Dr Marie Keenan PhD, MSocSc, CQSW, DASS, BSocSc
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Biography:
Dr. Marie Keenan is a Social Worker, Systemic Psychotherapist and Researcher who is a College Lecture in the School of Applied Social Science, UCD, and is the current Chairperson of the Family Therapy Association of Ireland. She is also on the Advisory Board of the Criminology Institute, UCD. Before taking up a teaching and research position at UCD Dr. Keenan worked for more than twenty years as a social worker and psychotherapist. Some of the settings in which Dr. Keenan worked include Lambeth Social Services, Brixton, London; Psychiatric Unit of Cork Regional Hospital; Learning Disability Services, Warwick, England; Cluain Mhuire Adolescent Psychiatric Service; Probation and Welfare Service, of the Department of Justice, Equality and Law Reform; The Rutland Addiction Treatment Centre; The Granada Institute, Dublin (which offered services for victims and perpetrators of sexual crime) and in her own private practice. Dr. Keenan has served on the Board of the Irish Penal Reform Trust, on the Advisory Group for the implementation of the Guidelines on Child Sexual Abuse for the Irish Episcopal Conference, and on the Expert Group [Ferns 5] set up by the Department of Health and Children to advise the Minister for Health and Children on the feasibility of establishing country-wide services for the treatment of adolescent and adult males who had perpetrated sexual offences. She has served on several advisory panels for Religious Orders in Ireland. Dr. Keenan has taught and led specialist workshops in a range of universities and training institutes in Dublin and she has presented her research and clinical work in the United Kingdom, Finland, the United States of America, Australia and South Africa. Specialising in the area of crime, sexual abuse and sexual offending, Dr. Keenan's most recent research involves a study of Roman Catholic clergy who have sexually abused minors. Her research centres on the men's accounts of how it came to be that they sexually abused minors and their understanding of the conditions of their lives that contributed to this problem. She is currently studying the Churches response to the problem of child sexual abuse. She is currently lead investigator on a study of restorative and transformative possibilities in the aftermath of sexual crime. This research includes the voices of the abuse survivors, the abuse perpetrators and key stakeholders. Dr. Keenan is a regular contributor to discussions on radio, television and in the print media on these and other social problems.
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Research Interests
| Dr. Keenan's current research interest lies in understanding sexual crime and in developing comprehensive responses to trauma and violence and sexual crime in Ireland - involving victims/survivors, perpetrators and their families and communities. She has a particular interest in researching sexual abuse and the Catholic Church - including the perspectives of those individuals who have experienced abuse, those clerics who have come to be the abuse perpetrators and those members of the Church hierarchy who responded to the abuse disclosures. Dr. Keenan is interested in healing, reparation and reconciliation possibilities and constraints in the aftermath of serious crime, and in developing and researching restorative and transformative possibilities in relation to trauma and sexual violence and abuse. Other research and practice interests include priesthood, religious life and the Roman Catholic Church; the outcome of systemic psychotherapeutic practices; and collaborative and reflexive research methods. |
Books
| Keenan, M.; (2011) Child Sexual Abuse and the Catholic Church: Gender, Power, Organizational Culture. New York, USA: Oxford University Press. [Details] |
Book Chapters
| Keenan, M; (2011) 'Opening a Space for Hope in a Landscape of Despair: Trauma and Violence Work with Men who have Sexually Abused Minors' In: Witkin, S (eds). Social Construction and Social Work Practice: Interpretations and Innovations. New York, USA: Columbia University Press. [Details] |
| Keenan, M.; (2011) 'Them and Us: The Clerical Child Sexual Offender' In: E. McDonagh and V. McNamara (eds). An Irish Reader in Moral Theology, Volumn II, Sex and Marriage. Dublin: Columbal Press. [Details] |
Keenan, M. ; (2011) 'Sie und Wir. Das Täterbild des Opfers bei sexueller Kindesmisshandlung durch Kleriker' In: Albus Michael and Brüggemann Ludwig (Eds.) (eds). Hände weg! Sexuelle Gewalt in der Kirche. Kevelaer, Germany: Butzon and Bercker GmbH.  [Details] |
| Keenan, M; (2009) 'Them and Us: The Clergy Child Sexual Offender as 'Other'' In: Flannery, T (eds). Responding to the Ryan Report. Dublin, Ireland: The Columba Press. [Details] |
Peer Reviewed Journals
| Keenan, M; (2011) 'Researching the Lives of Roman Catholic Clergy who have Sexually Abused Minors'. Qualitative Social Work, . [Details] |
| Keenan, M; (1998) 'Narrative Therapy with Men who have Sexually Abused Children, in G. O' Reilly and A.Carr (Eds) Understanding, Assessing and Treating Juvenile and Adult Sex Offenders.The Irish Journal of Psychology, a special issue'. Irish Journal of Psychology, 19 (1):136-151. [Details] |
Other Journals
| Keenan, M. ; (2010) 'An Organizational Cultural Perspective on Child Sexual Abuse in the Catholic Church' Doctrine and Life 60 (8) :4-14. [Details] |
| Keenan, M; (2006) 'The Individual and the Institution: Child Sexual Abuse by Clergy' The Furrow. A Journal for the Contemporary Church 57 (1) :3-10. [Details] |
| Keenan, M; (2002) 'Exiled at Home: Therapeutic Conversations with Men who have Sexually Offended' Feedback. The Journal of the Family Therapy Association of Ireland 9 (2) :28-31. [Details] |
| Keenan, M; (1997) 'Systemic Interventions with Men who have Sexually Abused Children' Feedback. The Journal of the Family Therapy Association of Ireland :11-15. [Details] |
| Keenan, M; (1988) 'On Working with Sex Offenders' Feedback. The Journal of the Family Therapy Association of Ireland 2 (1) :18-21. [Details] |
| Keenan, M; (2002) 'Child Sexual Abuse: the Heart of the Matter' The Furrow. A Journal for the Contemporary Church 53 (11) :597-605. [Details] | |||||||||
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Conference Publications
| Keenan, M.; (2010) Therapeutic Work with Men who have Sexually Abused Minors. Global Social Work Lapin yliopisto, Yliopistonkatu 8, Rovaniemi, Finland , , 19-MAY-10 - 02-JUN-10 [Details] |
| Keenan, M; (2010) Researching the Lives of Roman Catholic Clergy who have Sexually Abused Minors SOSNET, Sosiaalityön jatko-opiskelijoiden metodologinen kesäkoulu 2010:ETIIKKA SOSIAALITYÖN TUTKIMUKSESSA Lapin yliopisto, Yliopistonkatu 8, Rovaniemi, Finland, , 19-MAY-10 - 21-MAY-10 [Details] |
| Keenan, M.; (2010) Sexual Abuse and the Catholic Church: An Overview Sexual Abuse and the Catholic Church: Theological Perspectives Irish Theological Association, Milltown Institute, Dublin, , 14-MAY-10 [Details] |
| Keenan, M; (2010) Sexual Abuse and the Catholic Church Seminar Series University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia, , 13-APR-10 [Details] |
| M.Keenan; (2008) Giving Account: A Study of Irish Roman Catholic Clergy who have Sexually Abused Minors Preventing Sexual Violence through Effective Sexual Offender Treatment and Public Policy Cape Town South Africa, , 27-AUG-08 - 30-AUG-08 [Details] |
| M.Keenan; (2008) The Impact of Clerical and Seminary Culture on Irish Roman Catholic Clergy who have Sexually Abused Minors Preventing Sexual Violence Through Effective Sexual Offender Treatment and Public Policy Cape Town South Africa, , 27-AUG-08 - 30-AUG-08 [Details] |
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| M.Keenan; (2004) Catholic Clergy and Abuse - Current Research Education and the Catholic Church. School of Sociology, university College Dublin Dublin, , 10-MAR-04 - 10-MAR-04 [Details] | |||||||||
| M.Keenan; (2004) Sexual Offending - The Irish Social Context Contemporary Irish Perspectives on Sexual Offending, Department of Psychology, University College Dublin Dublin, , 16-APR-04 - 16-APR-04 [Details] | |||||||||
| Keenan, M; (2000) Institutional Abuse, A Comment . In: Mac Aodha, L eds. Child Abuse in Institutional Care: Learning from the Past and Hoping for the Future Kilkenny, , 01-APR-00 , pp.61-63 [Details] |
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| Keenan, M; (1999) Child Sexual Abuse: The Web of Human Suffering . In: Mac Aodha, L eds. Child Sexual Abuse: The Irish Experience so Far and the Way Forward Athlone, , 26-APR-99 , pp.10-22 [Details] |
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| Keenan, M; (1997) Resettlement of Sex Offenders in the Community . In: Niacra eds. Sex Offenders in the Community (Key note Address) Belfast, Ireland, , pp.16-26 [Details] | |||||||||
| Keenan, M; (2011) Capturing Narratives: The Challenges of Narrative Research for Narrative Therapists Narrative Therapy and Research [Details] |
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| Keenan, M.; (2011) Child Sexual Abuse and the Catholic Church: A Multilayered Perspective Broken Faith: Re-visioning the Catholic Church in Ireland [Details] |
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| Keenan, M. ; (1996) Child Sexual Abuse by Men in Clerical and Religious Life: The Irish Experience Sexual Abuse and Catholic Clergy [Details] | |||||||||
| Keenan, M. ; (1998) Caring for Those left Picking up the Pieces: Colleagues and Families of Clerical Men who have Sexually Offended against Minors World Conference of English Speaking Bishops on Sexual Abuse by Catholic Clergy [Details] | |||||||||
| Keenan, M. ; (2002) Child Sexual Abuse: The Heart of the Matter AGM of the National Conference of Priests of Ireland [Details] | |||||||||
| Keenan, M; (2003) Transition from Boyhood to Manhood: The Challenge for Parents Students and Parents of Sixth Year Students [Details] | |||||||||
| Keenan, M.; (2011) Priesthood in a Time of Crisis: What do we know about Priests and the Challenges they face? Priesthood In A Time of Crisis, AGM Of the Association of Catholic Priests [Details] | |||||||||
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Articles
| Keenan; (2010) Protecting the Institution of the Catholic Church. The Irish Catholic, January 14th: Articles [Details] |
| Keenan, M; (2009) The New Punitiveness. The Irish Examiner, March 27th: Articles [Details] |
| Keenan, M; (2009) The Ryan Report. The Irish Catholic, May 28th: Articles [Details] |
| Keenan, M.; (2008) Screening the Clergy. The Irish Catholic, November 16th: Articles [Details] |
| Keenan, M; (2008) Church Must not Persecute Abusers to Protect Public. The Irish Times, April 22nd: Articles [Details] |
| Keenan, M; (2008) Church must also Extend Compassion to Clergy Abusers. The Irish Times, March 11th: Articles [Details] |
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| Keenan, M; (2005) Sex Offenders are Just as Entitled to a Home. The Irish Times, March, 26th: Articles [Details] |
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| Keenan, M; (2002) How Should we Keep our Children Safe from Abuse? Hounding Convicted Sex Offenders out of their Homes is not the Answer to Protecting Children against Possible Sex Abuse. The Irish Times, November 16th: Articles [Details] |
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| Keenan, M; (2002) Over-valuing of Celibacy part of the Church's Current Crisis. The Irish Times, November 4th: Articles [Details] |
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| Keenan, M.; (1999) Sex Offenders' Register. The Irish Times, March 2nd: Articles [Details] |
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Invited Review Articles
| M.Keenan; (1998) Treatment Can Work. Link-Up. A Magaxine for the Archdiocese of Dublin: Invited Review Articles [Details] |
| M.Keenan; (1998) Child Sexual Abuse 2. Link-Up. A Magaxine for the Archdiocese of Dublin: Invited Review Articles [Details] |
| M.Keenan; (1998) Child Sexual Abuse 1. Link-Up. A Magaxine for the Archdiocese of Dublin: Invited Review Articles [Details] |
Honours and Awards
| Year: 2008. Title: Seed Funding |
| Year: 2002. Title: Successful Case Taken by Marie Keenan against The Gerry Ryan Show on 2FM, RTE, through the Broadcast Complaints Commission. |
Associations
| Association: British Society for Criminology, Function/Role: Membership Pending |
| Association: International Association for the Treatment of Sexual Offenders, Function/Role: Member |
| Association: Family Therapy Association of Ireland, Function/Role: Vice Chairperson 2008-2010 |
| Association: Facing Forward, Function/Role: Member of Sexual Violence and Trauma Project |
| Association: Family Therapy Association of Ireland, Function/Role: Chairperson June 2010- May 2012 |
| Association: Irish Penal Reform Trust, Function/Role: Board Member | |||||||||
| Association: Irish Council for Psychotherapy., Function/Role: Accredited Psychotherapist; | |||||||||
| Association: European Association for Psychotherapy., Function/Role: Accredited Psychotherapist (European); | |||||||||
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Conference Contributions
| M.Keenan; (2006) Workshop for members of the Redemptorist Order. [Invited Lecture], Sexual Abuse and Catholic Clergy, Dublin , 01-OCT-06 - 01-OCT-06. |
| M.Keenan; (2004) Workshop on Child Protection for Superiors of the Irish Jesuit Province. [Invited Lecture], Child Protection- Revisiting the Protocol, Dublin , 01-OCT-04 - 03-OCT-04. |
| M. Keenan; (1997) Child Sexual Abuse and the Roman Catholic Church. St. Lukes Institute, Washington. [Invited Lecture], Clergy men who have sexually abused children - the Irish Experience, St. Lukes Institute, Washington, DC , 30-OCT-97 - 30-OCT-97. |
| M.Keenan; (1997) Resettlement of Sex Offenders in the Community. [Keynote Address], Sex Offenders in the Community, Belfast , 15-SEP-97 - 15-SEP-97. |
| Keenan, M; (2003) Clerical Men who Have Sexually Abused Children. What do we know?. [Oral Presentation], Bishop and Priests of the Diocese of Cloyne, Co. Cork, Cork , 20-OCT-03 - 20-OCT-03. |
| Keenan, M; (2003) The Transition from Boyhood to Manhood. The Challenge for Parents. [Oral Presentation], Presentation to Parents and Sixth Year Students of Clongowes Wood College, Naas, Co. Kildare. , Co. Kildare , 01-MAR-03. | |||||||||
| Keenan, M; (2003) Child Sexual Abuse and the Catholic Church. . [Oral Presentation], Workshop facilitated for Bishop and Priests of Diocese of Kilalla, Co. Mayo. , Co. Mayo , 01-JAN-03. | |||||||||
| Keenan, M; (2002) Child Sexual Abuse: The Heart of the Matter. [Oral Presentation], AGM of the National Conference of Priests of Ireland, St. Patrick's College, Maynooth , 03-SEP-02 - 05-SEP-02. | |||||||||
| Keenan, M; (2002) Men at the Margins: Clerical Men who have Perpetrated Child Sexual Offences. [Oral Presentation], John Paul 2nd Theological Society, National University, Maynooth, Co. Kildare, Maynooth, Co. Kildare , 01-APR-02. | |||||||||
| Keenan, M; (2002) Men at the Margins: Therapeutic Work with Men who have committed Sexual Offences. [Oral Presentation], Workshop conducted for The Family Therapy Association of Ireland. , Dublin , 01-JAN-02. | |||||||||
| Keenan, M; (1999) Sexual Crime perpetrated by Priests and Religious Brothers. What do we know?. [Oral Presentation], Workshop conducted for members of An Garda Siochana. , Dublin , 01-SEP-99. | |||||||||
| Keenan, M; (1998) Caring for Those left Picking up the Pieces: Colleagues and Families of Clerical Men who have Sexually Offended against Children. [Oral Presentation], World Conference of English Speaking Bishops, Dundrum, Co. Tipperary, Ireland. , Co. Tipperary , 01-MAY-98. | |||||||||
| Keenan, M; (1997) Clerical Men who Commit Sexual Offences against Children. A Narrative Approach to Therapy within a Systemic Frame. [Oral Presentation], NOTA Conference, University of Southampton, England, Southampton , 01-SEP-97. | |||||||||
| Keenan, M; (1996) Therapeutic Engagement with Men who have Committed Sexual Crime. [Oral Presentation], 21st Anniversary of Family Therapy inIreland, Dublin , 01-MAY-96 - 02-MAY-96. | |||||||||
| Keenan, M; (1996) Child Sexual Abuse by Men in Clerical and Religious Life: The Irish Experience. [Oral Presentation], St. Luke's Institute, Washington, D.C. USA, Washington D.C. USA. , 01-FEB-96. | |||||||||
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Committees
| Committee : Vice Chairperson - Family Therapy Association of Ireland 2008-2010 |
| Committee : Member of Sexual Trauma and Violence Project - Facing Forward 2008 |
| Committee : Health Services Executive - Ferns 5 - Expert Panel advising Minister for Health and Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform on Development of Therapeutic Programmes for Sexual Offenders in Ireland |
| Committee : Family Therapy Association of Ireland |
| Committee : Global Partnership For Transformative Social Work: Programme Committee 2010 |
| Committee : Advisory Panel to Irish Jesuits. | |||||||||
| Committee : Irish Franciscan Order on matters relating to Child Sexual Abuse. | |||||||||
| Committee : Independent Advisory Panel to the Irish Christian Brothers on Child Sexual Abuse | |||||||||
| Committee : National Advisory Group to The Irish Episcopal Conference on Child Sexual Abuse. | |||||||||
| Committee : Diploma in Sexual Abuse Counselling, Dublin Rape Crisis Centre. | |||||||||
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Employment
| Employer: University College Dublin Position: College Lecturer - Temporary Full-time 1 Year |
| Employer: University College Dublin Position: College Lecturer Permanent Full-time |
| Employer: University College Dublin Position: College Lecturer Temporary Part-Time 1 Year |
| Employer: The Granada Institute, Shankhill, Dublin Position: Consultant Psychotherapist |
| Employer: Full-time and Part-time Private Practice Position: Private Practice |
| Employer: The Rutland Centre, Knocklyon, Dublin Position: Consultant Psychotherapist |
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| Employer: Department of Justice, The Training Unit, Mountjoy Prison, Dublin Position: Probation and Welfare Officer |
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| Employer: Hospitaller Order of St. John of God, Cluain Mhuire Adolescent Services, Blackrock, Dublin Position: Social Worker |
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| Employer: Professorial Psychiatric Unit, The Regional Hospital, Cork Position: Social Worker |
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| Employer: Department of Social Services, London Borough of Lambeth, London, SW2 Position: Social Worker |
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Education
| Year 1978 Institution: University College Dublin Qualification: CQSW Subject: |
| Year 1978 Institution: University College Dublin Qualification: DASS Subject: |
| Year 1994 Institution: University College Dublin Qualification: MSocSc Subject: |
| Year 1976 Institution: University College Dublin Qualification: BSocSc Subject: |
| Year 2007 Institution: University College Dublin Qualification: PhD Subject: Philosophy |
Consultancy
| Client: : National Assessment Unit, Finglas, Dublin |
| Client: : Oberstown Boys Centre |
| Client: : Daughters of St. Vincent de Paul |
| Client: : St. Michael's Assessment Unit |
| Client: : Franciscan Order |
| Client: : Diocese of Killaloe | |||||||||
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Outreach Activities
| 20th October 2010. Learning from Loss. Talk at Our Lady of Refuge Church, Rathmines Dublin. |
| December, 9th 2010. Living with the Pain of Loss. Talk at Memorial Service, Association for Sudden Cardiac Death in the Young. |
Other Activities
| 2008 The Diocese of Killaloe "Facing Our Reality" Workshop co-facilitated with Dr. Pat Walsh, The Granada Institute, Dublin, over two days on the organizational and personal challenges for the priests and Bishop of the Diocese in a time of change. |
| 2005 Chairperson Two Meetings of the Irish Bishops' Conference |
| 2006 The Franciscan Brothers, Irish Province. "Building Appreciative Communities". Workshops (3) co-facilitated with Dr. Imelda McCarthy, UCD |
Teaching Interests
| Dr. Keenan teaches courses at Postgraduate and undergraduate level. The current courses taught at postgraduate level are Human Behaviour, Social Work Methods and Approaches, Counselling Skills, Justice and Human Rights. At Undergraduate level Dr. Keenan teaches courses on Crime, Social Services and the Justice System, Systemic Family Therapy, and Social Work in Practice. |
Recent Postgraduates
| << Marie has supervised approximately 65 students engaged in research at Masters level and currently she is supervising two PhD candidates. One student's research is on Carers involved with family members who are experiencing first episode psychosis. The second student is undertaking research in the area of eating disorders. |
Current Postgraduate Students
| Mary Murphy, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) - Thesis Supervisor |
| Mary Kelleher, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) - Thesis Supervisor |
Modules Taught
| 200800 SPOL40210 Social Policy: Social Work Methods, Approaches and Theories of Human Behaviour 3 |
| 200900 SPOL30200 Social Policy: Social Services & the Justice |