Sally Potter
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About me
I specialise in helping clients learn more about themselves and ways they have come to adapt to constraints and dissatisfactions. And to move to more satisfying ways of living.
I believe our life purpose is to become who we really are. We are innately creatures of pleasure, satisfaction, meaning and connectedness. We lose track of these core essentials through the hurts and difficulties of living in an imperfect world. Finding our way to live these natural basic truths is the journey of a life well-lived, and the prime concern of psychotherapy.
Through working on myself I am aware what a challenge it is to change limiting patterns and habits of a lifetime. I also know it is possible to do so, and I have years of dedicated training and experience that help me help others.
In my first career I taught eleven to eighteen year olds and led a successful English department. I continue my teaching passion today as Programme Director of a powerful personal development programme at Cranfield School of Management. I also coordinate and lead official UK Training in the Pesso Boyden method. For the past nineteen years I have been an executive coach. I bring these interrelated experiences, my love of learning and my curiosity about people to my work with clients.
Training, qualifications & experience
2015: Accredited as Pesso Boyden Trainer (PBSP Institute)
2013: Accredited as Pesso Boyden Supervisor (PBSP Institute)
2011-12: Certified as Trainer and as Facilitator in UK THRIVE initiative of Penn Resilience Programme
2011: MA in Relationship Therapy with Distinction (University of Hull)
2010: Accredited as Pesso Boyden Therapist (PBSP Institute)
2007 - present: bi-annual Advanced Psychology seminars (Dr Alexis Johnson, Centre for Intentional Living)
2006 - 2008: Post Graduate Diploma in Relationship Therapy (University of Hull)
2005: Couples Counselling Training (Relate)
2002 - present: annual advanced training with Al Pesso (PBSP Institute)
2003 - 2007: Survey of Psychology Programme (Centre for Intentional Living)
2000 - 2004: Pesso Boyden System Psychomotor Training (PBSP Institute)
2000 - present: Advanced Coach & Trainer (Centaur Leadership)
1998 - 2001: Fitness / Gym Instructor Training (YMCA)
1996 - 2000: Bioenergetics and Body Reading (Centaur Leadership)
1991: Msc Education Management
1975: BA hons English Language and Literature
Visiting Fellow at Cranfield School of Management 2004 - present
Facilitator / presenter on programmes at Cranfield School of Management:
2000 - present: Increasing Personal Power
2008 - present: coach, bespoke Women's Leadership Programme (Ernst & Young)
2003 - 2009: Organisational and Interpersonal Skills
1998 - 2004: Empowering Women Managers
1996 - 2009: Managing People Effectively
Relationship therapist and trainer at Relate 2005 - 2012
Member organisations
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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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Areas of counselling I deal with
Other areas of counselling I deal with
Pesso Boyden Therapy
Therapies offered
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Additional information
To be discussed on making contact
When I work
I see clients weekly when they are in crisis, but otherwise once every two or weeks or monthly, as suited to each person's situation. I offer a limited number of evening & weekend sessions.
Further information
One of the most powerful therapeutic approaches I use, in one-to-one work, group work and in corporate coaching in the business realm, is the Pesso Boyden System Psychomotor - a deep integrative method for coaching and therapy. I'm one of five accredited Pesso Boyden therapists in the UK. I am also an accredited supervisor and trainer in this approach. The practical applications of the Pesso Boyden method range from parenting, to couples work, to management development. I offer introductory talks and demonstrations to therapist learning-groups, coaching network groups and to others interested in learning more.
