Sally Hunter
Senior Lecturer, Faculty of The Professions, School of Health
Qualifications
PhD
Contact
| Email: | sally.hunter@une.edu.au |
| Room: | Pat O'Shane Buidling (C13) |
| Phone: | 02 6773 3670 (or +61 2 6773 3670 overseas) |
| Fax: | 02 6773 3666 |
Dr Sally Hunter is a Senior Lecturer in Health at the University of New England, Counselling Course Team Co-ordinator, Conjoint Lecturer at University of Newcastle, and Co-Lead in Behavioural Sciences for the Joint Medical Program. Sally has worked as a relationship counsellor and counsellor educator for over fifteen years. For her PhD studies, Sally researched the construction of a sense of self following childhood sexual experiences. Sally has published a number of journal articles and spoken at conferences on childhood sexual experiences, vicarious traumatisation, cross-cultural counsellor education, the therapeutic relationship, mental health issues, qualitative research and ethical issues. She is currently writing a book entitled ‘Childhood sexual experiences: narratives of resilience’ to be published later this year by Radcliffe Publishing Ltd.
Areas of Teaching
I currently teach into the Graduate Certificate of Counselling, the Graduate Diploma in Counselling, the Master of Counselling and the Master of Counselling (Hons) awards. I also teach counselling skills to nursing, social work and medical students.
I currently supervise post-graduate students. Since my original degree was BSc(Hons) Mathematics, I am happy to supervise students conducting original research using either qualitative or quantitative methods. My particular areas of interest are fairly diverse and include:
- Childhood sexual experiences and childhood maltreatment
- Domestic violence
- Trauma counselling
- Vicarious traumatisation
- The therapeutic relationship
- Systemic and narrative therapy
- Teaching and supervising health professionals
- Ethical issues in health care
- Improving clinical practice
- Reflexive practice
Research interests
Research projects
'Maintaining ethical boundaries: An exploration of regional, rural and remote counsellor practice.' Dr Myfanwy Maple, Dr Sally Hunter, and Sam Ackling
'Evaluating a child sexual assault (CSA) Creative Arts Program' Dr Sally Hunter and Susan Rosevear, the Women’s Centre Armidale
'Constructing a sense of self following early sexual experiences' Dr Sally Hunter
'Walking in sacred spaces: The counsellor’s perspective of the satisfactions, challenges, responsibilities and risks involved in the therapeutic bond' Dr Sally Hunter
'The challenge of cross-cultural counsellor education: Teaching and learning with Indigenous students in Australia and Hong Kong' Dr Sally Hunter
Awards: 2005 UNE Vice Chancellor’s Scholarship for Academic Women
Publications
Refereed papers
Hunter, S.V. (in press) Evolving narratives about childhood sexual abuse: Challenging the dominance of the victim and survivor paradigm, Australian and New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy.
Hunter, S.V. (2009) Beyond surviving: Gender differences in response to early sexual experiences with adults, Journal of Family Issues, 30, pp. 319-412.
Hunter, S.V. (2008) Child maltreatment in remote Aboriginal communities and the Northern Territory Emergency Response: A complex issue, Australian Social Work, vol 61, no 4, 372-388.
Hunter, S.V. (2008) Beyond surviving: Gender differences in response to early sexual experiences with adults, Journal of Family Issues, Online First.
Hunter, S.V. (2007) Constructing a sense of self following early sexual experiences with adults: A qualitative research project, Psychotherapy in Australia, vol. 13, no 4, pp. 12-21.
Hunter, S.V. & Kottler, J.A. (2007) Therapists are socially constructed too, Psychotherapy in Australia, vol 13, no 2, pp.22-27.
Hunter, S.V. (2006) ‘Understanding the Complexity of Child Sexual Abuse: A Review of the Literature with Implications for Family Counseling,’ The Family Journal, vol.14, no. 4, pp.349-358.
Hunter, S.V. and Schofield, M.J. 2006, ‘How counsellors cope with traumatized clients: Personal, professional and organisational strategies’ International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling, vol 28, no 2, pp.121-138*.
Hunter, S.V. 2001, ‘Working with domestic violence: Ethical dilemmas in five theoretical approaches’, Australian & New Zealand Journal of Family Therapy, vol.22, no.2, pp.80–89.
* This article was the most viewed article in the International Journal for the Advancement of Counselling Online First in the 90 days preceding 10/10/06.
Refereed Conference Papers
Hunter, S.V. (2005) The challenge of cross cultural counsellor education, in I. Lewis & I Alexander (eds) Proceedings of the 6th National SCAPE Conference, Society of Counselling and Psychotherapy Educators, Canberra, Referred Section pp.77-94.