Mr Peter Afford
Lecturer
Contact at affordp@regents.ac.uk
Department
School of Psychotherapy & Counselling
Psychology
Faculty
HASS (Humanities, Arts & Social Sciences)
Professional affiliation(s)
- UKCP Member
- BACP
- Focusing Institute & BFTA
Qualifications
- BMA Psychosynthesis Psychotherapy
- PG Diploma in Psychosynthesis Counselling
- Focusing Trainer & Co-ordinator
Biography
Peter is a counsellor and psychotherapist in private practice in
South London. He has been teaching Focusing since the 80's, working
as a therapist since 1993, and has taught and supervised on the
ADIP course at Regent's College since 2005.
Course Development
None
PhD and Doctoral Research Supervision and examining
None
Research Interests
- The relevance of neurobiology to psychotherapy
Accreditation with professional bodies
Publications
- A Scientific Theory of Focusing, a paper given at the Focusing
International conference, May 2010
- Neuroscience: Bags of Evidence for the Practice of
Psychosynthesis, paper given at the Psychosynthesis Trust Research
Conference, September 2009
- Why Focusing Makes The Human Brain Work Properly, a paper given
at the Focusing International conference, May
2008
- Get Your Head Around The Thing Inside It, International Journal
of Psychotherapy, Vol.11 No.1, 2007
- Bodybrain: Focusing In The Light Of Neuroscience, a paper given
at the Focusing International conference, May
2006
- Reflections on Being (Some Sort of) a Focusing-Oriented
Therapist, Self & Society, Vol.33 No.2,
2005
Page last updated 4/18/2011