Mr Ian Gillman-Smith : Psychotherapy

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Mr Ian Gillman-Smith

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Overview

Specialises in

Psychotherapy

Offers

Face-to-face consultations
Video and telephone consultations

About me

Ian has been working in Mental Health for the past twenty years in a variety of professional settings. Ian offers particular services to professional bodies and individuals as described in more detail on his website. The services listed on this site are based on Ian’s continuing and varied experience in the field of Mental Health offering clients a professional and customised service depending on their identified needs.

Ian is an experienced psychotherapist having worked in both NHS and private settings and he will work with clients with a range of presentations.

Areas of interest

Depression/ low mood; Stress/ anxiety; Issues of identity; Panic; Self-esteem; Relationship difficulties; Obsessional thinking; Bereavement; Difficulties relating to loss, change and transition; Surviving trauma

About me

Current NHS consultant posts held

Psychotherapist in private practice

Independent Social Work Consultant

Visiting Lecturer
University of Hertfordshire
August 2005 â€“ Present
Teaching on the DClinPsyc training- psychotherapeutic skills

Personal interests

A psychological approach to expert witness court appearances

Publications

Gillman-Smith, I. Politics, Psychotherapy and Personal Construct Psychology.
In: Personal Construct Psychology in an Accelerated World. Serbian Constructivist Association. Belgrade: EPCA Publications
2011
In a book by Stojnov, D, Dzinovic, Pavlovic, J, Frances, M. (eds)

Gillman-Smith, I. & Watson, S. Group psychotherapy and personal construct psychology: working with borderline personality disorder.
In Personal Construct Psychotherapy: Advances in Theory and Practice. London: Whurr Publishers
2005
In a book by Winter, D.A. & Viney, L.L. (eds)

Winter,D.A, Watson, S, Gillman-Smith,I, Gilbert, N & Acton,T. Border Crossing: a personal construct group therapy approach for clients with a diagnosis of borderline personality
Psychological constructivism and the social world. Milan: Franco Angeli
2003
In a book by Gabriele, C & Nuzzo, M.L. (eds)

Courses offered to GPs

Confidentiality in psychotherapy, a talk to be given by Ian will to the psychologists Protection Society June 2014.

My qualifications & training

Qualifications

BSc Psychology/ Biology University of Keele. 1988
MSc in Social Policy and Social Work Studies (Econs) and a Certificate Qualification in Social Work (CQSW). London School of Economics 1992
Advanced Diploma Course in Personal Construct Psychology Personal Construct Psychology Education and Training 2001

Additional training

Approved Social Worker Hertfordshire and Barnet Consortium 2002
Foundation Course in Personal Construct Psychology Personal Construct Psychology Education and Training 1996
Practice Teachers Award in Social Work Royal Holloway University 2000

Professional bodies (positions held - last 3 yrs)

Registered Psychotherapist United Kingdom Council Psychotherapy 2001
Registered Social Worker Health Care Professions Council 2013

Details of entry to specialist register

British Psychological Society Graduate Member , 2002
British Assocation of Social Workers, full member , 2000

Affiliations / memberships

On the Register of â€˜Checkedâ€™ Expert Witness with Sweet and Maxwell

Appointed Director on the Board of Directors for Personal Construct Psychology Education and Training Ltd. (2005-current)

Chair of the Experiential Constructivist Section of the UKCP and member of the Governing Board of UKCP. Dec. 2001-Dec. 2002

Member of the Board of Governors for a North London Independent Primary School. (2007-2011)

My private practice

Information for healthcare professionals (Bupa patients only, last 12 months)

Procedures completed

AA034
Psychotherapy session - (5-50)

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