About Neil / Experience & Qualifications
After moving to the Blue Mountains in 1985, I became interested in a number of local men’s groups and later went on to study experiential psychology at The Sydney Gestalt Training Institute.
Over the coming years and working with both male and females within group psychotherapy, what surfaced within my awareness of self and others, transformed the very existence of my personal understanding of people and life.
What was held back for so many years and repressed, had now been released and given consent to lay a new foundation of personal expression and understanding.
The facilitation for this process of growth took place by working with individuals who were aware that on some level of their personal existence, a deep need was not being met.
This need would often relate directly to feeling at a loss about life and empty on some level. Feelings would constantly fluctuate and it was difficult to remain balanced. I had some idea of what was amiss, but not quite sure of how to establish some process to secure what I needed.
The catalyst for healing was brought about by sharing feelings, often associated with distress, together with thoughts and experiences applied with honesty and integrity.
Through this encounter, we created a deep receptive contact with each other that allowed one to express and examine the content and dimensions of our lives more thoroughly.
We went within, moved beyond ideas and formulas and secured intuitive understanding from the depths of our being.
Through this encounter, we created together, profound stirrings of trust, self-acceptance and self-love.
The unfolding outcome of applying and doing this work, brought about accessing and securing insights into spiritual potentialities that sit latent within all of us.
Qualifications
Clinical Psychotherapist / Counsellor
Diploma in Gestalt Therapy. ( Gestalt Training Institute Sydney )
Diploma in Counselling. ( Institute of Applied Counselling Sydney )
Clinical Member of C.A.P.A. ( Counsellors & Psychotherapists Assoc )
Member of P.A.C.F.A. ( Psychotherapists & Counsellors Federation of Australia )
Regular monthly Supervision since November 2006.
Nineteen years experience within the Mental Health Industry.