The Bristol Therapist - Simon Stafford-Townsend
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I am a Gestalt Therapist based in Bristol city centre close to Colston Hall, Christmas Steps, and the Children's Hospital. I hold the Masters in Gestalt Psychotherapy from Birmingham University, having trained at the Sherwood Institute, and have trained in Somatic Trauma Therapy with Babette Rothschild. I am a fully Registered UKCP psychotherapist.
The Bristol Therapist - Simon Stafford-Townsend
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UKCP has withdrawn from the Memorandum of Understanding on Conversion Therapy. This is my response and current thoughts ..read more
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A memory comes into my awareness: I am 15 back in my hometown, going to ..read more
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UKCP recently issued a press release urging NICE not to publish its guideline for depression ..read more
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This year, Mental Health Awareness week is themed around stress. As part of this, the ..read more
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One of the core concepts in gestalt psychotherapy is contact. Specifically, gestalt therapists are interested ..read more
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The Swan Project in Bristol are looking for a new Service Manager: “A small, warm ..read more
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The Golden Arrow is a heuristic tool I’ve been thinking about for a while now ..read more
The Bristol Therapist - Simon Stafford-Townsend
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My first encounter with what pre-gestalt Fritz Perls would have recognised as concentration therapy, came ..read more
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the bristol therapist facebook page digest – january 2018 Quite a while back, I got ..read more
The Bristol Therapist - Simon Stafford-Townsend
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Every theoretical system has its biases, and gestalt is no exception. Along with gestalt’s bias ..read more