Nick Mabey shared his life story as an adoptee with us.  There was an uncanny parallel between his physical heart problem  (a hole in his heart) that he was unaware of till quite late in life and his psychological heart problem, the absence of his birth mother (and...

Mars gave us a provocative and spirited talk about racism in society.  She told us about the cumulative effect of racism on black people, how people become worn down by it.  She shared that a negative opinion about her by a teacher took her school career completely...

  Professor Rosemary Rizq posed the following questions to us at the beginning of the talk: How many of your current clients are taking at least one psychiatric drug? Have you already talked with your clients about their psychiatric drugs? If not, what do you...

‘Are we mindful enough of self care?’ was the question we were asked at the beginning of the talk.  I think the answer we all arrived at is that we are not!  We looked at the impact of loss, change and trauma on ourselves as therapists and the different signs of...

Marcos gave a really heart-felt exploration of a client which was the theme all the way through the presentation, which gave it depth of feeling and a unique way of thinking about how we can work with our clients through a lens of empathy and connectivity Marcos has a...

Windy Dryden has been involved with this way of working for a number years now and is passionate about how it can help clients to a find more ‘of the moment’ and proactive way forward with issues raised at the point of need. He has generously shared his power-point...

Our 2nd in person HACP evening talk since the world shifted - Sally was greeted with 15 happy and enthusiastic faces. Sally introduced us to hypnotherapy - therapy using various forms of hypnosis.  She checked in with her audience to see who else worked in the field...

  ‘First F2F meeting, HACP would like to thank everyone who attended for supporting the Talk and complying with the necessary Covid19 needs to keep everyone safe. We look forward to more networking and chatter next time. A big thank you to the Cister’s speaker for...

Andrew’s talk “Slugs and snails and puppy dog tails; Male mental health and counselling” was an interesting look at the factors affecting men’s mental health and the alarmingly high suicide rate, disproportionally impacting men in the UK, compared to women. Andrew...

Simon, an experienced psychosexual and couples therapist whose training was through the work of Freud but who has since incorporated other theories into his practice, invited us to explore what is often an unspoken and possibly embarrassing subject with knowledge,...