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John Witney

BA (Hons) | MSc | MBACP

Experience

I have been a therapist for over fifteen years.

I started my private practice in 2009 and I have now worked with many hundreds of people who have wanted to change or process something about themselves or their life stories.

Issues that I have worked with include: anxiety and depression, bereavement and loss, relationship difficulties, work-related stress, serious illness, addictions and compulsive behaviours, psychedelic integration, identity, spiritual awakening, and neurodivergence.

I was also a volunteer counsellor at the Fountain Centre at Royal Surrey County Hospital for five years where I worked with cancer patients and their families as well as members of hospital staff.

Qualifications

• FdA, Counselling (Integrative), Guildford College, University of Greenwich (2009)

• BA (Hons), Counselling, Guildford College, University of Greenwich (2012)

• MSc, Consciousness, Spirituality & Transpersonal Psychology, Alef Trust, Middlesex University (2018)

Professional Memberships

• British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP)

• United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP) (Trainee)

Accredited by the Professional Standards Authority for Health and Social Care (PSA)

Professional Development

• Adult Development Assessment, Minds at Work (2019)

• Subject-Object Interview (SOI) Certification, Minds at Work (2019)

• Essentials of Psychosynthesis, Psychosynthesis Trust (2020)

• Introduction to Buddhist Psychology, Tariki Trust (2020)

• Introduction to Core Process Psychotherapy, Karuna Institute (2023)

• Foundation Year in Mindfulness Based Core Process Psychotherapy, Karuna Institute (2024)

• Postgraduate Diploma in Mindfulness Based Core Process Psychotherapy, Karuna Institute (2028)

Publications

• Witney, J. (2017). Liberation Unleashed: A phenomenological study of helping others to see through the illusion of a separate self. Unpublished Master of Science Dissertation, Middlesex University, London.

Conference Presentations

• Witney, J. (2019). Spiritual Bypassing in the Therapy Room. British Psychological Society (BPS) Transpersonal Psychology Section Annual Conference, 31 August 2019, Scarborough.

Background

For most of my early professional life I was a freelance computer programmer.

In 1994 I co-founded the world's first internet recruitment service JobServe. By 2000 JobServe was top of the Sunday Times Profit Track 100 league table and in 2001 the company was the first “dot com” business to receive a Queen's Award for Enterprise.

I retired from the computer industry in 2001.

In 2002 I spent 28 days in a “rehab” treatment centre for alcohol addiction. I have now been “in recovery” for over 22 years.

In 2020 I discovered that I am autistic. I am a strong supporter of the neurodiversity paradigm.

Prior to training as a counsellor I was a volunteer with the Brigitte Trust providing emotional support and practical help to people facing the challenges of cancer and other life-limiting conditions. I am now a volunteer ward befriender at Mill View Hospital for adults with acute mental health needs.

FYI: I am a vegan, I have experienced psychedelics, and my pronouns are he/him.

“Maybe all the things that you
thought made you you
aren't really you”
(Barbie)

Email: john@witney.com
WhatsApp: 07770 666 666
Brighton & Hove · East Sussex · UK

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