Maria Luca is Senior Research Fellow at the School of Psychotherapy & Psychology, Regent’s University, London. She is Reader in Psychotherapy & Counselling Psychology and Head of the Regent’s Reflections Research Centre. Previous administrative roles include Head of School of Psychotherapy and Counselling Psychology at RUL. She worked in the National Health Service for twelve years and currently has a small private practice in London. Her current research projects include: sexual attraction and the erotic in therapy; sexual bullying among University students; the lived experience of migrants; medically unexplained symptoms & grounded theory. She made a television appearance on Sky News (25/03/2016), discussing sexual bullying among young people. Included in her publications are:
Luca, M. (2014) Sexual Attraction in Therapy: Clinical Perspectives on Moving Beyond the Taboo – A Guide for Training and Practice. London: Wiley.
Luca, M. (2004) The Therapeutic Frame in the Clinical Context – Integrative Perspectives. London: Brunner-Routledge.
Luca, M. (2002) Containment of the Sexualized and Eroticized Transference, J Clinical Psychoanalysis, Vol. 11 No. 4 2002. International Universities Press