Ian Newman

Therapist Directory Listing Category: Psychotherapists and Counsellors

About the Therapist

About the therapist:

My counselling training at The Gestalt Centre in London began in 2012, where I completed a one-year Certificate in Humanistic Counselling. I then continued my Gestalt training with them for three more years. In 2016, I was awarded a Post Graduate Diploma (with merit) in Gestalt Therapy Theory Studies - a course that was accredited by London Metropolitan University.

I worked for over two years as a volunteer counsellor at ELOP (East London Out Project in Walthamstow) before establishing my private practice in September 2018.

I have been in full-time private practice since 2022.

Sexual identity:

Gender identity: Male

Gender history: As assigned at birth

Non-monogamy: No

Intersex: No

Neurodivergent: No

Personal pronouns: he/him/they

Qualifications - Links to websites:

Post Graduate Diploma (with merit) Gestalt Therapy Theory Studies

Advanced Diploma in Professional Development in Gestalt Therapy Theory Studies

Certificate in Humanistic Counselling Skills

BACP Registered Member 373735

Ian Newman - therapist in west-malling-me19 | BACP

Qualifications - Additional:

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Experience and approach:

My main training and qualification as a counsellor is in Gestalt Therapy.

The Gestalt approach is a way of exploring a client's here and now experience in the context of what they are bringing to the counselling session. It may be one specific issue or a pattern of experience that is repeated and that does contribute to a whole and healthy experience of the world. This may be something to do with a past experience; however, what I am curious about, as a Gestalt counsellor, is finding-out what it is like for my clients to explore that issue, with me, in the present moment. Noticing the here-and-now and we explore the issues together.

Gestalt is relational, so as a gestalt counsellor, I would play an active role in the counselling sessions. This may be in the form of providing feedback about what I experience as an active listener; it may be to ask my clients to say more and focus on a particular aspect of what has been shared in order to go into more depth; it could even be to challenge them, so they can explore thoughts and feelings in a greater depth.

The focus in Gestalt is to bring a greater sense of awareness so that clients can explore and find different ways of relating and responding to the issues that cause them difficulty.

I have a keen interest in Mindfulness practice and am currently studying compassion focussed therapy as ways to incorporate into my Gestalt training and experience.

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