Rate My Professor Patrick O'Regan

Dr. O'Regan's scholarly contributions focus on psychotherapy education, Gestalt therapy training challenges in contemporary contexts, ethical issues in lifelong learning, and social work intersections with artificial intelligence. Notable publications include the book chapter 'Social work/AI entanglements' (2026) in AI and the Disruption of Welfare, edited by Goetz Ottmann and Carolyn Noble (Routledge, pp. 255-269), co-authored with Dorothee Hölscher and Sera Harris; 'Contemporary Gestalt Psychotherapy: The Tensions Between Practitioner Education and the Current Cultural Context' (2022, Psychotherapy and Counselling Journal of Australia, 10(2)); 'Ethical practice in adult lifelong learning: a reflection on its shifting nature and significance for the future' (2021, International Journal of Lifelong Education, 41(1), 60-75), co-authored with Richard G. Bagnall and Steven Hodge; and 'The challenge of providing training for Gestalt therapists in the contemporary cultural context: where to from here?' (2017, The Gestalt Journal of Australia and New Zealand, 14(1), 77-92), co-authored with Richard G. Bagnall and Steven Hodge.