I
am a psychotherapist, supervisor, group facilitator/tutor, consultant, artist, researcher and writer. I
offer
CPD or staff training courses on request or by agreement on a range of subjects,
facilitate small and large group events, and have also worked in
community
based statutory mental health services. As a tutor or lecturer/facilitator for psychotherapy and supervision diploma courses, I worked with a number of institutes and organisations such as:
- The Grove - Integrative Supervision Diploma (UK)
- Association for Dance Movement Psychotherapy (UK)
- Centrum Pod křídly, Prague (Czech Republic)
- Centro de Psicoterapia Somática em Biossíntese (Portugal)
- Re-Vision, Psychotherapy with a Soulful Perspective (UK)
- Maagalim - Institute for Psychotherapy and Counseling (Israel)
- Centar IGW Zagreb (Croatia)
- Gestalt Centre Homa (Croatia)
- Chiron Centre for Body Psychotherapy (UK)
I am currently the General Secretary of the European Association for Psychotherapy - EAP and a co-editor for
the International Journal for Body, Movement and Dance in Psychotherapy. I also held a number of previous roles in professional organisations, such as Vice Chair for the UK Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) from 2008 to 2013.
Background, qualifications and perspectives
I
developed my interest in Eastern philosophy and Integral Yoga in the
seventies when I worked in an afforestation and erosion control project
in Auroville, South India. My fascination with the interconnections between
psychological, physiological and transpersonal dimensions matured as I
continued to study Yoga, movement and body awareness approaches whilst
working in rural development, construction and later adventure tourism
in India and lead me to embrace psychotherapy eventually.
I
received my basic psychotherapy training in Gestalt Therapy in South
India and subsequently trained with David Boadella at the International
Institute for Biosynthesis - IIBS in Switzerland. Biosynthesis is a
psychodynamic somatic oriented psychotherapy, including aspects of
pre- and perinatal psychology, body psychotherapy and transpersonal
psychology. I graduated with a Diploma for 'Biosynthesis - somatic and
depth psychology oriented psychotherapy' and qualified as a
Biosynthesis training therapist and supervisor. I have also been
awarded the 'European Certificate of Psychotherapy' (ECP) by the
European Association for Psychotherapy.
I
have consistently developed my own synthesis, incorporating further
training such as somatic trauma work or EMDR, my ongoing dialogue
with colleagues, and what my clients/patients have taught me.
I aim to integrate the emerging flow of discoveries by
neuroscience/neurobiology as well as relational (two-person psychology)
and intersubjectivity oriented approaches - in particular aspects of
Object
Relations, Attachment Theory, Self Psychology, Jungian and
Transpersonal Psychology. A Field theory (Levin, Pearls) frame allows for this diverse range of concepts, clinical philosophies and theoretical perspectices to collaborate comfortably and constructively.
Today, I describe my approach simply as
psychotherapy, in line with my belief that
a uniquely personalised therapy must be constructed for each client/patient since each has
a unique psychological-physiological story and soul journey.
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