Dr John Breadon
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About me
Hello and welcome to my page. I warmly invite new clients who desire to see their lives in fresh ways. Whatever the issue - sexuality, relationships, loneliness, crisis in life's meaning and purpose, past traumas - you will be met by me with commitment, curiosity and dependability.
I am trained in and practice from a base of Person-Centred, Gestalt and Existential therapy traditions. My current training has more of a psychodynamic feel to it; in particular, the here-and-now relationship between client and therapist, and unravelling old ways of relating that cloud our present experiences). In a time anxious about diagnoses and labels I aim for a demedicalised practice and approach to therapy.
I undertake regular professional development as well as monthly supervision with a senior psychotherapist. I walked the walk of client for four years before switching to the other side of the room. I therefore have a good understanding of what the journey of therapy involves.
I especially invite enquires connected to the following areas:
- love, relationships and marriage
- depression & anxiety
- dissociation, trauma & identity
- anger & rage
- gender exploration
- ageing & mid-life issues
- spirituality, religion, meaning & meaninglessness
- death, dying & bereavement.
At the heart of my working style is a lively inquisitiveness around how you, my client, uses language: metaphor and imagery especially. As a result I like to work with myth, stories, and the chance revelations and provocations generated through the use of archetypal card decks. I also employ when relevant a wide range of imagery and visual tools (including boxes of cut-up images for creative collage work and other resources created by the Amsterdam School for Imagery). Personal journalling and creative writing might also feature in our work. My consulting room - a detached garden office - ensures complete confidentiality.
Earlier educational experiences centred on theology and religious studies; my PhD examined the relationship between Christian fundamentalism and late twentieth-century fiction and drama. I recommend you click on the website link (and my blogs in particular) to get a deeper view of my practice.
Training, qualifications & experience
Group Facilitation Certificate Training (current until June 2024)
Western Esotericism: An Introductory Course, led by Dr Sasha Chaitow and Treadwell's Bookshop, London (2022-2024)
C.G. Jung Club London (Member)
The Severnside Institute for Psychotherapy: Introduction to Psychoanalytic Theories and Concepts (Sept 2021 - March 2022)
Secular Buddhist Network - Online Group Course - After Buddhism: Exploring a Secular Dharma (Sept-Dec, 2020)
Certificate in Person-Centred Counselling Skills (Birmingham, 2002)
Diploma in Gestalt Counselling (Birmingham, 2005)
Bachelor of Divinity, (B.D), University of St. Andrews, 1992-1996
PhD, Literature and Theology, University of Birmingham, 1997-2002
Theological Training - Westcott House, Cambridge, 1999-2000
Member organisations
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The National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society
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In 2013 the NCS register was accredited by the Professional Standards Authority under the Accredited Voluntary Register Scheme. Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority.
BACP is one of the UK’s leading professional bodies for counselling and psychotherapy with around 60,000 members. The Association has several different categories of membership, including Student Member, Individual Member, Registered Member MBACP, Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Accred) and Senior Registered Accredited Member MBACP (Snr Acccred).
Registered and accredited members are listed on the BACP Register, which shows that they have demonstrated BACP’s recommended standards for training, proficiency and ethical practice. The BACP Register was the first register of psychological therapists to be accredited by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
Accredited and senior accredited membership are voluntary categories for members who choose to undertake a rigorous application and assessment process to demonstrate additional standards around practice, training and supervision.
Individual members will have completed an appropriate counselling or psychotherapy course and started to practise, but they won’t appear on the BACP Register until they've demonstrated that they meet the standards for registration. Student members are still in the process of completing their training.
All members are bound by the BACP Ethical Framework and a Professional Conduct Procedure.
Accredited register membership
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This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
The Accredited Register Scheme was set up in 2013 by the Department of Health (DoH) as a way to recognise organisations that hold voluntary registers which meet certain standards. These standards are set by the Professional Standards Authority (PSA).
This therapist has indicated that they belong to an Accredited Register.
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£50.00 - £60.00
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