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Kerry Gibson
Gibson in 2007
Nationality	South African-New Zealand
Alma mater	University of Cape Town
Scientific career
Fields	Youth mental health
Institutions	University of Cape Town, Massey University, University of Auckland
Thesis	Politics and emotion in work with disadvantaged children: case studies in consultation from a South African clinic  (2002)

Kerry Lynn Gibson is a South African-New Zealand clinical psychologist and academic, specialising in youth mental health. She is a professor in the School of Psychology at the University of Auckland. Gibson was the president of the New Zealand Psychological Society, from 2014 until 2016.

Academic career

In the early 2000s, Gibson was the senior lecturer in psychology at the University of Cape Town. She co-authored several textbooks with South African psychologist Leslie Swartz applying psychodynamics to issues in organisational psychology. In the mid-2000s, Gibson was one of the academics commissioned to assess the psychological effects experienced by members of the Centrepoint Commune after its closure. Since 2007, Gibson has served as the director for the Massey University Auckland Campus Centre for Psychology. In 2010,Gibson co-authored a study with Claire Cartwright and John Read that investigated if long-term use of antidepressants was potentially addictive. Also in 2010, Gibson joined the psychology faculty of the University of Auckland.

In September 2021, Gibson published the book What Young People Want from Mental Health Services, focusing on challenges experienced by youth in their late teens and early 20s. This book is based on the Mirror Project, a qualitative study involving over 400 interviews of New Zealand youth.

Selected works

• Gibson, Kerry (1989). "Children in political violence". Social Science & Medicine. 28 (7): 659–667. doi:10.1016/0277-9536(89)90213-X. PMID 2652322.
• Sennett, Justin; Finchilescu, Gillian; Gibson, Kerry; Strauss, Rosanna (2003). "Adjustment of black students at a historically white South African university". Educational Psychology. 23 (1): 107–116. doi:10.1080/01443410303219. S2CID 145559471.
• Rohleder, Poul; Gibson, Kerry (2006). "We are not fresh': HIV-positive women talk of their experience of living with their 'spoiled identity". South African Journal of Psychology. 36 (1): 25–44. doi:10.1177/008124630603600103. hdl:11427/19409. S2CID 144481766.
• Gibson, Kerry; Cartwright, Claire (2013). "Agency in young clients' narratives of counseling:"It's whatever you want to make of it"". Journal of Counseling Psychology. 60 (3): 340–352. doi:10.1037/a0033110. PMID 23875946.
• Read, John; Cartwright, Claire; Gibson, Kerry (2014). "Adverse emotional and interpersonal effects reported by 1829 New Zealanders while taking antidepressants". Psychiatry Research. 216 (1): 67–73. doi:10.1016/j.psychres.2014.01.042. PMID 24534123. S2CID 28586020.
• Gibson, Kerry; Cartwright, Claire (2014). "Young people's experiences of mobile phone text counselling: Balancing connection and control". Children and Youth Services Review. 43: 96–104. doi:10.1016/j.childyouth.2014.05.010.
• Cartwright, Claire; Gibson, Kerry; Read, John; Cowan, Ondria; Dehar, Tamsin (2016). "Long-term antidepressant use: patient perspectives of benefits and adverse effects". Patient Preference and Adherence. 10: 1401–1407. doi:10.2147/PPA.S110632. PMC 4970636. PMID 27528803.
• Gibson, Kerry; Cartwright, Claire; Kerrisk, Kelly; Campbell, Julia; Seymour, Fred (2016). "What young people want: a qualitative study of adolescents' priorities for engagement across psychological services". Journal of Child and Family Studies. 25 (4): 1057–1065. doi:10.1007/s10826-015-0292-6. S2CID 143104764.
• Gibson, Kerry; Wilson, Jan; Grice, Jade Le; Seymour, Fred (2019). "Resisting the silence: The impact of digital communication on young people's talk about suicide". Youth & Society. 51 (8): 1011–1030. doi:10.1177/0044118X17720986. S2CID 148719793.
• Gibson, Kerry (2020). "Bridging the digital divide: Reflections on using WhatsApp instant messenger interviews in youth research". Qualitative Research in Psychology. 19 (3): 611–631. doi:10.1080/14780887.2020.1751902. S2CID 218777004.

Bibliography

• Gibson, Kerry; Swartz, Leslie; Sandenbergh, Rob (2002). Counselling and Coping. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0195718683.
• Swartz, Leslie; Gibson, Kerry; Gelman, Tamara (2002). Reflective practice: Psychodynamic ideas in the community. Human Sciences Research Council. ISBN 978-0796919960.
• Gibson, Kerry; Swartz, Leslie (2004). Community psychology: Emotional processes in political subjects. UCT Press. ISBN 978-1919713885.
• Williams, Steve; Clarke, Dave; Gibson, Kerry (2011). The Use of Touch in Counselling and Psychotherapy: A Thematic Analysis. Lambert Academic Publishing. ISBN 978-3844304282.
• Gibson, Kerry (2021). What Young People Want from Mental Health Services. Routledge. ISBN 978-1000461466.

References

1. "Associate Professor Kerry Gibson - The University of Auckland". unidirectory.auckland.ac.nz.
2. "Kerry Gibson Profile". University of Auckland. Retrieved 5 September 2023.
3. New Zealand Psychological Society (10 September 2010). "Findings of the Independent Review Panel". Scoop. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
4. Child Poverty Action Group (12 May 2017). "New report: Child poverty and mental health". Scoop. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
5. "Governance & Management". New Zealand Psychological Society. Archived from the original on 15 October 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
6. "Governance & Management". New Zealand Psychological Society. Archived from the original on 15 June 2016. Retrieved 1 November 2021.
7. Critical psychology. Cape Town: University of Cape Town Press. 2004. p. xii. ISBN 978-1-919713-88-5.
8. "Centrepoint children living with effects - study". NZ Herald. 3 May 2008. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
9. Hume, Tim (28 August 2010). "Conflicting interests?". Stuff. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
10. "Massey psychologists reach out to Auckland community". Massey University. 2 July 2007. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
11. Beston, Anne. "New research on antidepressant addiction and withdrawal". Retrieved 12 October 2021.
12. "Associate Professor Kerry Lynn Gibson - The University of Auckland". University of Auckland. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
13. Catherall, Sarah (18 September 2021). "Stuck in the middle: Youth mental health needs caught between child and adult services". Stuff. Retrieved 12 October 2021.
14. Catherall, Sarah (5 October 2021). "How to talk to your teen about their online life". Stuff. Retrieved 12 October 2021.

External links

• Kerry Gibson publications indexed by Google Scholar
• Publications by Kerry Gibson at ResearchGate

• Living people
• New Zealand women academics
• Academic staff of the University of Auckland
• 21st-century New Zealand psychologists
• New Zealand women psychologists
• South African women academics
• South African psychologists
• South African women psychologists
• University of Cape Town alumni
• Academic staff of the University of Cape Town
• Psychology educators
• Academic staff of Massey University
• 20th-century New Zealand psychologists