What I do

Introduction

Hello, I’m Kairen Cullen and I’m a writer and a Chartered Educational Psychologist. I also have adult children of my own and grandchildren.  I have worked with individual children, young people, parents and  adults to help them achieve educational and personal success. I have also done a lot of work with groups, organisations, the press and media.   Most of my work could be described as research in practice.

I have reached the point in my practice where I have decided to use my experience for writing, consultation and media-related work.  I no longer offer individual assessment services.
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In the past, through assessment work, I  have helped with a tremendous variety of learning and behavioural issues and written about many of the issues children and adults face such as new siblings, sibling rivalry; relationships; holidays and festivals; loss and bereavement, achievement; media involvement; healthy eating and obesity; sleep issues; and alcohol and drugs. School issues have included starting/changing/leaving school; home-school collaboration; exams; behavioural difficulties; and expulsions.  In addition a lot of my previous assessment work related to specific learning difficulties include dyslexia, dyspraxia, dyscalculia, dysgraphia and attention issues. I have also focused on key areas affecting school life such as attendance, friendships, bullying, shyness, relationships and sex education. I have supported people with social communication difficulties, lifestyle management, Higher Education choices, workplace and home conflict and communication management.  Writing on all these and other topics continues and you can get a taste of this from my blog or various publications to which I have contributed.

In recent years I have taken up creative writing. Working as a practitioner psychologist demanded a lot of me as a person so using my imagination to write novels, short stories, poetry and screen plays has been both liberating and in some ways, therapeutic. My writing draws upon experiences in various worlds such as professional psychology, the construction industry, family life, travel, the law and sport but is always fictional. It’s early days for me as a creative writer but this is definitely an area I am working hard to develop.

In my assessment practice I helped people to clarify their issues, questions and the changes they wanted.  I did this through a process of finding out as much as possible about the factors and influences contributing to their situations in order to provide professional advice. I used ‘positive psychology’ with a firm commitment to the humanistic psychology principles of acceptance, congruence and empathy.  I also drew upon a number of applied psychology approaches including cognitive behaviour therapy, art therapy, family therapy, solution focused brief therapy and personal construct psychology.  I will continue to use these approaches and theories in the next phase of my career.

I have always believed it to be essential to ‘walk the talk’ and to provide services which I would be happy for myself or a member of my own family to receive.  Over the years in my work with hundreds of children, young people and adults I’ve consistently received  positive feedback about the difference my work has made and although I am no longer providing educational assessment services I look forward through my ongoing writing, consultation and media work to being able to help many more.

Good wishes, Kairen