I’d like to try and demystify the type of consultation process I often facilitate with supervisees and also to introduce a new consultation group which I’ve been envisioning and working towards for a while. We begin with a therapist bringing a clinical issue relating to one of the people they are working with.  I then engage with the therapist to identify and engage with the parts which are activated in them  in relation to the clinical work.  If in a group, members’ roles at this stage are...

I’m an autistic psychotherapist.  I have completed levels 1 and 2 IFS trainings.  My level 1 was in 2020 with Osnat Arbel and Chris Burris; level 2 was in 2021 with Frank Anderson.  In 2021 I also participated in a year long intensive training programme with Deb Dana (polyvagal theory in therapy).  I then completed a 2 year training course in Interpersonal neuroscience and Inner Community work with Bonnie Badenoch via PCPSI (2022-24).  I’ve also taken some live trainings with Janina Fisher...

The word “autism” was coined in 1912 by Paul Bleuler, a Swiss psychiatrist. “Auto” as a prefix comes from the Greek word “autos” which means “self, one's own, by oneself, of oneself.” “Ismos” as a suffix refers to state (ism). The “ic” in Autistic means “of / pertaining to”. So literally it means something like “pertaining to a state of selfhood”. The original notion was of "morbid self-absorption." A kinder definition I have heard over the years is that to be autistic is to be a person who...