating persons with physical disabilities: the perceptions of South Africans without disabilities. Culture, Health and Sexuality. 20 (2), 141-155

Hunt, X., Braathen, SH., Swartz, L., Carew, MT. and Rohleder, P., (2018). Intimacy, intercourse and adjustments: Experiences of sexual life of a group of people with physical disabilities in South Africa. Journal of Health Psychology. 23 (2), 289-305

Storrie, R. and Rohleder, P., (2018). ‘I think if I had turned up sporting a beard and a dress then you get in trouble’: experiences of transgender students at UK universities. Psychology and Sexuality. 9 (4), 317-328

Rohleder, P., Braathen, SH., Hunt, X., Carew, MT. and Swartz, L., (2018). Sexuality erased, questioned, and explored: The experiences of South Africans with physical disabilities.. Psychology and Sexuality. 9 (4), 369-379

Hunt, X., Swartz, L., Rohleder, P., Carew, M. and Hellum Braathen, S., (2018). Withdrawn, strong, kind, but de-gendered: non-disabled South Africans’ stereotypes concerning persons with physical disabilities. Disability and Society. 33 (10), 1-22

Swartz, L., Hunt, X., Watermeyer, B., Carew, M., Braathen, SH. and Rohleder, P., (2018). Symbolic violence and the invisibility of disability. African Safety Promotion. 16 (2), 21-30

Rohleder, P., McDermott, DT. and Cook, R., (2017). Experience of sexual self-esteem among men living with HIV. Journal of Health Psychology. 22 (2), 176-185

Smith, C., Cook, R. and Rohleder, P., (2017). A qualitative investigation into the HIV disclosure process within an intimate partnership: ‘The moment I realized that our relationship was developing into something serious, I just had to tell him’. British Journal of Health Psychology. 22 (1), 110-127

Rohleder, P., Lambie, J. and Hale, E., (2017). A qualitative study of the emotional coping and support needs of children living with a parent with a brain injury. Brain Injury. 31 (2), 199-207

Borawska-Charko, M., Rohleder, P. and Finlay, WML., (2017). The Sexual Health Knowledge of People with Intellectual Disabilities: a Review. Sexuality Research and Social Policy. 14 (4), 393-409

Smith, C., Cook, R. and Rohleder, P., (2017). Taking into Account the Quality of the Relationship in HIV Disclosure. AIDS and Behavior. 21 (1), 106-117

Rohleder, P., (2017). Disability and HIV in Africa: Breaking the barriers to sexual health care. Journal of Health Psychology. 22 (11), 1405-1414

Hunt, X., Carew, MT., Braathen, SH., Swartz, L., Chiwaula, M. and Rohleder, P., (2017). The sexual and reproductive rights and benefit derived from sexual and reproductive health services of people with physical disabilities in South Africa: beliefs of non-disabled people. Reproductive Health Matters. 25 (50), 66-79

Carew, MT., Braathen, SH., Swartz, L., Hunt, X. and Rohleder, P., (2017). The sexual lives of people with disabilities within low- and middle-income countries: a scoping study of studies published in English. Global Health Action. 10 (1), 1-7

Rohleder, P., (2016). Othering, blame and shame when working with people living with HIV. Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy. 30 (1), 62-78

Finlay, WML., Rohleder, P., Taylor, N. and Culfear, H., (2015). ‘Understanding’ as a practical issue in sexual health education for people with intellectual disabilities: A study using two qualitative methods.. Health Psychology. 34 (4), 328-338

Rohleder, P., Campbell, T., Matthews, A. and Petrak, J., (2013). HIV in the UK. Psychologist. 26 (7), 504-507

Groce, NE., Rohleder, P., Eide, AH., MacLachlan, M., Mall, S. and Swartz, L., (2013). HIV issues and people with disabilities: A review and agenda for research. Social Science & Medicine. 77 (1), 31-40

Ludlow, A., Skelly, C. and Rohleder, P., (2012). Challenges faced by parents of children diagnosed with autism spectrum disorder. Journal of Health Psychology. 17 (5), 702-711

Rohleder, P., Swartz, L., Schneider, M. and Eide, AH., (2012). Challenges to providing HIV prevention education to youth with disabilities in South Africa. Disability and Rehabilitation. 34 (8), 619-624

Rohleder, P., Eide, AH., Swartz, L., Ranchod, C., Schneider, M. and Schür, C., (2012). Gender differences in HIV knowledge and unsafe sexual behaviours among disabled people in South Africa. Disability and Rehabilitation. 34 (7), 605-610

Rohleder, P., (2012). Book review: Psychoanalysis and male homosexuality: Twentieth- anniversary edition. Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy. 26 (3), 256-258

Eide, AH., Schür, C., Ranchod, C., Rohleder, P., Swartz, L. and Schneider, M., (2011). Disabled persons’ knowledge of HIV prevention and access to health care prevention services in South Africa. AIDS Care. 23 (12), 1595-1601

Leibowitz, B., Bozalek, V., Rohleder, P., Carolissen, R. and Swartz, L., (2010). ‘Ah, but the whiteys love to talk about themselves’: discomfort as a pedagogy for change. Race Ethnicity and Education. 13 (1), 83-100

Leibowitz, B., Bozalek, V., Carolissen, R., Nicholls, L., Rohleder, P. and Swartz, L., (2010). Bringing the social into pedagogy: unsafe learning in an uncertain world. Teaching in Higher Education. 15 (2), 123-133

Carolissen, R., Rohleder, P., Bozalek, V., Swartz, L. and Leibowitz, B., (2010). “Community Psychology is for Poor, Black People”: Pedagogy and Teaching of Community Psychology in South Africa. Equity & Excellence in Education. 43 (4), 495-510

Rohleder, P., (2010). Educators' ambivalence and managing anxiety in providing sex education for people with learning disabilities. Psychodynamic Practice. 16 (2), 165-182

Rohleder, P., Swartz, L., Schneider, M., Groce, N. and Eide, AH., (2010). HIV/AIDS and disability organisations in South Africa. AIDS Care. 22 (2), 221-227

Rohleder, P., (2010). ‘They don't know how to defend themselves’: Talk about disability and HIV risk in South Africa. Disability and Rehabilitation. 32 (10), 855-863

Tomlinson, M., Rohleder, P., Swartz, L., Drimie, S. and Kagee, A., (2010). Broadening Psychology’s Contribution to Addressing Issues of HIV/AIDS, Poverty and Nutrition. Journal of Health Psychology. 15 (7), 972-981

Swartz, L., Rohleder, P., Bozalek, V., Carolissen, R., Leibowitz, B. and Nicholls, L., (2009). ‘Your Mind is the Battlefield’: South African Trainee Health Workers Engage with the Past. Social Work Education. 28 (5), 488-501

Rohleder, P., Braathen, SH., Swartz, L. and Eide, AH., (2009). HIV/AIDS and disability in Southern Africa: a review of relevant literature. Disability and Rehabilitation. 31 (1), 51-59

Rohleder, P. and Swartz, L., (2009). Providing Sex Education to Persons with Learning Disabilities in the Era of HIV/AIDS. Journal of Health Psychology. 14 (4), 601-610

Rohleder, P., Swartz, L., Bozalek, V., Carolissen, R. and Leibowitz, B., (2008). Community, self and identity: participatory action research and the creation of a virtual community across two South African universities. Teaching in Higher Education. 13 (2), 131-143

Rohleder, P., Swartz, L., Carolissen, R., Bozalek, V. and Leibowitz, B., (2008). “Communities isn't just about trees and shops”: students from two South African universities engage in dialogue about ‘community’ and ‘community work’. Journal of Community & Applied Social Psychology. 18 (3), 253-267

Rohleder, P., Bozalek, V., Carolissen, R., Leibowitz, B. and Swartz, L., (2008). Students’ evaluations of the use of e-learning in a collaborative project between two South African universities. Higher Education. 56 (1), 95-107

Rohleder, P., (2008). Challenges to providing a support group for HIV-positive prisoners in South Africa. British Journal of Guidance & Counselling. 36 (3), 277-285

Leibowitz, B., Rohleder, P., Bozalek, V., Carolissen, R. and Swartz, L., (2007). ‘It Doesn't Matter Who or What We are, We are Still Just People’: Strategies Used by University Students to Negotiate Difference. South African Journal of Psychology. 37 (4), 702-719

Rohleder, P., (2007). HIV and the ‘Other’. Psychodynamic Practice. 13 (4), 401-412

Rohleder, P., Miller, M. and Smith, R., (2006). Doing Time: Clinical Psychologists' Experience of Community Service in a Prison Placement. South African Journal of Psychology. 36 (4), 795-812

Rohleder, P. and Gibson, K., (2006). ‘We are Not Fresh’: HIV-Positive Women Talk of Their Experience of Living with Their ‘Spoiled Identity’. South African Journal of Psychology. 36 (1), 25-44

Rohleder, P. and Swartz, L., (2005). ‘What I've noticed what they need is the stats’: Lay HIV counsellors’ reports of working in a task-orientated health care system. AIDS Care. 17 (3), 397-406

Books (9)

Semlyen, J. and Rohleder, P., (2023). Sexual Minorities and Mental Health: Current Perspectives and New Directions. Palgrave McMillan. 9783031374371

Semlyen, J. and Rohleder, P., (2023). Introduction. Springer International Publishing. 9783031374371

Abrahams, D. and Rohleder, P., (2021). A Clinical Guide to Psychodynamic Psychotherapy. Routledge. 0815352662. 9780815352662

(2021). Physical Disability and Sexuality. Springer International Publishing. 3030555674. 9783030555665

Rohleder, P., Braathen, SH. and Carew, MT., (2018). Disability and Sexual Health A Critical Exploration of Key Issues. Routledge. 1138123714. 9781138123717

Rohleder, P. and Lyons, AC., (2014). Qualitative Research in Clinical and Health Psychology. Palgrave Macmillan. 1137291044. 9781137291042

Leibowitz, B., Swartz, L., Bozalek, V., Carolissen, R., Nicholls, L. and Rohleder, P., (2013). Community, Self and Identity Educating South African University Students for Citizenship. HSRC Press. 0796923981. 9780796923981

Rohleder, P., (2012). Critical Issues in Clinical and Health Psychology. SAGE Publications Ltd. 1849207623. 9781849207621

(2009). HIV/AIDS in South Africa 25 Years On. Springer New York. 9781441903051

Book chapters (29)

Rohleder, P., (2024). Homophobia and the Psychic Life of LGBTQ People. In: The Palgrave Handbook of Psychosocial Studies. Springer International Publishing. 611- 630. 9783031303654

Rohleder, P., (2023). Psychodynamic Psychotherapies and Sexual Diversity. In: Sexual Minorities and Mental Health. Springer International Publishing. 303- 332. 9783031374371

Hunt, X., Swartz, L., Braathen, SH., Carew, MT., Chiwaula, M. and Rohleder, P., (2021). Some Background, and a South African Study on Sexuality. In: Physical Disability and Sexuality. Springer International Publishing. 1- 25. 9783030555665

Braathen, SH., Carew, MT., Chiwaula, M. and Rohleder, P., (2021). Physical Disability and Sexuality, Some History and Some Findings. In: Physical Disability and Sexuality. Springer International Publishing. 27- 51. 9783030555665

Hunt, X., Swartz, L., Braathen, SH., Carew, MT., Chiwaula, M. and Rohleder, P., (2021). The Meaning of Participation: Reflections on Our Study. In: Physical Disability and Sexuality. Springer International Publishing. 139- 149. 9783030555665

Swartz, L., Mapumulo, B. and Rohleder, P., (2021). Physical Disability and Masculinity: Hegemony and Exclusion. In: Physical Disability and Sexuality. Springer International Publishing. 87- 103. 9783030555665

Hunt, X., Braathen, SH. and Rohleder, P., (2021). Physical Disability and Femininity: An Intersection of Identities. In: Physical Disability and Sexuality. Springer International Publishing. 61- 77. 9783030555665

Hunt, X., Swartz, L., Braathen, SH. and Rohleder, P., (2021). Sexual and Reproductive Health: Layers of (in)Access. In: Physical Disability and Sexuality. Springer International Publishing. 115- 130. 9783030555665

Hunt, X., Swartz, L., Braathen, SH., Carew, M., Chiwaula, M. and Rohleder, P., (2019). Shooting Back and (re)framing: Challenging Dominant Representations of People with Physical Disabilities in South Africa. In: Diverse Voices of Disabled Sexualities in the Global South. Editors: Chappell, P. and de Beer, M., . Springer. 22- 53. 978-3-319-78851-7

Rohleder, P., (2019). Homophobia, heteronormativity and shame. In: Sexuality and Gender Now: Looking beyond heteronormativity. Editors: Hertzmann, L. and Newbigin, J., . Routledge. 40- 56

Swartz, L. and Rohleder, P., (2017). Cultural Psychology. In: Handbook of qualitative research methods in psychology (2nd edition). Editors: Willig, C. and Stainton-Rogers, W., . Sage Publications

Rohleder, P. and Swartz, L., (2016). Disability, sexuality and sexual health. In: Understanding Global Sexualities: New Frontiers. 138- 152

Campbell, T., Rohleder, P., Beadle, S. and O’Keefe, T., (2015). Psychological Responses in People with HIV Infection. In: Health of HIV Infected People. Elsevier. 551- 572. 9780128007693

Rohleder, P. and Smith, C., (2015). Ethical Considerations. In: Qualitative research in clinical and health psychology. Editors: Rohleder, P. and Lyons, A., . Palgrave MacMillan

Rohleder, P., Eide, AH. and Swartz, L., (2014). Excluded from a health crisis?: HIV/AIDS and people with disabilities. In: Crises, conflict and disability: Ensuring equality. Editors: Mitchell, D. and Karr, V., . Routledge. 58- 64

Rohleder, P., (2014). Projection. In: Encyclopedia of Critical Psychology. Editors: Teo, T., . Springer

Rohleder, P., (2014). Othering. In: Encyclopedia of Critical Psychology. Editors: Teo, T., . Springer. 1306- 1308. 9781461455820

Rohleder, P., (2014). Projection, Overview. In: Encyclopedia of Critical Psychology. Springer New York. 1520- 1522. 9781461455820

Rohleder, P. and Swartz, L., (2012). Disability, Sexuality and Sexual Health. In: Understanding Global Sexualities: New Frontiers. Editors: Aggleton, P., Boyce, P., Moore, HL. and Parker, R., . Routledge. 138- 152

Rohleder, P. and Thesen, L., (2012). Interpreting Drawings: Reading the Racialised Politice of Space. In: Community, self and identity: Educating South African university students for citizenship. Editors: Liebowitz, B. and et al., . HSRC Press

Nicholls, L. and Rohleder, P., (2012). A Pedagogy of hope: Learning about community, self and identity with students in the social and allied health sciences. In: Higher education for the public good: Views from the south. Editors: Leibowitz, B., . Trentham Education

Nicholls, L. and Rohleder, P., (2012). ‘A Pedagogy of Hope; Learning about Community, Self and Identity with Students in the Social and Allied Health Sciences’. In: Higher Education for the Public Good Views from the South. AFRICAN SUN MeDIA. 1920338888. 9781920338886

(2012). Disability, sexuality and sexual health. In: Understanding Global Sexualities. Routledge. 150- 164

Rohleder, P., Swartz, L. and Philander, J., (2009). Disability and HIV/AIDS: A Key Development Issue. In: Disability & International Development. Springer US. 137- 147. 9780387938431

Rohleder, P., Swartz, L., Eide, AH. and MacGregor, H., (2009). HIV/AIDS and Persons with Disabilities. In: HIV/AIDS in South Africa 25 Years On. Springer New York. 289- 304. 9781441903051

Rohleder, P., Swartz, L., Kalichman, SC. and Simbayi, LC., (2009). Introduction and Overview. In: HIV/AIDS in South Africa 25 Years On. Springer New York. 1- 9. 9781441903051

Tomlinson, M., Drimie, S., Swartz, L. and Rohleder, P., (2009). HIV/AIDS, Nutrition and Structural Interventions in South Africa: A Move in the Right Direction. In: HIV/AIDS in South Africa 25 Years On. Springer New York. 205- 220. 9781441903051

Swartz, L. and Rohleder, P., (2008). Cultural Psychology. In: Handbook of qualitative research methods in psychology. Editors: Willig, C. and Stainton-Rogers, W., . Sage

Swartz, L., Schneider, M. and Rohleder, P., (2006). HIV/AIDS and disability: New challenges. In: Disability and social change: A South African agenda. Editors: Watermeyer, B., Swartz, L., Lorenzo, T., Schneider, M. and Priestley, M., . HSRC Press

Dataset (1)

Rohleder, P., Eide, AH., Swartz, L., Ranchod, C., Schneider, M. and Schür, C., (2014).Knowledge, Attitudes and Practices of People with Disabilities in Relation to HIV and AIDS Questionnaire

Grants and funding

2020

Holding Hands: Experiences of shame, pride and protest among LGBT relationship partners

British Academy

2019

Disability and sexuality research collaboration meeting in South Africa

University of Essex (GCRF)

Contact

p.rohleder@essex.ac.uk

Location:

Colchester Campus

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