Using an ISA Mobile App for Professional Development

Building on our prior ISA-based Palgrave pivot, the aims of the book are twofold. One, to showcase a newly developed App as a tool in the use of Identity Structure Analysis (ISA) for researchers interested in identity. Second, the book will focus on the use, of a counselling supervision ISA instrument in order to highlight the benefits of ISA for professional development (PD) for any profession. The idea is that any researcher interested in professional and or personal development would be able to use the proposed book to aid them in either a supervision style process of development or the more standard one-to-one annual/biannual approach to PD. Through using ISA in PD, the book and its attendant analyses will encourage discussion, facilitate openness, and highlight potential issues that may lead to burnout, mental health issues, leaving a profession or additional risks. That is, the book will be oriented to informing researchers as to the potential ISA, the App, and the supervision instrument hold for directing PD.

Dr Julie Prescott is a Reader in Psychology and is the programme lead for the undergraduate Psychology, Psychotherapy and Counselling Programme at the University of Bolton. She is a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, a Chartered Psychologist, and Associate Fellow of the British Psychological Society. Her current research focuses on technology and health/mental health, with an interest in young people and online counselling as well as how people gain support and use online technologies for their health and mental health support.

Dr Graham Passmore began his education in the UK and completed it in Canada. He started his research career in Education with focus on Educational Technology but shifted to Identity Structure Analysis in 2014. He has co-authored a monograph and a Palgrave Pivot in the latter field and a number of academic papers.