Rachel Evenden

Rachel Evenden is a Lecturer in Psychology at the University of Northampton's Centre for Psychological and Sociological Sciences. Her research focuses on Clinical Parapsychology, anomalous experiences, and the role of spirituality in end-of-life care. She is affiliated with the Study of Exceptional Experiences and Consciousness Studies (EECS) research group and contributes to the Arthur Findlay College research laboratory.

Her PhD investigates anomalous experiences during bereavement and spiritual aspects of palliative care. Key research areas include mediumship as counseling, therapist training needs for anomalous experiences, and psychedelic consciousness studies. She has published on LSD, ayahuasca, and therapeutic approaches to clients reporting anomalous phenomena.

Evenden's work bridges clinical practice and parapsychological research, emphasizing qualitative methodologies like thematic analysis and interpretative phenomenological analysis. She collaborates on projects analyzing historical parapsychology archives and psychedelic drug experiences in Britain.

Her research outputs (9 total between 2013-2018) explore themes like client disclosure challenges, therapist training deficiencies, and subjective psychedelic experiences. Current projects aim to develop educational materials for both practitioners and bereaved individuals confronting anomalous phenomena.