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My Philosophy of Teaching and Learning

“Imagination is more important than knowledge. For while knowledge defines all we currently know and understand, imagination points to all we might yet discover and create.”    Albert Einstein

Teaching and learning is an emotional experience. Learning happens best when it emerges from the lived immediacy of experience – be that the immediacy of the relationship between client and therapist, or the lived experience of the training group.

The training group itself and the relationships that exist within it offer some of the most valuable learning opportunities of all.

True learning ultimately cannot come from without, cannot be taught in the sense of “this is the right way to do it,” as this undermines students’ capacity to develop their own unique relationship to course material.

Psychotherapy emphasises an accepting, caring stance towards the client, which includes empathy, respectful challenge and authentic relating. I aim to embody such attitudes as much in my work with students and trainees as with clients.

The tutor should desire that his students will, before long, exceed him in knowledge and ability.  

 

Areas of Specialism

As a tutor and trainer, my areas of specialism include: Psychotherapy Integration; An Integrative approach to Object Relations theory; Counselling Skills; Time-Limited Counselling and Brief Dynamic Therapy; and working with Depression. Click the following links to download publicity for workshops on Time-Limited Counselling and Working with Depression