Staff profile

Field of Study

A new therapeutic intervention programme for children who have experienced sexual abuse: therapist and child interactions and their outcomes.

Bibliography

Josie obtained her undergraduate degree in Psychology in the USA where she was born. She has a social work qualification, a post-qualifying award, and an MSc in Child Forensic Studies from Leeds University. She has worked as a Social Worker and Training Officer for Local Authority Children’s Services and the NSPCC.

• Services for children and families

Journal Article

• Hackett, S., Darling, A. J., Balfe, M., Masson, H., & Phillips, J. (2024). Life course outcomes and developmental pathways for children and young people with harmful sexual behaviour. Journal of Sexual Aggression, 30(2), 145-165. https://doi.org/10.1080/13552600.2022.2124323
• O'Brien, K., King, H., Phillips, J., & Dalton, P. A. K. (. O. T. D. U. I.-O. C. (2022). ‘Education as the practice of freedom?’ – prison education and the pandemic. Educational Review, 74(3), 685-703. https://doi.org/10.1080/00131911.2021.1996335
• Masson, H., Hackett, S., Phillips, J., & Balfe, M. (2014). Looking back on the long-term fostering and adoption of children with harmful sexual behaviours: carers’ reflections on their experiences. The British Journal of Social Work, 44(8), 2200-2217. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjsw/bct073