I have gained wide-ranging experience through developing and running a crisis,
counselling and advice centre for over 20 years. Since 1996 this work has been in
partnership with Social Services.
As a psychotherapist I value an approach that is very human, non-clinical,
creative and practical. I work with people from all walks of life - this includes
working with people suffering with what many would consider more
extreme mental
health problems. In addition, I have considerable experience working with children
facing emotional, social and behavioural difficulties. It is my experience that it is
usually most helpful to understand a person's emotional distress in the context of
his or her life and relationships rather than as a medical disorder that should be
treated.
I am an existential-phenomenological psychotherapist and am a member of the
Society for Existential Analysis. I am closely associated with The International
Network Towards Alternatives & Recovery (INTAR) and I am also a member of the
International Center for the Study of Psychiatry & Psychology (ICSPP). Aspects
of my training have been under a number of people who were close colleagues of
R. D. Laing, in particular, Dr Stephen Tichtin and Dr Leon Redler who remains my
professional consultant.
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