Vickie Howard

Deputy Programme Director Mental Health and Wellbeing Practitioner Programme

+44 (0)1482 464790 | V.Howard@hull.ac.uk

Faculty and Department

Faculty of Health Sciences
School of Psychology and Social Work

Biography Teaching Outputs Research/PhD Recognition

Qualifications

PGDip (University of Nottingham)
PGDip (University of Nottingham)
PGDip (Middlesex University London)
MSc (Middlesex University London)
PGDip
MA (University of Nottingham)
MA (Lancaster University)
PCAP (University of Hull)
MSc (University of Portsmouth)

Summary

Vickie is the Deputy Programme Director of the Mental Health and Wellbeing Programme in psychologically informed interventions. She also continues to input as a lecturer on the BSc Mental Health Nursing Programme.

Vickie has worked in a variety of mental health settings, including posts as a matron and service manager in acute inpatient care, community mental health, perinatal mental health and rehabilitation and recovery settings. Vickie is also a counsellor and psychotherapist in private practice.

Before joining the University of Hull as a lecturer in June 2016, Vickie worked as a serious incident investigator and learning lessons facilitator. Vickie became a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy in April 2019.

Vickie is a lecturer on the following programme:

Mental Health Wellbeing Practitioner Programme (Level 6/7)

Module Leader: Care Planning

Vickie is also a lecturer/has lectured on the following programmes:

BSc Mental Health Nursing programme and BSc Apprenticeship Programme:

Module Link Lecturer for Fundamentals in Professional Practice

Module Team Lecturer for Critical Perspectives in Assessment and Formulation

Module Leader for Practice 3 Mental Health Nursing

BSc Mental Health Nursing legacy programme:

Module Leader for: 500807 - The Craft of Mental Health Nursing Across the Lifespan (1)

400599 - Practice 3

Mental Health Lead for 400591 - Skills for Practice.

Vickie also teaches on the following modules for this programme:

500809 - The Craft of Mental Health Nursing Across the Lifespan (2)

400598 - Values Based Mental Health Nursing

601249 - Professional Role

Vickie additionally teaches on the following programmes:

Paramedic Science (500607 - Clinical Practice Education 2)

BSc Midwifery (601505 - Becoming a Midwife)

Associate Practitioner Programme (47090 - Effective Communication)

BA Social Work (400850 - Becoming a research minded practitioner)

Recent outputs

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Book Chapter

Understanding Human Distress and an Invitation to Explore the Myriads of Formulation

Howard, V., & Alfred, L. (2024). Understanding Human Distress and an Invitation to Explore the Myriads of Formulation. In V. Howard, & L. Alfred (Eds.), Formulation in Mental Health Nursing (1-25). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-59956-9_1

Formulating Interpersonal Conflict, Relationship Factors and Abuse

Howard, V., Adan, A., & Marlow, N. (2024). Formulating Interpersonal Conflict, Relationship Factors and Abuse. In V. Howard, & L. Alfred (Eds.), Formulation in Mental Health Nursing (97-118). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-59956-9_5

Perspectives on Formulation Within Current Mental Health Nursing Practice

Howard, V., & Alfred, L. (2024). Perspectives on Formulation Within Current Mental Health Nursing Practice. In V. Howard, & L. Alfred (Eds.), Formulation in Mental Health Nursing (27-50). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-59956-9_2

Practitioner Reflections on the Use of Formulation in Mental Health Nursing Practice

Howard, V., Peirson, J., Gideon, M., & Martin, M. (2024). Practitioner Reflections on the Use of Formulation in Mental Health Nursing Practice. In V. Howard, & L. Alfred (Eds.), Formulation in Mental Health Nursing (161-188). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-59956-9_8

Postscript

Howard, V., & Alfred, L. (2024). Postscript. In V. Howard, & L. Alfred (Eds.), Formulation in Mental Health Nursing (189-197). Palgrave Macmillan. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-59956-9_9

Research interests

Vickie is currently working towards a PhD by Published Work. Her research interests are; the therapeutic use of self, trauma informed approaches, pathological relationships, narcissistic abuse, mental health nursing, mental health nursing education and serious incident processes.

Awards and prizes

Awarded Queen's Nurse Title

2023

Winner Best Presentation Mini Research Conference Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Hull

2022

Presentation and design of a poster presentation titled "The End Justifies the Memes": A feminist relational discourse analysis of the role of macro memes in facilitating supportive discussions for victim-survivors of narcissistic abuse.

NIHR Fellowship MA Research Methods (Health Studies)

2010 - 2011

Membership/Fellowship of professional body

Elected Fellow of the ACCPH (Accredited Counsellors, Coaches, Psychotherapists and Hypnotherapists)

2022

I was elected by the ACCPH board as a Fellow accredited counselor and psychotherapist (the highest level of accreditation) due to my experience, niche field in narcissistic abuse and my research in this area.

Registered Mental Health Nurse - NMC

1997 - 2023

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