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Suzanne Mooney is a Senior Lecturer at Queen's University Belfast, affiliated with the School of Social Sciences, Education and Social Work. She holds dual roles as a social worker, systemic family therapist, and researcher, specializing in adversities affecting children, adults, and families. Her work focuses on trauma-informed care implementation, child welfare, systemic practice, and care-experienced youth. She co-leads AFT-accredited systemic practice programs for healthcare and social care professionals.
Research interests include the impact of adverse experiences on families, therapeutic interventions in contested sociopolitical contexts, and improving services for vulnerable populations. She has led projects like the Northern Ireland Framework for Integrated Therapeutic Care and the Sequential Intercept Model for justice-mental health diversion. She actively supervises PhD candidates in areas such as systemic practice and adverse childhood experiences.
Recent outputs highlight her contributions to cultural sensitivity in therapy, trauma-informed care in residential settings, and frameworks for therapist development. She collaborates with organizations like CITE and the Centre for Children's Rights, emphasizing participatory and action-oriented methodologies.
