John Loewenthal
Education and Training Officer for the Centre for Anthropology and Mental Health Research in Action (CAMHRA) Research Associate, Department of Anthropology and Sociology, SOAS, University of LondonTutor in Social Anthropology, Oxford University Department for Continuing Education and Co-Convenor, ENPA (2022-26)`
Biographical Info
John works at the Centre for Anthropology and Mental Health Research in Action (CAMHRA) at SOAS, University of London, where he is also a Research Associate in the Department of Anthropology and Sociology. He has research and teaching experience in the anthropology of education, with a PhD on the aspirations of university graduates. John practises as an integrative psychotherapeutic counsellor (MBACP) working with people individually and as couples and families. His current research explores intersections between anthropology and talking therapy. At the University of Oxford, John teaches lifelong learning courses, including the following that he has designed: ‘What makes life meaningful? Perspectives from anthropology’, and ‘Therapy as anthropology: engagements with the human condition’.
More information here:
https://www.soas.ac.uk/about/john-loewenthal
https://lifelong-learning.ox.ac.uk/tutors/9769
Keywords: Existential anthropology; counselling and psychotherapy; person-centred anthropology; aspirations; existential pedagogy.