The Association for Humanistic Psychology

The Summer Festival - a weekend with Humanistic Psychology

BOOKING FOR THE FESTIVAL IS OPEN !!
18th - 20th July at The Leela Centre, nr Gillingham, Dorset

Registration from 11.00am Friday 18th July.
Lunch 1.00pm
AGM 2.30pm
Dina Glouberman 4.00pm

The full programme will be posted at the Festival, and you can make a copy on arrival or you can download the programme here.

The fees are:
For camping, bringing your own tent/camper van:
£160 for members
£180 for non members

Vegetarian meals, coffee/tea throughout weekend supplied.

Supplements payable for alternative accomodation, mostly in dormitories of 5 - 7 people, start at £20 for the whole weekend. There are a few rooms in static caravans still available.

There are 10 concessionary tickets available as from June 10th, priced £120.
[Clear evidence of need must be provided. ie. - if on benefit we would need some proof of this].

All accomodation supplements must be paid in full whatever ticket delegates end up having.

No supplement to be paid for camping.

The full fee(s) must be paid when booking.

Tel: 01243 781342 / 07758 617149

Or complete details, including a booking form, can be downloaded here.

Booking forms should be returned to AHP(B), BM Box 3582, London WC1N 3XX.

Last year's Festival - a weekend with Humanistic Psychology
27-29 July 2007
We all wondered if the festival would happen. Floods and torrential rain affected Worcestershire badly, and the original field where the event was to take place had been under six feet of water. There were anxious phone calls and emails flying around until Green & Away confirmed on Tuesday that they were running, ready and waiting for us.
So what should we do? If we cancelled, what were we saying - that we loved the earth and environment as long as the sun shone? That we weren't willing to compromise our comfort for our ideals? There was no going back.
The festival was hard work to get together, but sometimes the hardest part was to keep faith - that we could do it, that people would come, that we would not make a financial loss, that our decision to use a tented environmental conference centre wouldn't put everyone off. In the last week the fears were more elemental - that there would be no transport and we would be unable to hear each other speak through the rain and wind.
Most of all, it was hard to keep faith that an AHP community can exist and flourish together after nine years of running on deficit and offering little more than this magazine.
The festival was a sellout. The sun began to shine on Friday, and it didn't stop shining, except on Saturday evening and night when we had some rain. We had mud, lashings of it, and some of us learned to dance the mud, to glide on it, rather than getting stiffer. And we had slugs, 'so slow and yet so fast', as one person said. The generosity and thoughtfulness of the site organisers was a delight, as well as their cooking. Their embodiment of a vision is an inspiration.
In the November issue of Self & Society we shall be publishing the main talks, articles from the workshop facilitators and participants, and more photos. But the weekend was an integral experience in true Wilber mode. We used our bodies in Chi Kung, meditated, massaged, sang, drummed, thought, talked, some of us cried and there was a lot of laughter. Most of it happened in wellies. Many of us were outside our comfort zones right from the start, and the home groups absorbed the pain and connected us. Being at Green & Away was a political act, a small one perhaps, but one I personally do not want to relinquish.
The political band Seize the Day usually play with amplification to huge audiences, so we were delighted they came to play in our marquee to a hundred and twenty happy people on Saturday evening. They are an inspiration -watch them on video at www.seizetheday.org
There were many thanks at the end, but particularly here I want to offer mine to Julian, Timothy and Tony who held steady through the difficult times and worked so hard to make it happen, to Tyagi for working hard in the background, and to Sue for stepping in as a volunteer at the last moment.
We shall be thinking about how to do this again, engaging in discussions about the venue and shape of festivals to come. Come and join in by being at our AGM in September and becoming part of this new, revived community which is AHPB.
Maxine Linnell

A Weekend with Salley Vickers at Braziers Park, Oxford on 24th - 26th October 2008. You can download a booking form here.

Links:
AHP(B) is happy to provide these links to appropriate organisations and to our own members, in order to help people interested in Humanistic Psychology reach out to each other and to the general public.

Please send us links that you think we should include with a description of no more than 50 words. We regret that we are unable to include logos. Entries for individuals must be of members of AHP(B). Please note that we cannot accept any responsibility for either the contents of the pages linked to or for the credentials of the organisations or individuals offering information or services. We will check that there is no offensive material when the link is first established. If you find links which offend you then please let us know.
Send your link, or comments, to the Chair of AHP(B)

PUBLICATIONS
Publications that may be of interest are:
Critical Psychology - provides a forum for discussion, bringing radical insights from a broader study of society with contributions from the fields of feminism, black politics and other areas of critical enquiry.

Soundings - is a journal of politics and culture offering committed, informed and thoughtful writing on a wide range of social and political issues.

Journal of Humanistic Pscychology and Perspectives, publications by AHP the international Association for Humanistic Psychology.

ORGANISATIONS
AHP The international Association for Humanistic Psychology based in San Fransisco.

AHPP An independent organisation for those interested in practitioner-membership/accredititation.

The Adlerian Society The British based section of an international movement which aims to promote the Adlerian approach.

All About Psychotherapy All About Psychotherapy offers wide-ranging information about psychotherapy to mental-health professionals and to the public.

The Association for Person Centred Therapy in Scotland An organisation of person-centred counsellors and psychotherapists based throughout Scotland.

Atlow Mill Centre for Emotional Education offers unique learning for people of all walks of life. We aim to enrich people's enjoyment and participation in life through the recognition of the ways in which feelings and emotions impact on life and relationships.

British Association of Dramatherapists (BADth) is the professional body that represents Dramatherapists and Dramatherapy practice.

British Gestalt Society BGS is a national Gestalt organisation for all Gestaltists and is independent of training institutes, accrediting bodies and registering authorities

The Centre for Gender Psychology was founded in 1996 by husband and wife psychotherapists Nick Duffell and Helena Løvendal Sørensen in order to make real changes to the everyday lives of men and women and their families, in the areas that really matter.

The Chiron Centre for Body Psychotherapy has been at the forefront of developing a relational, integrative approach to Body Psychotherapy, rooted in humanistic values and the archetype of the 'wounded healer'. It is now focussing on its Open Programme, Advanced Training for counsellors and psychotherapists and its clinics for individual and group psychotherapy.

CIRL The London-based Centre for Integral-Relational Learning has been founded to initially offer a comprehensive part-time professional training in Body Psychotherapy (continuing the work of the Chiron Centre) and a Group Facilitation Training. Its philosophy is based on a holistic-integral framework and a fundamental commitment to diversity.

Cortijo Romero Year-round personal development holidays in a fabulous setting in the Alpujarras mountains, Granada, Spain. Many leading facilitators, a uniquely supportive atmosphere, comfortable accommodation, lovely buildings, gardens and pool, and the best climate in Europe. Celebrating our 20th anniversary in 2006. £40 introductory discount for AHP(B) members

Eastern Tree Training and Therapy Humanistic and transpersonal counselling trainings in Norwich, Norfolk at introductory, certificate and diploma level. Also Art Therapy and other creative courses, workshops and playdays for therapists, consultancy and therapy - do contact us for details.

The London Association of Primal Psychotherapists.

LSBP The London School of Biodynamic Psychotherapy offers a Post-graduate level UKCP recognised diploma course in Biodynamic Psychology and Psychotherapy, leading to a Diploma in Biodynamic Psychotherapy and various introductory courses.

The Norwich Centre for Personal and Professional Development is a registered charity which provides professional person-centred counselling. We will not turn anyone away for financial reasons. We also offer training and workshops for counsellors and for the general public. Brian Thorne is one of our co-founders.

Psycotherapists and Counsellors for Social Responibility - Psychotherapists and Counsellors for Social Responsibility was set up in 1995. It aims to be a forum for psychotherapists and counsellors who wish to influence and broaden the political process.

Scarborough Psychotherapy Training Institute - accredited training organisation grounded in humanistic and integrative psychotherapies. Also provided a counselling and psychotherapy referral service.

Sexual Grounding Therapy - an effective form of psychological self-development rooted in experiential body-psychotherapy in a group format. It was developed in the early 1990s by Willem Poppeliers, a Dutch developmental psychologist and body-psychotherapist, and the principal trainer.

Soul Journey School of Counselling - offering counselling in Introduction & Certificate in Person Centred Counselling & Diploma in Person Centred & Expressive Therapy, based near Norwich.

Spiral Holistic Therapy Centre, London N7 - a group of counsellors, psychotherapists and complementary therapists who work with holistic vision, honouring the interconnected nature of mind, body, heart and spirit. Both therapists and clients are from diverse backgrounds, and all clients are welcomed with respect for their individuality and differing needs.

Trancendence Authentic Tantra-Yoga - Since 1998 Transcendence has been offering workshops for couples and singles in Tantra, Tantric Kriya Yoga and massage run by Martin Jelfs and Hanna Katz-Jelfs. Martin is an experienced UKCP registered psychotherapist.

INDIVIDUAL MEMBERS
Alexandra Chalfont UKCP registered psychotherapist, executive coach.

Claire Asherson Bartram Monthly Group. Stepfamily Group and Workshops. Advancing Stepfamily Awareness through Psychotherapy. Tel: 020 8361 6146.

Christine Bennett Person Centred counselling or, for student or qualified counsellors, supervision in your home or workplace in the Greater Manchester/Lancashire area.

Freda Child UKCP Registered Integrative Arts Psychotherapist in private practice for adult clients. Also Affiliate Counsellor on Employee Assistance Programme. Has special interests in sandtray, poetry and painting. Leyton/Leytonstone borders of East London. Fees £35.00 - £40.00 (negotiable). h020 8539 6201, m07751 150 294.

David Colbourne Therapist, supervisor and facilitator. IDHP-accredited humanistic practitioner, Diploma in Embodied-Relational body psychotherapy. I work with individuals, couples and groups. I am based near Oxford, where I have a private practice, and work as a facilitator in academic and health care settings.

Amanda Falkson Humanistic Psychotherapy in the City of London and 'Tough at the Top' professional peer support groups for Third Sector Chief Executives.

Maggie Fisher UKCP Registered Psychotherapist, British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy Senior Practitioner and Accredited Supervisor. I integrate psychoanalytical and humanistic approaches including transpersonal ways of working.

Martin Jelfs As an integrative psychotherapist I started in 1984 having trained in body psychotherpy. I now work both relationally and use methods from energy psychology when appropriate. I am UKCP registered and have a particular interest in working with sexuality and also with the transpersonal. I run also Tantra workshops at Transcendence. www.tantra.uk.com

Susan Jordan Core Process psychotherapist, Focusing teacher, London NW5

Steve King Therapist, Supervisor, Trainer. Twenty years in South Devon. My work is body-aware, in-the-moment work that recognises the psycho-spiritual dimension as well as the influence the past can exert on the present. I call it Integrated Life Work. Please see my website for details of groups and workshops.

Maxine Linnell Editor of 'Self and Society', psychotherapist.

Anita Martin SOUL JOURNEY SCHOOL OF COUNSELLING based near Norwich at Progress House, Blofield in a beautiful tranquil setting. Training offered in:Introduction to Counselling, Certificate in Counselling, Diploma in Person Centred Counselling and Expressive Therapy. Approved & Accredited by The Counselling Society & ABC, Assoc. member of BACP. Telephone: 01603 712266

Louisa Page I am a humanistic counsellor who integrates Gestalt, person-centred, transpersonal and NLP approaches. I also guide shamanic journeys and run journeying and imagework classes and workshops. I work in private practice, and as a counsellor/support specialist in the local hospital in Exeter, Devon. I also tutor on counselling courses.

LInda Newbold Humanistic Counsellor, UKAHPP Accredited and NLP Practitioner, Co Counselling and Counselling Teacher, Spiritual, Reiki and Melchizedek Method Healer. Diploma in Group and Individual Supervision. Currently studying for an MA Degree in Psychotherapy (Jungian). Based in Surrey.

Allison Preistman Body-Psychotherapist, Counsellor. Integrating body-oriented work, psychodynamic therapy, process approaches, and spirituality. I work in Stroud, Gloucestershire and I am accredited through the Independent Practitioners Network process. Please see website for workshop programme

Michael Soth Integrative Body Psychotherapist, Trainer, Supervisor & Consultant: As an Integrative Body Psychotherapist, inheriting concepts, values and ways of working from both psychoanalytic and humanistic traditions, he is interested in the therapeutic relationship as a body/mind process between two people who are both wounded and whole.

John Rowan One of the founding members of AHPP in Britain.

Tyagi I work in Sheffield as a counsellor and therapist. Trained in Embodied-Relational Therapy, I also incorporate elements of other Humanistic and Transpersonal therapies in my work. I am accredited through the IPN process.

Katrina Voysey My approach embraces the socio-political, ecological and spiritual contexts. I engage the body and imagination through imagery, movement, puppets, drawing, poetry, music, story and sandtray. (No artistry or creativity required). I started counselling in 1994 and graduated from Spectrum Psychotherapy Training in 2001. I practice in Chipstead, Surrey: 01737 550933.

Jacky Walker UKCP registered psychotherapist and BACP/UKRC registered counsellor working from a humanistic and transpersonal approach. Appointments in Norwich and King's Lynn. Supervision and counselling training to diploma level also available.

Tony Williams Vice Chairman of the Adlerian Society; teaches and lectures in Adlerian Psychology.