Changing families,  changing times

Jon is a Gestalt psychotherapist, supervisor and trainer based in London, UK working with adults, children and families in private practice. His background lies in psychiatric social work and counselling. Jon is a Director of the British Gestalt Journal; he is also an improvisatory musician performing with Playback South theatre company (www.playbacksouth.org). He tutors and supervises on the child psychotherapy course at Terapia and facilitates a ‘BabyWatching’project . He also facilitates a dialogue group for descendants of Holocaust Survivors. Since training with Violet Oaklander in 2000 Jon’s work has been deeply influenced by the Oaklander approach; his annual expressive arts intensive for child therapists at the Gestalt Centre, London draws inspiration from Violet’s ideas. Jon’s chapter on adolescence, “Am I Bovvered? ” features in Relational Child ,Relational Brain ( eds. Harris and Lee, Taylor and Francis, 2011). Email: jon.blend335@gmail.com; Web: lifechanges.manspark.webfactional.com