General Interest
General Interest · 15. November 2022
This is an essay from my next book: You were just a child... LOOKING FOR LOVE, due out in 2022.
General Interest · 14. November 2022
This is an essay originally published in the British Gestalt Journal in 2012 making a link between a Gestalt perspective and the developments of Professor Franz Ruppert.
General Interest · 04. May 2022
IOPT is often forced to think about abortion, and my hope is that this piece of writing will make a good contribution to our thinking
General Interest · 07. March 2022
History of the study of trauma “The study of psychological trauma has a curious history – one of episodic amnesia. Periods of active investigation have alternated with periods of oblivion.” (Herman, 1992) “It is a deplorable fact that each investigator who undertakes to study these conditions [trauma] considers it his sacred obligation to start from scratch and work at the problem as if no one had done anything with it before.” Kardiner & Spiegel (1947) It helps in our...
General Interest · 04. June 2020
ACCREDITATION AND PROFESSIONALISM Originally published in 2015. For those not in the know, back then we called our work Multi-Generational Psychotraumatology, and the method was known as The Constellaton of the Intention. Some people who are considering joining the London training in Multi-Generational Psycho-Traumatology and The Constellation of the Intention are asking me more in depth questions about exams, qualifications, accreditation and professional organisations, so I thought I would...
General Interest · 04. June 2020
ACCREDITATION AND LEGALITY IN THE UK Originally published in 2015. For those not in the know, back then we called our work Multi-Generational Psychotraumatology, and the method was known as The Constellaton of the Intention. Legality in the UK - the legal status of the designations 'psychotherapist', 'counsellor' and 'therapist' At this time there is no legal status for a psychotherapist in the UK: "In some countries, most notably the United States, individual practitioners are required by law...
General Interest · 13. April 2018
The Intention Method is essentially a process of self-exploration. The method is one whereby you can explore the state of your psyche, and the exploration starts with your intention. You are in charge. The exploration is yours. The facilitator understands the method and the technical process of setting up the exploration, but the exploration belongs always to the client. The facilitator also has an understanding of the underlying dynamics of traumatisation, and from this understanding,...
General Interest · 05. April 2018
This piece is written by Professor Franz Ruppert, and originated in response to a discussion on the IoPT Facebook page. Thank you Franz for your contribution. To call one’s sexuality ‘hetero’, ‘homo’, ‘gay’, ‘lesbian’, ‘trans’, ‘queer’ etc. does not say anything about the quality of one’s sexuality, how I act my sexuality out – alone or with a partner. Also naming it ‘normal’, ‘natural’ or ‘colourful’ is often more an attempt to justify it for public...
General Interest · 30. November 2017
Trauma of Identity The trauma of identity means that I am not able to be myself; I lose my true identity in the moment in which this trauma happens. My survival of this trauma at that earliest time of my life, usually pre-birth, meant that I had to give up on my wants, my identity, and identify with the wants and needs of my mother, with her identity instead. We call this identification. This is the strategy for surviving a Trauma of Identity. To exist is to have needs... and wants. They are...