VOICE METHOD
My research spans two areas broadly: voice and obstacles to the voice.
After completing my memoir-album, The Creative Voice, I took my discoveries to Warwick University where I trained in career development. I submitted my thesis on my own self-discovery tool, 3D Careers, which explores the role of the voice in self-discovery and careers work. In it I became to formulate Voice Method, an approach to self-discovery, clarity and self-improvement based on the voice.
Some key findings include:
- The voice can speak for multiple sides of ourselves
- Using the metaphor of the voice can help us organise influencers in our lives
- It is possible to discover an authentic voice in support of self-discovery
The findings are due to be published by Career Matters, the trade magazine for the Career Development Institute in January 2027.
LEARNING WOUNDS
Learning wounds is a new term in career development. Coined by Phil Goss, Director of Psychotherapy at the Centre for Lifelong Learning at Warwick University, learning wounds refer to the pains we experience in learning environments and the long-term impact of them on our learning.
After hosting a talk on the topic at the innovation Centre at Warwick, four members founded a research group on the topic: Dr Tania Lyden, Associate Professor of Career Development Studies; Sue Johnston-Wilder, the national lead for mathematics anxiety; Phil Goss himself and career practitioner, Naomi Sutherland.
The team researched the area from four perspectives: cognition and learning theory, the neuroscience of anxiety in learning contexts and solutions, the systemic and sociological and psychotherapeutic. The team submitted an article outlining the theory as a theorteical piece to acadaemic journals and is awaiting news on publication.