Lisa Currin is a lecturer in the Department of Psychology and has worked in academia for 20 years. She is currently the programme coordinator for the Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology programme. Her research areas cover Health Psychology, Neuropsychology, Developmental Psychology and Animal Assisted Therapy Interventions. She has successfully supervised 27 Masters treatises and dissertations and 32 Honours students’ research projects and is currently supervising the research of various postgraduate honours and master’s students. Lisa has been invited to externally examine the work of various postgraduate master’s students at several universities throughout South Africa and has also been invited to review journal articles for various peer-reviewed journals as well as provide book reviews for publishers. She has also presented research papers at both national and international research conferences.
As a registered Counselling Psychologist, Lisa is passionate about the field of psychology and is very involved with the training of student psychologists and intern psychologists in the Master of Arts in Counselling Psychology and Master of Arts in Clinical Psychology programmes in the Department. She has mentored and supervised more than 50 student psychologists and intern psychologists over the years, providing weekly individual clinical supervision, as well as weekly group supervision sessions. Her teaching focus at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels is in the area of Neuropsychology. In addition to this, she also teaches the Masters’ students about the integration of psychometric assessments particularly related to developmental and educational issues.
Designation:
Lecturer
Email:
lisa.currin@mandela.ac.za
Contact Number:
0415044056
Faculty:
Health Sciences
Department:
Psychology
Qualifications:
MA Counselling Psychology, BA Hons (Psychology), BCur
Professional Memberships:
HPCSA (Health Professions Council of South Africa), ARICD (Association for Research in Infant and Child Development), SACNA (South African Clinical Neuropsychological Association), Golden Key International Honour Society
Orcid ID:
https://orcid.org/0009-0009-1484-1912
NRF Rating:
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Research Interests:
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Health Psychology
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Neuropsychology
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Developmental Psychology
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Animal Assisted Therapy
Current non-degree Research Projects:
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Current Final Year Undergraduate/Honours Research Projects:
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The Experience of Neurodiversity in Higher Education: A Systematic Review. (2025). Honours Post-Grad.
Number of currently supervised Masters and PhD candidates (2023 to 2024):
Research Output 2023 to 2024:
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Current Research Collaborations within your Department or Discipline:
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Current Inter-Disciplinary/Multi-Disciplinary/Trans-Disciplinary Research Collaborations:
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