Intimacy is right at the heart of the therapeutic project. Therapy could be defined as the study of what happens when we offer our clients intimacy. You can watch more of my videos on my YouTube channel
Wild Mind can be thought of as our ecological consciousness. We are all domesticated beings. Wild Mind can be our route back into our connection with the wild that we live within. Reminding us of our reciprocal relationship with the air, the earth, that we are...
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...
