Fiona Tasker

Web Site: Psychological Sciences

Email: f.tasker@bbk.ac.uk

I am interested in family relationships, identity development of adults and children, and children's social and emotional development in both non-traditional and new family forms. For example, much of my research has been on LGBTQ parented families, post-divorce families, and families formed by adopting children or through assisted reproduction. My research has both theoretical and practical applications to inform the debate about new family forms. I have used both quantitative and qualitative methodologies in my research.

Current research projects that Fiona Tasker is working on or supervising are listed below (further details of each project can be found via http://www.iscfsi.bbk.ac.uk/projects ).

• Current and prospective heterosexual, lesbian, gay and bisexual parenting: contextual and psychological determinants
• European LGBTQ Adults Self-Identity Development Research Projects
• Family Mapping Exercises (FME): Research Measures and Therapy Assessment Tools
• Lesbian motherhood in a Chilean cultural context
• Mapping Family Relationships: A cross-cultural comparison of adolescent well-being in gay and lesbian adoptive families in Portugal and in the United Kingdom
• Motivations and Experiences of LGBTQ Adoptive Parenthood and Foster Care
• Trans and Gender Diverse Young Adults Thoughts About Parenthood
• The perceived influences of early separation from parents: A study of South Korean early study-abroad adults.
• Memories of World War II Older Adults Recollections of Wartime Childhoods in the UK

You’ll find a selection of links to videos of Fiona Tasker talking about her work described below:

• Link to video
• Briefing: “Considering Same-Sex Parenting: Implications for Psychotherapeutic Work with Families” by Dr. Fiona Tasker presented at the Società Italiana di Psicoterapia per lo Studio delle Identità Sessuali (SIPSIS) inaugural conference entitlied: “Sexual Identities and Human Rights in XXI Century: Between Science, Dogma, and Stigma”, 7th November 2015, University of Parma, Via University 12, Parma Italia (15 minutes). The slides accompanying this video briefing are available below. For further information about SIPSIS please see website http://www.sipsis.it
• Slides (PDF)

• Link to video seminar (45 minutes)
• Briefing: Same-sex Parenting produced by the Tavistock Relationships Centre, London, UK. Tavistock Relationships is delighted to announce the launch of its fourth video seminar on Same-sex Parenting with presenters: Dr Fiona Tasker (Senior Lecturer in Psychology, Birkbeck University London)  Jess MacIntyre (Professional Practice Trainer, PACE) and Dr Damian McCann (Head of Clinical Services, Tavistock Relationships).

• Link to video
• Briefing: Parentalidade: depoimento de Fiona Tasker.  Produced by ILGA Portugal.  Youtube video (3 minutes) on same-sex parenting spoken in English but with Portuguese subtitles at the 1st International Conference for LGBT Psychology & Related Fields Lisbon, Portugal 20-22nd June 2013