About PPRC

Carmel has a PhD in Psychology from the University of Leicester, UK and an MA in Measurement, Evaluation, and Research Methodology from the University of British Columbia, Canada. For her first degree, she attended Simon Fraser University, BC, Canada, where she was awarded a Certificate of Liberal Arts and a BA in Psychology. Before relocating to the UK, Carmel worked as a psychometrician and research assistant on psychological research studies conducted at the Vancouver Hospital and Health Science Centre at the University of British Columbia, Canada.

Carmel is a Chartered Psychologist and Associate Fellow (AFBPsS) of the British Psychological Society (BPS), and director of PPRC Ltd. Carmel is co-author of Strengths Gym (PPRC, 2019), a character strengths-based educational course for children and adolescents. She has also written and co-written multiple research papers and book chapters. She is an editorial board member for the Encyclopedia of Quality of Life and Well-Being Research, Personality and Individual Differences, and Adolescence.

Her interests are primarily in positive psychology, applied positive psychology, values, character, virtue ethics, personality, existential psychology, and well-being.

Carmel is a Health and Care Professional Council (HCPC) registered Counselling Psychologist. She received her professional doctorate in Counselling Psychology and Psychotherapy (DCPsych) from Middlesex University. She is an Accredited Member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) and works as a Psychotherapist in Guernsey.