Portrait of Dr Trevor Butt Dr Trevor Butt

t.butt@hud.ac.uk | 01484 47

Biography

Trevor worked as a clinical psychologist in the NHS before joining the University.

He is co-editor of the electronic journal: Personal Construct Theory and Practice

Guest editors for: Journal of Construct Psychology: Construction of Sexualities, 2005;

Membership of editorial board: Journal of Constructivist Psychology (2000–present); 

International advisory panel for the International Handbook of Personal Construct Psychology (Chichester: Wiley, 2003)

 International advisory panel for The Internet Encyclopaedia on Personal Construct Psychology (2004- present) 

Chair (2001) & Membership Secretary (2003-2006): Psychotherapy Section of British Psychological Society

Research & Scholarship

  • Personal construct theory and methods.
  • The practice of psychological therapies.
  • The construction of sexual identities.

Publications and Other Research Outputs

2013

Burr, V., King, N. and Butt, T. (2013) ‘Personal construct psychology methods for qualitative researchInternational Journal of Social Research Methodology . ISSN 1364-5579

2012

Burr, V., King, N. and Butt, T. (2012) ‘Personal construct psychology methods for qualitative researchInternational Journal of Social Research Methodology . ISSN 1364-5579

2011

Burr, V., Giliberto, M. and Butt, T. (2011) ‘Walking like an Italian, speaking like an English person: Construing the cultural other and the self’. In: 19th International Congress on Personal Construct Psychology PCP2011, July 19-22, 2011, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

Turley, E., King, N. and Butt, T. (2011) ‘‘It started when I barked once when I was licking his boots!’: a descriptive phenomenological study of the everyday experience of BDSMPsychology and Sexuality , 2 (2), pp. 123-136. ISSN 1941-9899

2009

Butt, T. and Burr, V. (2009) ‘Making the most of methods: the future for PCP?’. In: The XVIIIth International Congress on Personal Construct Psychology, July 20-24 2009, Venice, Italy

2008

King, N., Finlay, L., Ashworth, P., Smith, J., Langdridge, D. and Butt, T. (2008) ‘“Can't Really Trust That, So What Can I Trust?”: A Polyvocal, Qualitative Analysis of the Psychology of Mistrust Qualitative Research in Psychology , 5 (2), pp. 80-102. ISSN 1478-0887

Butt, T (2008) George Kelly: the psychology of personal constructs . London, UK: Palgrave Macmillan . ISBN 9780230008410

2005

Butt, T (2005) ‘Personal construct theory, phenomenology and pragmatismHistory and Philosophy of Psychology , 7 (1), pp. 23-35. ISSN 1572-1914

Butt, T (2005) ‘Editorial Foreword: The Construction of SexualitiesJournal of Constructivist Psychology , 18 (1), pp. 1-2. ISSN 1072-0537

Langdridge, D. and Butt, T. (2005) ‘The erotic construction of power exchangeJournal of Constructivist Psychology , 18 (1), pp. 65-74. ISSN 1072-0537

Butt, T. and Parton, N. (2005) ‘Constructivist social work and personal construct theory: the case of psychological trauma British Journal of Social Work , 35 (6), pp. 793-806. ISSN 1468-263X

2004

Langdridge, D. and Butt, T. (2004) ‘The fundamental attribution error: A phenomenological critiqueBritish Journal of Social Psychology , 43 (3), pp. 357-369. ISSN 0144-6665

Langdridge, D. and Butt, T. (2004) ‘A Hermeneutic Phenomenological Investigation of the Construction of Sadomasochistic IdentitiesSexualities , 7 (1), pp. 31-53. ISSN 1363-4607

Butt, T (2004) ‘Explanation, understanding and personal constructsPersonal construct theory and practice , 1 (1), pp. 1-14. ISSN 1613-5091

Butt, T. and Burr, V. (2004) Invitation to personal construct psychology 2nd ed. . London, UK: Wiley . ISBN 978-1-86156-387-3

2003

Butt, T (2003) Understanding people . Basingstoke: Palgrave Macmillan . ISBN 9781403904652

King, N., Butt, T. and Green, L. (2003) ‘Spanking and the corporal punishment of children: the sexual storyInternational Journal of Children's Rights , 11 (2), pp. 199-217. ISSN 0927-5568

Butt, T (2003) ‘The phenomenological context of personal construct psychology’. In: International handbook of personal construct psychology. : Wiley. pp. 379-386. ISBN 978-0-470-84727-5

Butt, T (2003) ‘A 'critical friend' in times of needThe psychologist , 16 (4), pp. 200-201. ISSN 0952-8229

Burr, V. and Butt, T. (2003) ‘Psychological distress and postmodern thought’. In: Ethically challenged professions: enabling innovation and diversity in psychotherapy and counselling. Ross-on-Wye: PCCS Books. pp. 75-93. ISBN 1 898059 61 6

Fry, G., Butt, T. and Bell, R. (2003) ‘Joint action and core construing’. In: Psychological constructivism and the social world. Milan: Franco Angeli. pp. 67-78. ISBN 9788846448125

Butt, T. and Langdridge, D. (2003) ‘The construction of self: the public reach into the private sphere Sociology , 37 (3), pp. 477-493. ISSN 0038-0385

2002

Green, L., Butt, T. and King, N. (2002) ‘Taking the Chaste Out of Chastisement: An Analysis of the Sexual Implications of the Corporal Punishment of ChildrenChildhood , 9 (2), pp. 205-224. ISSN 09075682

Stojnov, D. and Butt, T. (2002) ‘The relational basis of personal construct psychology’. In: Advances in Personal Construct Psychology. Connecticut, USA: Greenwood Publishing Group/Praeger. pp. 81-112. ISBN 978-0-275-97294-3

2001

Butt, T (2001) ‘Social action and personal constructs Theory and Psychology , 11 (1), pp. 75-95. ISSN 0959-3543

2000

Burr, V. and Butt, T. (2000) ‘Making a difference’. In: Ninth Biennial Conference of the North American Personal Construct Network, July 12-16 2000, New Paltz State University of New York

Butt, T (2000) ‘The construction of the erotic ’. In: Ninth Biennial Conference of the North American Personal Construct Network, July 12-16 2000, New Paltz State University of New York

Burr, V. and Butt, T. (2000) ‘Psychological Disorders: Discovered or Invented? ’. In: Ninth Biennial Conference of the North American Personal Construct Network, July 12-16 2000, New Paltz State University of New York

Butt, T (2000) ‘Pragmatism, constructivism and ethicsJournal of Constructivist Psychology , 13 (2), pp. 85-101. ISSN 1072-0537

Butt, T (2000) ‘Construct psychology and social action’. In: The person in society: challenges to a constructivist theory. Giessen, Germany: Psychosozial-Verlag. pp. 176-185. ISBN 9783898060158

Butt, T (2000) ‘The social context of therapy’. In: Challenging the boundaries: PCP perspectives for the new millenium. Farnborough, UK: EPCA Publications. . ISBN 9780953019847

1999

Burr, V. and Butt, T. (1999) ‘Psychological distress and post-modern thought’. In: Pathology and the Postmodern: mental illness as discourse and experience. London, UK: Sage. pp. 186-206. ISBN 9780761952527

Butt, T (1999) ‘The ethics of pragmatism’. In: Beyond experiment into meaning. Farnborough, UK: EPCA Press. .

Butt, T (1999) ‘Realism, constructivism and phenomenology’. In: Social constructionist psychology : a critical analysis of theory and practice. Buckingham: Open University Press. pp. 127-140. ISBN 9780335201938

1998

Butt, T (1998) ‘Sedimentation and elaborative choiceJournal of Constructivist Psychology , 11 (4), pp. 265-281. ISSN 1072-0537

Butt, T (1998) ‘Sociality, role, and embodimentJournal of Constructivist Psychology , 11 (2), pp. 105-116. ISSN 1072-0537

Butt, T. and Hearn, J. (1998) ‘The Sexualization of Corporal Punishment: The Construction of Sexual MeaningSexualities , 1 (2), pp. 203-227. ISSN 1363-4607

1997

Butt, T (1997) ‘The existentialism of George Kelly Existential Analysis , 8 (2), pp. 20-32.

Butt, T., Burr, V. and Epting, F. (1997) ‘Core construing: self discovery or self invention?’. In: Advances in Personal Construct Psychology. London, UK: Elsevier. pp. 39-62. ISBN 9780762300839

Butt, T., Bell, R. and Burr, V. (1997) ‘Fragmentation and the selfConstructivism in the Human Sciences , 2 (1), pp. 12-29. ISSN 1520-2984

Butt, T (1997) ‘The later Kelly and existential phenomenology’. In: Sharing understanding and practice. Farnborough: EPCA. pp. 40-49. ISBN 9780953019809

Burr, V. and Butt, T. (1997) ‘Interview methodology and PCP’. In: Sharing understanding and practice. Farnborough: EPCA. pp. 98-105. ISBN 9780953019809

1996

Butt, T (1996) ‘PCP: cognitive or social psychology?’. In: Empirical Constructivism in Europe. Giessen, Germany: Psychosozial-Verlag. pp. 58-67. ISBN 9783930096572

1995

Butt, T (1995) ‘Ordinal relationships between constructsJournal of Constructivist Psychology , 8 (3), pp. 227-236. ISSN 1072-0537

1992

Burr, V. and Butt, T. (1992) Invitation to personal construct psychology . London, UK: Whurr Publishers . ISBN 1870332482

1987

Butt, T. and Bannister, D. (1987) ‘Better the devil you know’. In: Key cases in psychotherapy. London, UK: Croom Helm. . ISBN 0814717861

1976

Butt, T. and Gwynne-Jones, H. (1976) ‘Untwining the double bind’. In: Case studies in behaviour therapy. London, UK: Routledge. pp. 121-149. ISBN 9780710081643

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