Cemil Egeli

Counselling Lead

I come from a mixed heritage English/Turkish background and was born (and raised) in South Manchester. Since I was a child NTC seems to always have been in my awareness as I used to play locally with my friends!

I joined the faculty of NTC in 2025 as senior lecturer and Counselling pathway lead, in some ways it feels like a homecoming.

I am delighted to have the opportunity to lead this exciting, innovative and important counselling training programme at NTC.

I am interested in biographical and autoethnographic research methods. I am also currently a PhD candidate at the University of Warwick where I am researching the experience of students in HE who come from dual heritage and mixed race or cultural backgrounds. I also have an interest in music as well as spirituality and psychotherapy and is published in these areas. I am currently deputy chair of BACP spirituality division and has a particular interest in the intersections of counselling and psychotherapy with belief, spirituality and faith.

  • cegeli@nazarene.ac.uk

I am currently deputy chair of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) spirituality division and am a member of the professional standards committee for the national Counselling and Psychotherapy Society (NCPS).

2022-2025 – Senior lecturer and programme leader – MA in Clinical Counselling – University of Chester.

2017 – 2022 – Senior lecturer and programme leader BA Counselling Skills (combined hons) – University of Chester.

Here is a summary of Cemil’s educational qualifications:

  • MA Counselling (Distinction) – University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
  • MA Popular Music Studies – University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.
  • BA (Hons) American Studies & Music (Subsidiary Astronomy) – Keele University, UK.
  • PGCertLTHE (Postgraduate Certificate in Teaching and Learning in Higher Education) – University of Chester, Chester, UK.
  • PGCE Secondary Education (with QTS) – Manchester Metropolitan University, Manchester, UK.

Certifications:

  • FHEA Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
  • MBACP (Accred) BACP – Accredited member of the BACP.
  • SNCPS Senior accredited.

Cemil is interested in biographical and autoethnographic research methods. He is currently a PhD candidate at the University of Warwick where he is researching the experience of students in HE who come from dual heritage and mixed race or cultural backgrounds. Cemil also has an interest in music as well as spirituality and psychotherapy and is published in these areas. Cemil is currently deputy chair of BACP spirituality division and have a particular interest in the intersections of counselling and psychotherapy with belief, spirituality and faith.Here is a detailed list of his works:

  • Egeli, C. (2025) “Religion and Spirituality” – book chapter in Ahmad, M. A new introduction to counselling and psychotherapy – Routledge. https://www.tadf.uk/courses/newintro
  • Egeli, C (2024). The silent Observer. Thresholds (BACP divisional Journal for spirituality) 07/24
  • Egeli, C., & Powell, J. (2025). Disenfranchised grief. In N. Thompson & G. R. Cox (Eds), Teaching Death, Grief and Bereavement. Edward Elgar. pp80-83
  • Egeli, C (2024). Media. Thresholds (BACP divisional Journal for spirituality) 01/24
  • Egeli, C and West W. Book Chapter (2023). “Spirituality and Religion” in the SAGE handbook of counselling and psychotherapy https://uk.sagepub.com/en-gb/eur/the-sage-handbook-of-counselling-and-psychotherapy/book277335
  • Powell, J. and Egeli, C. book chapter (2022) “understanding elder abuse and crime” in the Handbook of Ageing, Health and Public Policy – Springer Publishing
  • Egeli C. (editor) (2021). Special Music Psychomusicology Edition – Journal of Critical Psychology, Counselling and Psychotherapy.
  • Egeli, C. (2021). Counselling the ‘other’;​. In ​Newnes, C. (ed.), ​Racism in Psychology: ​​Challenging theory,
    practice and institutions (pp. ​​131-146). Milton: Taylor & Francis.
  • Egeli, C. (2019). Tears from the void; The arts, the spiritual and the therapeutic. Special feature. Thresholds (BACP divisional Journal for spirituality) 09/19.
  • Egeli, C. (2019). Counselling and psychotherapy. Hierarchies, epistemicide and bad medicine. Clinical Psychology Forum, 318, 17-20, published by the BPS
  • Egeli, C. (2018). Target-focused culture (open letter). Therapy Today 29 (6) 18
  • Egeli, C. (2018). Out of the frying pan into the fire. Education, counselling and target-driven culture. The Journal of Critical Psychology Counselling and Psychotherapy, 18(2), 103-107.
  • Egeli, C. (2017). Autoethnography: a methodological chat with self. Counselling Psychology Review, 32 (1), 5-15. Published by the BPS.
  • Egeli, C. (2016). I’m half Turkish – dancing bears and marble stairs. Journal of Critical Psychology Counselling and Psychotherapy, 16(4), 245-256.
  • Egeli, C. (2015). Counselling in higher education (open letter). Therapy Today 26(1) 40-41.

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