Clinical Training Staff

Andrew Balfour

Chief Executive Officer and course leader for the Clinical Qualification in Couple Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy
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Andrew Balfour
Chief Executive Officer and course leader for the Clinical Qualification in Couple Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy

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Biography

Andrew Balfour is Chief Executive of Tavistock Relationships. He originally trained as a clinical psychologist at University College London and then as an Adult Psychotherapist at the Tavistock & Portman NHS Trust, whilst in a staff post there. He subsequently trained as a Couple Psychotherapist at Tavistock Relationships, where for more than 10 years he was Clinical Director before becoming Chief Executive in 2016. He has many years’ experience of working psychotherapeutically with couples, developing new projects and conducting research. He has published numerous papers in the field and has taught and lectured widely both in Britain and abroad. His most recent book is; ‘Engaging Couples - New Directions in Therapeutic Work with Families’. Edited by Andrew Balfour, Christopher Clulow, and Kate Thompson. (Routledge, 2019).

Julie Humphries

Director of Studies
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Julie Humphries
Director of Studies

Biography

Julie has been a member of the Tavistock Relationships faculty since 2011. She initially led and managed short courses, then became Head of the Clinical Training in Couple and Individual Psychodynamic Counselling and Psychotherapy, and then moved into her current role as Director of Studies in 2016. Julie is a senior couple psychoanalytic psychotherapist; and also has a Certificate in Psychoanalytic Supervision. Julie both teaches and supervises on the clinical trainings; and has published on domestic violence, couple theory, and adoption. Prior to training as a psychotherapist at TR, Julie was a university lecturer in Sociology.

Judith Jamieson

Joint Head of Clinical Services – Intake and Allocations
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Judith Jamieson
Joint Head of Clinical Services – Intake and Allocations

Training

Co Module Leader, Clinical Skills module, Psychodynamic Programme

Biography

Judith is a psychodynamic and psychosexual couple psychotherapist. She is a member of BACP and COSRT. After qualifying and working with individuals, couples and families as a therapist outside the UK for a number of years, Judith joined Tavistock Relationships in 2010 to undertake further training in couple therapy and psychosexual therapy and has worked as a psychosexual therapist in the NHS.

Catriona Wrottesley

Supervisor, Clinical Lecturer and Couple Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist
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Catriona Wrottesley
Supervisor, Clinical Lecturer and Couple Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist

Training

Supervisor and Clinical Technique Seminar Leader on Psychodynamic training, Co-therapist, Psychoanalytic Training

Biography

Catriona is a senior couple psychoanalytic psychotherapist and individual psychodynamic psychotherapist. She joined Tavistock Relationships faculty in 2012 and initially lead and managed short courses and conferences. She was Head of the MA in Couple and Individual Psychodynamic Counselling and Psychotherapy and MSc in Psychosexual and Relationship Therapy at TR, and was then Head of the MA in Couple Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy until July 2020. She continues to work as a therapist in the clinical service and as a supervisor and clinical lecturer at TR, as well as interviewing prospective students as part of the admissions team. She has published widely, and writes and reviews for a number of psychoanalytic journals.

Lorna Robinson

Head of CPDs and Conferences
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Lorna Robinson
Head of CPDs and Conferences

Training

Theory Seminar Leader and Academic Tutor, Psychodynamic and Psychoanalytic Trainings

Biography

Lorna Robinson is a couple psychoanalytic psychotherapist and individual psychodynamic psychotherapist. Formerly a literary journalist, she trained as a psychotherapist at Tavistock Relationships and has been on the faculty staff since 2018. She has responsibility for programming TR's public events, including workshops, lectures, interviews and conferences, which she also chairs. She works in the clinical service as a therapist and supervisor, and as a tutor and seminar leader on the psychodynamic training and a tutor on the psychoanalytic training. She is on the editorial board of the journal Couple and Family Psychoanalysis, where she is also the book reviews editor.

Amanda Hughes

Head of Psychodynamic Clinical Training, Head of Foundation Courses and Applications and Clinical Lecturer
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Amanda Hughes
Head of Psychodynamic Clinical Training, Head of Foundation Courses and Applications and Clinical Lecturer

Training

Programme Head of Clinical Qualification in Psychodynamic Couple and Individual Counselling and Psychotherapy

Biography

Amanda is the Programme Head for the Psychodynamic Clinical Qualification Training at Tavistock Relationships, responsible for student applications and the Foundation and Pre-Clinical trainings. Amanda also teaches on the Certificate in the Study of the Couple Relationship (for qualified individual therapists), the Pre-Clinical course and the Clinical training. Amanda has a long career in learning and development, HR, and coaching, having occupied Director positions in blue chip organisations as well as posts in education as a University Lecturer and a college Deputy Principal. She has an extensive background in teaching and training in both the private and public sectors. An experienced couple and individual psychotherapist, Amanda sees clients at TR and in her private practice.

Bridget Wilkins

Joint Programme Head of Diploma in Psychosexual Therapy and Course Leader for Certificate in Psychosexual Studies
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Bridget Wilkins
Joint Programme Head of Diploma in Psychosexual Therapy and Course Leader for Certificate in Psychosexual Studies

Training

Lead on Psychosexual Studies Certificate and for the Psychosexual Diploma

Biography

Bridget Wilkins (Psychodynamic and Psychosexual Couples Therapist, Accred. COSRT, MBACP) is a couple and individual psychodynamic and psychosexual therapist and faculty staff member at Tavistock Relationships. She has responsibility for programming the centre’s Psychosexual Studies Certificate and for the Psychosexual Diploma. A former BBC producer, she retrained at Tavistock Relationships, completing their diploma in Couple and Individual Psychodynamic Psychotherapy before training as a Psychosexual Therapist. She has a particular interest in the impact of emotional experience on both the body and the mind.

Golshad Ghiaci

Supervisor and Co-therapist, Psychoanalytic Training
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Golshad Ghiaci
Supervisor and Co-therapist, Psychoanalytic Training

Biography

Golshad Ghiaci is a Visiting Clinician and Clinical Lecturer at Tavistock Relationships where she is a supervisor and co-therapist on the Couple Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy Training. She is a Couple and Individual Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist and is a Senior Member of the British Psychotherapy Foundation. She is registered with the British Psychoanalytic Council and has a private practice of couple and individual psychotherapy and supervision in East Finchley, North London.

Krisztina Glausius

Supervisor on Psychodynamic and PsychoanalyticTraining
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Krisztina Glausius
Supervisor on Psychodynamic and PsychoanalyticTraining

Biography

Krisztina Glausius is a couple psychoanalytic psychotherapist and a former Head of Clinical Services, who currently works as a visiting supervisor and lecturer at Tavistock Relationships. Krisztina has developed several innovative approaches ranging from brief time limited couple therapy through to services providing therapeutic support to adopting parents or conflicted separating couples. She has co-authored papers resulting from these and other projects. She has published guides to support parents who separate as well as for professionals who are looking for ways to understand and work with couples.

Thomas Greally

Academic Tutor on Psychodynamic Training
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Thomas Greally
Academic Tutor on Psychodynamic Training

Biography

Thomas trained at Tavistock Relationships initially as a couple and individual psychodynamic counsellor and psychotherapist and subsequently as a couple psychoanalytic psychotherapist. As academic tutor he meets with trainees to discuss their experience on the programme and to review their progress and development.

Rohina Ilyas

Clinical Lecturer
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Rohina Ilyas
Clinical Lecturer

Training

Co Module Leader, Psychoanalytic Thought, Psychodynamic Programme, Seminar Leader on Foundation Certificate Course and Pre-Clinical Course

Biography

Rohina is a couple and individual psychodynamic counsellor and psychotherapist and faculty member at Tavistock Relationships. In addition to the psychodynamic training, Rohina also teaches the Pre Clinical Course. She is an experienced organisational consultant providing consultation to organisations, reflective practice and training to teams and also role consultation and coaching to individuals. Rohina has worked within the business, public and third sectors. Her consultancy practice is informed by a psychodynamic model. Rohina has a MA in Psychoanalytic Approaches to Consultation from the Tavistock and Portman.

Sara Leon

Academic Tutor on Psychodynamic Training, Co-therapist and Seminar Leader of Infant Observation Module, Psychoanalaytic Training
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Sara Leon
Academic Tutor on Psychodynamic Training, Co-therapist and Seminar Leader of Infant Observation Module, Psychoanalaytic Training

Biography

Sara is a psychoanalytic child and couple psychotherapist and she is also a qualified psychoanalytic parent infant psychotherapist. She worked for many years in the NHS as a child and adolescent psychotherapist, and as a training supervisor. She has much experience as a young child and infant observation seminar leader. She now works at the Tavistock Relationships as a visiting couple psychotherapist in the general service and in the parenting service.

Mary Morgan

Supervisor, Psychoanalytic Training
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Mary Morgan
Supervisor, Psychoanalytic Training

Biography

Mary Morgan is a Psychoanalyst, Consultant Couple Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist, Fellow of the British Psychoanalytical Society, Senior Fellow of Tavistock Relationships and Honorary Member of the Polish Society for Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy. She is European member of the IPACommittee in Couple and Family Psychoanalysis. Until quite recently Mary was the Reader in Couple Psychoanalysis and Head of the MA in Couple Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy at Tavistock Relationships. She has written extensively in field of couple psychoanalysis and teaches and supervises internationally. Her book: ‘A Couple State of Mind: Psychoanalysis of Couples – the Tavistock Relationships Model’ was published recently by Routledge.

Viveka Nyberg

Supervisor and Clinical Seminar Leader, Psychoanalytic Training
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Viveka Nyberg
Supervisor and Clinical Seminar Leader, Psychoanalytic Training

Biography

Viveka Nyberg is a Couple Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist. She is a lecturer and visiting clinician at Tavistock Relationships and Tavistock Clinic in London. Graduate Member of the Tavistock Institute of Medical Psychology. She trained with the British Association of Psychotherapists, (now British Psychotherapy Foundation). Writings include Couple Attachments: Theoretical and Clinical Studies, Karnac, (2007), with Molly Ludlam and Developing a Mentalization-Based Treatment (MBT) for Therapeutic Intervention With Couples (MBT-CT) with Leezah Hertzmann in Couple and Family Psychoanalysis, 2(4) 2014.

Patsy Ryz

Supervisor, Psychodynamic Training
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Patsy Ryz
Supervisor, Psychodynamic Training

Biography

Patsy Ryz is a Child and Adolescent Psychotherapist and a Psychoanalytic Couple Psychotherapist. She has worked for a number of years in a wide variety of NHS settings and also in the Voluntary Sector where she headed up a Child and Family Consultation Service. Patsy is a Visiting Clinician at Tavistock Relationships where she undertakes assessments and supervision. She has previously been involved in long-term work with couples and in the Parenting Together and Parents in Dispute Services. Patsy also works in Private Practice in North London where in addition to seeing parents and couples, she offers consultation to schools and supervision to other professionals.

Sarah Vicary

Academic Tutor and Clinical Seminar Leader, Psychodynamic Training
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Sarah Vicary
Academic Tutor and Clinical Seminar Leader, Psychodynamic Training

Biography

Sarah Vicary is a psychodynamic couple and individual relationship and psychosexual therapist. Over many years at Tavistock Relationships, she has worked in a number of the clinical services including mentalization‐based couple therapy, divorce and separation and the Adopting Together project.

Patsy Fauré

Visiting Lecturer, Seminar Leader in Foundation Training
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Patsy Fauré
Visiting Lecturer, Seminar Leader in Foundation Training

Training

Seminar Leader on the Foundation Certificate in Couple Counselling and Psychotherapy

Biography

Patsy has a varied work portfolio. She did her initial training as a Couple and Relationship Counsellor at London Marriage Guidance, followed by trainings as a Group Counsellor and Supervisor. She has taught on the Foundation Course at Tavistock Relationships for several years, as well as providing training on other short courses at Tavistock Relationships. She has a private practice in Canary Wharf, one of London’s key financial districts, and supervises groups at a leading mental health charity and for an organisation which counsels refugees. Patsy’s background was initially in human resources in organisations which have an international outlook, including a well-known human rights organisation.

Andrew Davidson

Joint Programme Head of Diploma in Psychosexual Therapy
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Andrew Davidson
Joint Programme Head of Diploma in Psychosexual Therapy

Training

Joint Lead for the Psychosexual Diploma

Biography

Andrew is a psychosexual and relationship psychotherapist and has worked with couples for over 20 years. He is registered with the College of Sexual and Relationship Therapists (COSRT) and the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). Andrew is jointly responsible for the Diploma in Psychosexual Therapy and teaches on the Psychosexual Certificate in Psychosexual Studies. Andrew originally completed his clinical training at Relate. He also worked for Relate National for several years, where he managed and coordinated the clinical training. In 2013, he completed an MA in Relationship Therapy at the Relate Institute. He then furthered his skill set by completing an MSc in Psychosexual and Relationship Therapy in 2018 at Tavistock Relationships. He also worked at an NHS Psychosexual Service in Bedford and has continued his clinical work as a visiting clinician at TR. Andrew has also worked in the corporate world designing psychological and educational training programmes for various blue chips organisations. Some of these companies include British Airways, Heathrow Airport, Zurich Insurance, Network Rail, BT, and BP, to name but a few. Andrew has been in private practice since moving to a small town near Milton Keynes in 2013. He has a particular interest in the effects of male low sexual desire on couple relationships.

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