Linda Dubrow-Marshall

Dr. Linda Dubrow-Marshall is a Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Salford's School of Health & Society, where she co-leads the MSc Psychology of Coercive Control programme. She holds leadership roles as Co-Chair of the Taught Ethics Panel and Chair of the Programme Validation Panel. Affiliated with the Centre for Applied Health Research and Centre for Research on Inclusive Society, her work bridges clinical practice and academic research.

Her research focuses on:

• Psychological mechanisms of coercive control and extremist groups
• Trauma interventions including EMDR and creative psychotherapies
• Autism spectrum therapeutic approaches
• Digital mental health innovations
• Cross-cultural psychotherapy effectiveness

She maintains active clinical practice as an HCPC-registered psychologist and BACP-accredited psychotherapist specializing in trauma recovery.

Recent publications demonstrate strong research output in digital psychotherapies (2024), autism interventions (2023), and creative therapies like Arts for the Blues. Her work consistently addresses clinical applicability through systematic reviews, feasibility studies, and therapeutic framework development spanning depression treatment, cancer survivorship support, and debt-related distress interventions.

She actively supervises PhD students researching coercive control, cultic groups, therapeutic outcomes, and clinical interventions. With extensive experience across prison, hospital, and community settings, her work emphasizes ethical, evidence-based approaches to complex psychological challenges.