In this short video I offer a re-conceptualisation of therapy. Therapy as a form of play. I explore the many advantages of thinking of therapy as play, – especially for the practitioner. Play is central to my work with clients, supervisees and training. Play is...
In this video I explore and introduce Embodied Relating. Embodied Relating is a central skill and theory that I return to again and again in my teaching. “Our body bathes in and soaks up the embodied presence of the client; we catch fire from her; we breathe her...
A short video to introduce Allison’s online Playing with Fire course. Exploring an Embodied, Relational and Wild therapeutic approach. Starting in October 2021 this course runs Friday mornings, fortnightly for nine months and is suitable for Counsellors,...
I’m excited that my first book has been published. How to be a Bad Therapist co-authored by Nick Totton. This new short book has grown out of our successful webinar series of the same name. In it we aim to throw open some windows, to bring fresh air into the...
I have been running workshops and webinars on this theme for the past 10 years. I have just created a video to introduce my thinking about how to work with this inherently embodied and relational issue. Allison...
In early January 2021 Katey Paradine interviewed Stephen Tame and Allison Priestman – two Embodied-Relational Therapy trainers. Stephen and Allison speak about the tradition of ERT and the next training starting in June 2021. It’s a longer interview, and...
