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The
2019 BPA Programme (and speaker follow-up
information)
The
programme for the 2019 Spring/Summer/Autumn Terms can be viewed
below, or click
here to download a pdf version.
If
you would like to make a suggestion for a future programme or offer
your own talk or presentation, please contact
a member of the committee on the 'Contacts' page.
Evening meetings start at 7.30pm. Non-members £10
BRISTOL
PSYCHOTHERAPY ASSOCIATION
2019 - Spring/Summer/Autumn Terms
Monday 14th January, 2019
Integrative
Medicine – the ‘And’ rather than the ‘Or’
Dr Elizabeth Thompson is a Holistic
Doctor and CEO of the Portland Centre For Integrative
Medicine. Elizabeth was an undergraduate at Oxford and
then Guys Hospital and trained to Consultant level in
Palliative Medicine. From early on she became interested
in a number of holistic approaches and her thesis was
about how we can use non-drug approaches to support
patients with cancer.
Monday 4th
February, 2019
Umbilical Dynamics: Relationship begins in the womb
Matthew
Appleton is a body-psychotherapist working in
private practice in Bristol and a member of the
International Society of Pre and Perinatal Psychology and
Medicine. He facilitates workshops for adults to explore
their prenatal and birth experiences, as well as training
health professionals to work therapeutically with babies.
matthew-appleton.co.uk
Monday 5th March, 2019
Healing
As Practiced in the UK Today: What is it and
what can it achieve?
Dr Paul Dieppe is a doctor who
was Professor of Rheumatology in Bristol for about
100 years, and Dean of the Faculty of Medicine,
before working in health services research for the
Medical Research Council, and then shifting to
research on health, wellbeing and healing at the
University of Exeter, where he is currently an
Emeritus Professor.
Monday 1st April, 2019
Therapy - the Art of Love in Action!
Anna Grace-Jacobs has
been exploring the interface between therapy, spirituality and
shamanism for almost 40 years. As a qualified play/ creative
therapist and supervisor she pioneered services in grief and loss.
As healer and shamanic practitioner she holds sacred space -
her practice is to link and integrate all together.
www.openingtothebeloved.co.ukner
is a Transactional Analyst and has been in
Monday 20th May, 2019
Working With People on the
Spectrum
Nick & Corrina Wood have been
delivering courses and workshops on Autism since
2008. Corrina is a qualified trainer who delivers
Autism Awareness Training. She has a MA in Autism
specialising in increasing autism awareness in the wider
family through storytelling. Nick is a Counsellor
who manages a local authority counselling service, has an
advanced certificate in working with neuro-diversity and
is a National Autistic Society recommended
therapist. Corrina and Nick have four children
who have a diagnosis of Autism. They draw upon their
personal experiences, both within family and professions,
to bring their workshops to life and illustrate theory.
Monday 3rd June, 2019
All Parts Are Welcome - An introduction to Internal Family Systems
Liz Martins is a Certified Internal
Family Systems therapist and assists on IFS trainings in
the UK and Europe. Her original training was in
psychosynthesis, and she is also a Certified Sensorimotor
Psychotherapist and EMDR accredited. She has a private
practice in Bath, and is a supervisor and trainer. Monday 7th October, 2019
Heart and Soul! Preserving therapeutic values within today’s challenging climate
Dr Els van Ooijen has a private
psychotherapy and supervision practice in Bristol and
until recently was a visiting lecturer at the University
of South Wales. A member of the Bristol Zen Group,
Els has a regular meditation practice and is a qualified
Shamanic Practitioner. She is currently working on a book
provisionally entitled ‘Soul Work: Relational Integrative
Therapy in Practice’.Monday 4th November, 2019
Transitions - Psychological adjustment to change
James Brennan worked in London teaching
hospitals for 10 years and in 1991 established the first
UK clinical psychology service in cancer medicine.
He also then taught at the Bristol Doctorate in Clinical
Psychology, and at the UoB medical school for over 20
years. In 2001 he published an influential paper on
psychological adjustment to cancer, followed in 2004 by
the first UK textbook on supportive care – Cancer in
Context (Oxford University Press). He has worked as
a psychotherapist for nearly 40 years.Monday 2nd December, 2019
Sex, vulnerability and Power in Therapeutic and Spiritual Settings
Amin (formerly John) Witt has been
working with individuals, couples and groups since 1983. Angelica
MacArthur-Kline is a Clinical Psychologist who has
worked in psychoanalytic, psychotherapeutic and spiritual
settings since 1982. She has had a longstanding interest
in the requirements and challenges of self realisation in
these different settings.They say: “On the basis of our own experiences of therapeutic and spiritual relationship and community we will explore through open conversation with each other and the audience the impact of the meeting of intentional vulnerability and openness with power and abuse in these all too human developmental settings. We will bring scenarios for discussion that we have witnessed or experienced.”
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Evening meetings are from 7:30 to 9:15pm.