Gestalt Department Staff

Head of Department and Primary Tutor

Dr Lynda Osborne
DPsych, BA (Hons), MA, MSc (Gestalt Psychotherapy), Cert Ed, Dip GPTI, TSM (GPTI), ECP, BACP Senior Registered Practitioner, UKCP Registered Psychotherapist, MBACP (Snr.Accred).

Primary Tutors

Marie-Anne Chidiac
BEng, MSc, MBA, MSc (Gestalt Psychotherapy), Dip GPTI , UKCP Registered Psychotherapist.

Dr Sally Denham-Vaughan
DPsych, BSc (Hons), MSc (Clinical Psychology), AFBPsS, C.Psychol, Chartered Clinical Psychologist, Chartered Counselling Psychologist, Coaching Psychologist, Dip GPTI, TSM (GPTI), UKCP Registered Psychotherapist.

Laurence Hegan
MSc (Gestalt Psychotherapy), RMN, Diploma in Psychological Interventions for Addictions, UKCP Registered Psychotherapist.

Caro Kelly
MSc (Gestalt Psychotherapy), Cert. Ed., Dip GPTI, TSM (GPTI). UKCP Registered Psychotherapist.

Phil Joyce
BSc (Hons), MSc (Social Work), MSc (Gestalt Psychotherapy), CQSW, Dip GPTI, ECP, EMDR accredited, UKCP Registered Psychotherapist.

Mary Turner
MSc Gestalt Psychotherapy, Cert Ed., Dip GPTI, UKCP Registered Psychotherapist.

Visiting tutors may include:

Dr Michael Clemmens
Michael Clemmens, PhD, is a licensed psychologist in private practice in Pittsburgh, PA, working with individuals and couples. Michael is a professional staff member of the Gestalt Institute of Cleveland where he teaches in the Psysical Process and Structure, Dialogue and Improvisation training programs. He also teaches in the US at Esalen Institute and at Gestalt Institutes in the US and abroad. Michael is the author of Getting Beyond Sobriety: Clinical Approaches to Long Term Recovery, other articles on Gestalt Therapy and Co-author with Arie Bursztyn of "The Embodied Field: Culture and Body" published in The Bridge: Dialogues Across Culture.

Dr Ruella Frank
Ruella Frank, PhD, is director of the Center for Somatic Studies, faculty at Gestalt Associates for Psychotherapy and the New York Institute for Gestalt Therapy, and also teaches throughout the United States, Mexico and Europe. She is the author of articles and chapters in various publications, as well as the book Body of Awareness: A Somaticand Developmental Approach to Psychotherapy, available in four languages.

Dr Anne Kearns
DPsych (Prof), BA, Dip GPTI, MSc (Clin. Social Work), CQSW, MSc (Integrative Psychotherapy), UKCP Registered Psychotherapist.

Jennifer Mackewn
MA, MSc, Diploma in Humanistic Psychology, Dip GPTI, Dip RSA, UKCP Registered Psychotherapist.

Dr. Frank M. Staemmler
PhD, Dipl.-Psych is a psychologist, Gestalt therapist and prolific Gestalt writer from Germany. He is Co-editor of the new international journal Studies in Gestalt Therapy: Dialogical Bridges.

Assistant Trainers

Carole Ashton
MA (Gestalt Psychotherapy), UKCP Registered Psychotherapist. Dip. Psychosexual Therapy (Relate) Cert. Couple and Marital Therapy (Relate) Cert. Supervision (Gestalt Centre London) Registered General Nurse, State Certified Midwife