Marc Mason

I am an academic and practitioner whose work crosses the domains of law, psychology and psychotherapy. 

My developing research interests lie in the overlap of psychotherapy and law, and also bring in an interest in queerness and activism. 

I am currently working on research looking at how an understanding of law might shape the decision making of counsellors and psychotherapists. I recently published research looking at the way lawyers use practices from psychotherapy to support their work and to engage in trauma informed approaches. Prior to this I explored the experiences of LGBT+ barristers. I am co-editor (with Naomi Creutzfeldt and Kirsten McConnachie) of the Routledge Handbook of Socio-Legal Theory and Methods. 

I initially joined Westminster Law School in 2013 following a period of practice as a Family Law Barrister specialising in child protection. I have studied each of law, psychology and psychotherapy at postgraduate level and have held research posts at UCL and the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies. I moved to Psychology formally in 2026 to align with my developing research and teaching interests. 

I am module leader for Humanistic and Evolving Approaches to Counselling. I also teach on the PGDip Counselling and Psychotherapy and facilitates process groups and supervision groups for trainees on that course. 

I 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.

I am a Barrister, a Humanistic Counsellor registered with the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (MBACP), a graduate member of the British Psychological Society and an advanced trainee member of the UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) and the Gestalt Centre, London. 

• Therapeutic Jurisprudence / Law and Emotion / Law and Psychotherapy / Law and Psychology
• Gestalt Therapy Theory
• Legal Consciousness
• Legal Profession
• LGBT+ studies / Queer Theory / Gender and Sexuality / Gender and Sexual Diversity
• Diversity and Inclusion in the professions

Marc would consider supervising research students in any of the above fields.

For details of all my research outputs, visit my WestminsterResearch profile.