Dr Tina Williams
PhD
Current positions
Research Associate
Department of Philosophy
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Research interests
Tina is the philosophy of medicine PhD student on the Wellcome Trust funded Life of Breath project. Her research focuses on the philosophy of breathing and breathlessness in physical illnesses, mental disorders, and everyday life. The history, philosophy, and phenomenology of anxiety is currently being explored in a forthcoming paper co-authored with Professor Havi Carel.
With a background in philosophy, Tina is also qualified in cognitive behaviour therapy managing depression and anxiety disorders in both primary care and a holistic charitable setting.
Her interests include ancient philosophy, philosophy of medicine, phenomenology and existentialism, and the philosophy of psychiatry.
Publications
Recent publications
22/08/2019Disrupted breath, songlines of breathlessness
Medical Humanities
Breathlessness: from bodily symptom to existential experience
Existential Medicine: Essays on Health and Illness
Thesis
Invisible Experiences
Supervisors
Award date
12/05/2020