Research and Publications

I am interested in research with an underlying value of social inclusion, equality and the reduction of stigma and informed by systemic and narrative therapeutic approaches. I have developed a programme of research within the field of parental mental health and family meaning-making and communication. I also have involvement in research that addresses discrimination and marginalization within training contexts, the wider profession of clinical psychology and within society.

Recent and Upcoming Publications

• Nolte, L. (2019) Editorial, Context, 164
• Cantons, V. & Nolte, L. (2019) “The ‘us’ and ‘them’ situation… it’s been a humanitarian failing since the oldest time”: when one’s very sense of self is a political matter, Context, 164
• Morgan, H., Nolte, L., Rishworth, B. & Stevens, C. (In press) “My children are my world”: raising the voices of birth mothers with substantial experience of counselling following the loss of their children to adoption or foster care, Adoption and Fostering.
• Burnham, J. & Nolte, L. (In press) ‘Taking the plunge’: How reflecting on the personal and social GgRRAAAACCEEESSSS can tame your restraints and refresh your resources.In J. Randall (Ed.) Surviving clinical psychology: Rethinking the journey to qualification. London: Routledge.
• Randall, J., Oliver, S., Scott, J., Lyons, A., Morgan, M., Saffer, J. & Nolte, L. (in press) Restorying the journey: Enriching practice before training. In J. Randall (Ed.) Surviving clinical psychology: Rethinking the journey to qualification. London: Routledge.
• Nolte, L., Morgan, H. & Forbes, C. (In press) How best to support birth relatives – what the experts say, In J. Alper(Ed.) Supporting birth parents whose children have been adopted. London: Jessica Kingsley.
• Nolte, L., Wright, H., Morgan, H. & Forbes, C. (In press) “Like the light in the dark” – a Hertfordshire University evaluation of the Adoptionplus Birth Relative Counselling Service, In J. Alper(Ed.) Supporting birth parents whose children have been adopted. London: Jessica Kingsley.
• Watson, C.L., Nolte, L. & Brown, R. (2019) Building connections against the odds: Project workers reflect on/consider their relationships with people experiencing homelessness, Housing, Care and Support, 22(2): 129-140, https://doi.org/10.1108/
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• Morgan, H., Randall-James, J., Lyons, A., Oliver, S., Saffer, J., Scott J. & Nolte, L. (2019) Pebbles in palms: counter-practices against despair, Psychotherapy and politics, 17(1):e1481https://doi.org/10.1002/ppi.1481
• Nolte, L. & Forbes, C. (in press) Building relational trust and hope: the experiences of counsellors in a service for birth relatives whose children have been adopted or taken into care. Adoption and fostering.
• Wright, H., Morgan, H., Forbes, C. & Nolte, L. (2022) “Someone who’s there for you… even in your darkest days”: an evaluation of a psychotherapeutic counselling service for birth relatives of adopted children, Journal of social welfare and family law, https://doi.org/10.1080/09649069.2022.2102762
• Dauhoo, F.; Gratton, J. Fuller, J. & Nolte, L. (2022) Talking Through the Silence: How do Clinical Psychologists Who Have Experienced Suicide Bereavement ‘Make Sense’ of Suicide?, Illness, Crisis & Loss, 0(0): 1-17, https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/full/10.1177/10541373221113005
• Nolte, L. (2022) A tribute to Judy Hildebrand – 29.10.1937-17.05.2021, Context, 179: 39.
• Nolte, L. (2021) An invitation to enter into a primary relationship with one another in the face of adversity, Context, 30-31.
• Randall, J., Wellsted, D. & Nolte, L. (2021) Facing loss and finding hope in narrating together: accounts of parenthood following the death of a child to muscular dystrophy, Illness, crisis and loss, 0(0), https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/10541373211013719
• Randall-James, J., Wellsted, D. & Nolte, L. (2021) It sounds a lot like therapy: Inviting dialogues, connection & change in research, Context, 173: 32-36.
• Gammage, R. J. & Nolte, L. (2020) Understanding and Communication about an Adult’s Mental Health Problem by their Adult Relatives: A Systematic Review, Journal of psychiatric and mental health nursing, 27:763–788 DOI: 10.1111/jpm.12617