Prof C Laidlaw

Qualifications

• MA Clinical Psychology, cum laude (NMMU, 2010)

• PhD in Psychology (Unisa, 2018)

Fields of academic interests

• Development of Psychotherapists
• Sandplay
• Eating Disorders, Personality Disorders and Personality Assessment
• Cinematic portrayals of psychology

Field of Specialisation

• Sandplay
• Personality development, psychopathology
• Psychotherapy with children, adolescents, adults, couples, and groups
• Inpatient-based research
• Delphi method research
• Child development: Assessment and psychotherapy

Books

• Laidlaw, C. (2015). Chapter 15: Abnormal Behaviour. In W. Weiten’s Psychology: Themes & Variations, South African Edition (pp. 414-449). Boston, MA: Cengage Learning.
• Laidlaw, C. (2016).  Chapter 8: Eating Disorders. In D. Barlow & M. V. Durand’s: Abnormal Behaviour: An Integrated Approach, South African Edition (in press). Boston, MA: Cengage Learning.

Journal articles

Long, E. L., Segalo, P., & Laidlaw, C. (2016). Windows of (in)equality: Gender reflections in Information Technology (IT), Gender & Behaviour, 14(2), 7347-7355.

Laidlaw, C., & Howcroft, J. G. (2015). Encountering a cartwheeling princess: Relational psychoanalytic therapy of a child with attachment difficulties and ADHD, Journal of Child and Adolescent Mental Health, 27(2), 1-19. doi.org/10.2989/17280583.2015.1067620.

Laidlaw, C., & Heusser, S. L. (2014). Encountering Ehrenberg: Tracing the development of psychoanalytic therapy at the intimate edge, American Journal of Psychotherapy, 68(1) 1-18.

Laidlaw, C. (2013). Being a Hopper: Research-practice-training synergy: Society for Psychotherapy Research 44th International Annual Meeting, Brisbane, Australia, July, 10-13, 2013: Going the distance: From psychotherapy research to practice and back: conference report, Christine Laidlaw, New Voices of Psychology, 9(1&2), 134-138.

Paper presentations

• 8 December 2012: Paper: Lactating black blood: Empathic resonance as stance against the injustices of Apartheid in the works of Afrikaners Antjie Krog and Ingrid Jonker, Christine Laidlaw, at the 3rd International Multidisciplinary Conference Engaging the Other: Breaking Intergenerational Cycles of Repetition, at the University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa

• 27 June 2013: Paper: Encountering Ehrenberg: Tracing the development of psychoanalytic therapy at the intimate edge, Christine Laidlaw & Shelley Heusser, at the 3rd Southern African Student Psychology Conference: Psychology in(action), at the University of Witwatersrand, JHB, South Africa

• 27 June 2013: Paper: A careerspan model of psychotherapist development within the South African context: A mixed-methods study, Christine Laidlaw, Prof. Christopher Hoelson, & Prof. Eduard Fourie, at the 3rd Southern African Student Psychology Conference: Psychology in(action), at the University of Witwatersrand, JHB, South Africa

• 11th of July 2013: Paper in a panel: Children who run with a wolf: Short-term psychoanalytic therapy with junior primary school children utilising a puppet as a transitional object, Christine Laidlaw & Prof. Greg Howcroft, at the 44th Annual Meeting of the Society of Psychotherapy Research: Going the distance: From Psychotherapy Research to Practice and Back, at Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, Australia

• 12 July 2013: Brief paper: Psychotherapist development in South Africa: Beginner and experienced psychologists' journeys of psychotherapeutic development, Christine Laidlaw & Prof. Christopher Hoelson, at the 44th Annual Meeting of the Society of Psychotherapy Research: Going the distance: From Psychotherapy Research to Practice and Back, at Queensland University of Technology (QUT), Brisbane, Australia

• 27 September 2013: Paper: A careerspan model of psychotherapist development within the South African context: A mixed-methods study, Christine Laidlaw, Prof. Christopher Hoelson, & Prof. Eduard Fourie, at the 19th South African Psychology Congress, at Emperor’s Palace, JHB, South Africa

• 27 June 2014: Brief paper: Selecting the right qualities in psychotherapists: The South African experience, Christine Laidlaw, Prof. Christopher Hoelson, & Prof. Eduard Fourie, at the 45th Annual Meeting of the Society of Psychotherapy Research at the University of Copenhagen, Denmark

• 26 August 2014: Paper: Encountering a cartwheeling princess: An account of the relational psychoanalytic therapy of a girl-child with attachment difficulties presenting as ADHD, Christine Laidlaw & Prof. Greg Howcroft, at the 7th World Congress for Psychotherapy, at Southern Sun Elangeni Hotel, Durban, South Africa

• 18 September 2014: Paper: The South African experience of selecting the right qualities in psychotherapists, Christine Laidlaw, Prof. Christopher Hoelson, & Prof. Eduard Fourie, at the 20th South African Psychology Congress, at Inkosi Albert Luthuli International Convention Centre, Durban, South Africa

• 27 January 2022: In the skin of the symbol: Donkeys as the embodiment of groundedness and spirituality: Sandplay evening webinar, Prof. Christine Laidlaw, by South African Training Group, JHB, South Africa

Professional positions, fellowships & awards

• HPCSA registered clinical psychologist

Projects

• Career development of psychotherapists