LEAH SALTER

Leah Salter is an executive and operational director for The Centre for Systemic Studies (CSS) which she set up in 2020 with Billy Hardy; and now co-directs with Julia Evans.  Since 2020 Leah has taught on all the courses CSS offers; previously as course lead for the Supervisor and Foundation levels of training and most recently the course lead for the Intermediate level. Prior to The Family Institute being housed by CSS Leah had been a visiting lecturer for The Family Institute at USW on the BSc in Counselling degree and the MSc in Family Therapy. She was also the external examiner for a number of years for the supervisor level of training. 

Leah's time spent studying and teaching at The Family Institute, Wales, was hugely influential and was informed by the potential for Systemic, Narrative and Social Constructionist practices to be overtly concerned with social action and justice doing.

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This led Leah to complete a doctorate at the University of Bedfordshire, where her research into systemic group work practices also focused on solidarity,  social justice practices and research as social action. 

Since 2018 Leah has taught on the University of Bedfordshire's Systemic Doctoral (PDSP) programme, previously as a tutor and deputy lead and now supervising candidates with their research; and examining doctoral theses. She has also examined at Bath University, The Tavistock and Portman, and is external examiner for The University of Leeds Foundation in Family Therapy course and Ty Elis Counselling training (level 5).  Leah also inputs into Cardiff University's Foundation in Family Therapy embedded into the Doctorate in Clinical Psychology.

Clinically Leah works with NHS Wales (CTMUHB) and has strong connections with various voluntary sector organisations/ community groups through consultancy and supervisory practices. She has previously practiced within and been an independent trainer for a number of third sector health and social care providers.

 Leah is a TAOS associate; a visiting fellow at The Centre for Storytelling at The University of South Wales and co- editor for Murmurations: Journal of Transformative Systemic Practice. 

She has been a reviewer and guest editor for a number of other journals including reviewing for The Journal of Family Therapy.

Most of Leah's publications can be found on https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Leah-Salter-3 and https://murmurations.cloud

Recent notable publications include:

Journals:

Salter, Leah and Vivian-Byrne, Kieran (2024). Passing it on – oral traditions and future orientations in a learning community. Murmurations: Journal of Transformative Systemic Practice, 7(1),84-97. https://doi.org/10.28963/7.1.7

Salter, Leah (2021) "Research as an Act of Resistance: Responsive, Temporally Framed Narrative Inquiry" International Review of Qualitative Research  14(1) DOI:10.1177/19408447211049511

Salter, Leah; Kebbe, Lisen & Simon, Gail (2021). Stone Scissors Paper. A Trilogy of Papers. Murmurations: Journal of Transformative Systemic Practice, 4(1), 48-73.https://doi.org/10.28963/4.1.5

Book chapters:

Salter, Leah (2022) " Performing and Transforming the Maternal"  (pp171-184)in Lena Simic and Emily Underwood-Lee (eds) Mothering Performance. London: Routledge

Simon, G. & Salter, L. (2020). "Transmaterial Worlding as Inquiry". The Sage Handbook of Social Construction. Eds. Mary Gergen, Sheila McNamee et al. London: Sage Publications