I have been working as a therapist, trainer and workshop leader since 1981, having trained originally as a Reichian bodywork therapist. (You can find out something about Reichian therapy and its founder Wilhelm Reich by going here.) Since then I have completed an MA in Psychoanalytic Studies; attended a number of seminars in Process Oriented Psychology; and developed my own integrative approach to psychotherapy. I have co-led several therapist trainings, first for Energy Stream and then for Selfheal; and now offer workshops, one year trainings and advanced courses in Embodied-Relational Therapy. I live and see clients in Mytholmroyd, Calderdale.

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Books etc.

The Water in the Glass was published by Rebus in 1998

Psychotherapy and Politics came out from Sage in 2000

Character and Personality Types (with Michael Jacobs) from Open University Press in 2001

Body Psychotherapy: An Introduction from Open University Press in 2003

Press When Illuminated: New and Selected Poems, 1968-2003 came out in 2004 from Salt.

I have also edited Psychoanalysis and the Paranormal: Lands of Darkness (Karnac 2003) and co-edited Implausible Professions (PCCS 1997).

I recently edited New Dimensions in Body Psychotherapy (Open University Press), and even more recently, The Politics of Psychotherapy (OUP).

I am editor of the journal Psychotherapy and Politics International.

New Book !

Reichian Growth Work - 2nd Edition

The first edition of Reichian Growth Work: Melting the Blocks to Love and Life came out twenty years ago, and it has long been out of print; for some while we made it available on the Internet. Now there is a heavily improved and updated new edition from PCCS Books.

Writings

For some poems from the collection, and some of my other writings on therapy, politics, energy and enlightenment, jump to Writings.

IPN

I am a founder participant in the Independent Practitioners Network, a form of peer validation for psychotherapists, counsellors and others.

PCSR

I am also an active member of Psychotherapists and Counsellors for Social Responsibility, which aims to locate psychotherapy and counselling in its social context.

In 1988, Em Edmondson and I published "Reichian Growth Work: Melting the Blocks to Life and Love". This long ago went out of print (though it is still available in several other languages), so for some years the whole text was available on this website. However, PCCS Books are publishing a revised and updated second edition in Spring 2009! - so I have taken the old edition off the website.

Also on this site was an extensive guide to Non Mainstream Psychotherapy and Counselling Resources on the Internet. I began this several years ago when the Internet was a LOT smaller, and it long since got out of hand and very out of date; but here as a substitute are my  bookmarks on psychotherapy, ecopsychology, politics and other associated topics, also very extensive and hopefully of use.

My partner, Helene Fletcher, works as a psychotherapist under the title Dancing Bear, and also as a painter, photographer and printmaker. To find out about her work, click here