Psychotherapy addresses the pain that arises, in many forms, from loss and separation, bereavement, neglect, isolation, abuse, exile, rejection.
In the present such experiences show themselves as depression, mania, disturbing dreams, difficulties at work or in the family resulting in stress, alienation, caution and defensiveness in relating with others, over-intellectualising, excessive anxiety and panic, anger or shyness; scape-goating; self-harming; the feeling of being mad and having little or no connection to others or to the world.
My training and work emphasises an analytic attitude in working clinically with individuals and groups. I think that much of the psychic pain of people is deep-seated and requires medium to long term treatment. People require insight to help organise suffering rather than try to eliminate quickly everything that impinges on everyday living.
Psychotherapy seeks to replace tumultuous, overwhelming feelings and chronic symptomology with personal insight and understanding which brings an increase in self-confidence and empathy. Group-analysis brings support for individuals in their suffering, at the very least. Once a regular group member, an individual's insight grows through feedback from other members and from group interactions, from the group's reliability and from the opportunity to be in touch with and voice feelings that life has hitherto demanded must be suppressed.Qualifications & Training
P.G. Diploma in Group Psychotherapy, awarded by London Centre for Psychotherapy 1984.
M.A. Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, awarded by the Univ of Hertfordshire/Guild of Psychotherapists 1998.
Certificate in Group-analytic Supervison, awarded by the Institute of Group-Analysis, 2003.
In common with all analytically trained psychotherapists I have been through my own thorough-going therapy.Experience
I have been conducting group-analytic psychotherapy since qualifying in 1984, and practice in and near Canterbury. I have long experience as a professional supervisor in the clinical work of other professionals, both for individuals and for organisations. My experience includes conducting staff groups in clinical settings; the teaching of group-analysis; the supervision of those training to be group-analytic psychotherapists.Fees
Currently:
£45 per individual 50 minute session,
£28 per group 90 minute session with up to 7 other members.
Fees are likely to rise annually and to follow inflation.
Key words for this entry:
Couples, Groups, Individual Counselling, Adults, Elderly, Men, Women, Young, Long-term, Short-term, Time-limited, Face-to-face, Supervision, Train the Trainer, Training/tutoring, Workshop, General counselling, Psychodynamic, Psychotherapy. |
