About me
Marc Mason MA, MSc, MBACP, GMBPsS, Barrister, FHEA is an academic and practitioner whose work crosses the domains of law, psychology and psychotherapy. He joined Westminster Law School in 2013 following a period of practice as a Family Law Barrister specialising in child protection. Marc has studied both law and psychology at postgraduate level and has held research posts at UCL and the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies. He has worked on research projects funded by the Ministry of Justice, the Foreign and Commonwealth Office, and the Nuffield Foundation.
His most recent research looks at the way lawyers use practices from psychotherapy to support their work and to engage in trauma informed approaches. He also recently completed research looking at the experiences of LGBT+ barristers. He is co-editor (with Naomi Creutzfeldt and Kirsten McConnachie) of the Routledge Handbook of Socio-Legal Theory and Methods.
He is module leader for Humanistic and Evolving Approaches to Counselling and teaches on the Counselling Skills module. He facilitates process groups and supervision groups on the PGDip Counselling. Marc has previously designed and led Psychology of Legal Practice, 21st Century Law, and Child Protection Law and policy modules.He previously led Public Law.
Marc was part of a delegation of lawyers who undertook an analysis of Israeli military law and practice as they affect Palestinian children in the West Bank, and which found Israel to be in breach of a number of articles of the UNCRC and the Fourth Geneva Convention.
Marc is a Barrister, a Humanistic Counsellor registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP), a graduate member of the British Psychological Society and a trainee member of the UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP).
Teaching
Current Teaching
- Humanistic and evolving approaches to counselling (5PSYC016W) (Module Leader)
- Client issues and Processes in Therapy (6PSYC019W)
- Supervision on PGDip Counselling
- Experiential groups on PGDip Counselling
Previous Teaching included:
- The Psychology of Legal Practice (Module Leader)
- Public Law (Module Leader)
- 21st Century Law (Module Leader)
- Child Protection (Module Leader)
- Mental Health Law
Appointments can be booked online here.
Research
- Therapeutic Jurisprudence / Law and Emotion / Law and Psychotherapy / Law and Psychology
- Legal Profession
- Barristers
- Regulation
- LGBT+ studies / Queer Theory / Gender and Sexuality / Gender and Sexual Diversity
- Diversity and Inclusion in the legal profession
- Legal Education
Marc would consider supervising research students in any of the above fields.
Publications
For details of all my research outputs, visit my WestminsterResearch profile.