Jeannette Roddy

Dr Jeannette Roddy is a qualified counsellor and Senior Lecturer at the University of Salford, where she is Programme Leader of the MSc Counselling and Psychotherapy (Professional Training). She has been involved in counselling research with victims of domestic abuse for the last 10 years and is the author of Counselling and Psychotherapy After Domestic Violence: A client view of what helps recovery. In October last year, she led the opening of a counselling service for people who have experienced domestic abuse in the Counselling Centre at the University of Salford. Ten trainee and qualified counsellors are working in the service after receiving in-depth training based on the Competency Framework for Domestic Violence Counselling, published with Professor Lynne Gabriel in 2019, developed from her research. Clients can self-refer into the service using the online referral form.