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Current Appointments

Academic Advisor and Academic Consultant for the Metanoia Institue's Doctrate in Psychotherapy and Doctorate in Public Works programmes.

Visiting Professor (Gestalt in research and organisations) within the School of Lifelong Development at Middlesex University.

Fellow of The Roffey Park Institute where I contribute to MSc's addressing group facilitation and organisational consultancy and coach senior staff.

Associate Editor British Gestalt Journal.

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About Paul Barber
About Paul Barber
Born in- Middlewich, Cheshire, Northern England

1970's- I trained in psychiatric nursing at Epsom (St Ebbas & Long Grove Hospitals)and the Henderson Hospital before establishing a Therapeutic Community in acute mental health within Belmont Hospital

1980’s- I applied Humanism and Therapeutic Community practice to education and the Public sector. After being recruited to the Royal College of Nursing (RCN) to develop nurse tutors, I joined with the Association of Therapeutic Communities (ATC) and group analysts from the Tavistock and Institute of Group Analysis (IGA) to initiate a programme in Therapeutic Community Practice for medics, social workers and nurse.

1990’s- I applied Humanism, Gestalt and Group Analysis to education, being recruited by the Human Potential Research Group (HPRG) at the University of Surrey to design and co-deliver an MSc in Change Agent Skills and Strategies (CASS).

21st Century - I have acquired an international audience and been propelled into illuminating the potential of Gestalt to resolve conflict and to build communities - through the holistic process of its phenomenological inquiry.