Committees, Groups and Lists

Patrons

  • Sir Richard Bowlby
  • Dr Elaine Arnold OBE
  • Professor Susie Orbach
  • Dr Janina Fisher

Trustees

These are people elected by registered members to oversee the financial and organisational fidelity of the Centre.

  • Sue Berger – acting Chair
  • Richard Cross
  • Suzanne Zeedyk
  • Emma Blackley
  • Cassandra Cielo

Legal consultant to the trustees Sarah Vine

The Centre is currently seeking to appoint further trustees.

The Executive Committee

The Executive Committee is the committee responsible for the management of The Bowlby Centre under the oversight of the trustees. It deals with the strategy for The Centre, including financial, organisational and administrative matters, the public interface of the Centre, organisational development, and Bowlby Centre events. It approves all new initiatives within The Centre. Some of this work is carried out through the Committees and Groups who are represented on the Executive Committee, other work is delegated to individuals who report to the committee.

Race consultant to the Executive: Anthea Benjamin

Members: Jo Matthews (CEO), Bertie Witt (Chair of Clinical Training Committee), Sue Berger (Chair of Ethics and acting Chair of Trustees) Sarah Devereux

Reporting members: Reporting members: Elly MacDonald (Clinical Forum)

The Executive Committee meets monthly (normally on the third Friday of the month)

Contact: Jo Matthews

Ethics Committee

The Committee monitors all issues related to ethics as laid out in The Bowlby Centre’s Code of Ethics and Practice. It manages complaints in line with the Complaints procedure. It is answerable directly to The Trustees as well as to the Executive. Complaints are received and managed by the Ethics Committee in accordance with The Bowlby Centre Complaints procedure. When necessary, a Complaints panel is put together.

Members: Sue Berger (Chair), Wayne Davis and Darren Ward

(The Academic Appeals Procedure is managed by the CTC).

Clinical Training Committee

The CTC is responsible for the management of the training and CPD within The Bowlby Centre. It sets the clinical standards required of Members, Training Therapists, Supervisors and Assessors. It is responsible for recruitment of students and the assessment of applications for Membership from students and from registered psychotherapists wishing to join The Bowlby Centre from other organisations. It oversees the processes for registration and for the progress of trainees, including assessment. It is responsible for managing the Clinical Training Course working closely with the Education Committee. It monitors and approves the Continuing Professional Development requirements for Bowlby Centre members.
Course Tutors are members (ex-officio) of CTC.

Members: Bertie Witt (Chair and Course Tutor), Caroline Adewole (Vice Chair and Course Tutor), Debbie Zimmerman (Course Tutor), Lawrence Kilshaw (Course Tutor) Beverley Smith (Course Tutor), Kate Brown (Course Tutor), Sue Hards (Course Tutor), Tom Higgins (Course Tutor), Roberta Aversa (Course Tutor), Beth Cleveland (Course Tutor) Tori Settle (Post-taught course tutor and APL manager).

Secretary to the CTC: TBC
Contact: Bertie Witt (Chair)

Education Committee

The Education Committee is responsible for three main strands. First, it holds responsibility for the continuing development of the curriculum for the 4 year Clinical Training Course. Ensuring that the material is both current, as well as, that it reflects the core values of the Bowlby Centre. Secondly, the committee is responsible for the selection, appointment, development, support and review of teaching staff for the 4 year clinical training. Thirdly, it holds overall responsibility for the development of future avenues of the Clinical Training Course.

Members: Tori Settle (Chair), Bertie Witt and Debbie Zimmerman
Contact: Tori Settle

Referrals Co-ordinator

The Referrals Co-ordinator processes enquiries from individuals seeking Blues therapy with students from The Centre.

Co-ordinator: Rosalind Grainger

The Continuing Professional Development Group

The CTC has a group reporting to it responsible for continuing to create and develop Continuing Professional Development policy and practice. CPD group is responsible for developing policy associated with the requirements for Professional Development of The Bowlby Centre and with creating opportunities for The Centre to support and encourage members’ CPD activities. The group is experimenting with meeting via Skype and normally meets monthly at times to suit members.

Members: Tori Settle (Convenor) and Sarah Devereux
Contact: Tori Settle

The Journal Group

The Journal Group is responsible to the Executive for the production and promotion jointly with Karnacs of The Attachment Journal.

Members: Wayne Davis (Politics), Gulcan Sutton Purser (Book Reviews) and Kate Brown (Global Forum).

Bowlby Conference Planning Group

This group plans and arranges the annual John Bowlby Memorial Conference. It meets regularly at the Centre and decides on a theme for the conference and arranges speakers and the event.

Conference administrator: Poppy Weston

Publicity

The Publicity Co-ordinator’s role is to help organise events, advertise training and the Bowlby Centre activities. The Co-ordinator promotes attachment theory in the media and public eye and also helps with the publicity around the Attachment journal.

Members: Poppy Weston

Course Tutors

Course Tutors are appointed to be the main contact with The Centre for students on the clinical training until Registration. Their role is to guide and support students through the course. They are an important link with teachers and the Teachers Appointments Group and the Curriculum Development Group and sit ex-officio on the Clinical Training Committee to manage the training and the progress of students through the course.

Intake 2025: Mohini Murti Gulati-Olapoju
Intake 2025 APL – Zoe Germaine
Intake 2024 – Lillian Valchar
Intake 2024 APL – Sarah Devereux
Intake 2024 Certificate – Caroline Adewole
Intake 2023 – Roberta Adversa
Intake 2023 APL – Beth Cleveland
Intake 2022 – Kate Brown
Intake 2022 APL – Myriam LaPlanche
Intake 2021 – Sue Hards
Intake 2020 Beverley Smith
Intake 2019 – Bertie Witt
Intake 2018 – Lawrence Kilshaw
Intake 2017 – Caroline Adewole
Intake 2016 – Bertie Witt
Intake 2015 – Tori Settle
Intake 2014 – Debbie Zimmerman
Intake 2013 – Tori Settle
Intake 2012 – Tori Settle
Intake 2010 – Tori Settle
Intake 2007 – Tori Settle

Internal Training Therapists

The Centre requires that everyone on the four year Clinical Training Course is in twice weekly therapy with an approved Training Therapist. The following members have been approved as Training Therapists.
  • Caroline Adewole (SE1 and online)
  • Orit Badouk-Epstein (NW2 2HL, in person only)
  • Christine Blake (SE27 0PD)
  • Casserley Cielo – (SW1 and online)
  • Michaela Chamberlain (online only)
  • Maxine Mei-Fung Chung (WC1B 3AA and online)
  • Ursula Du Sauzay (SW16 and online)
  • Yvonne Forward (N8 7RA and online)
  • Cinzia Frederick (W9 and online)
  • Tom Higgins (L22 and online)
  • Sarah Jack (online only)
  • Brett Kahr (WC1, in person only)
  • Lawrence Kilshaw (EC4R 1BB, in person only)
  • Myriam Laplanche (online only)
  • Liat Levy (W1W 6AB and online)
  • Mark Linington (N8 and online)
  • Gregor MacAdam (N22, in person only)
  • Briony Mason (TN31 6YJ and online)
  • Nigel McBride (NW5 4HY and online)
  • Patrick Ryan (E1 – in person only)
  • Victoria Settle (TN3 8ET and online)
  • Helen Straupmanis (SW1E – in person mostly)
  • Gulcan Sutton Purser (online only)
  • Lillian Valchar (NW3 7SN and online)
  • Stephanie Davis (OX14 and online)

The Bowlby Centre also approves Training Therapists who are not members of the Centre, but who are Registered with the CPJA of UKCP or the BPC and meet our other criteria for Training Therapists.

External Training Therapists

  • Charles Brown
  • Janice Judson
  • Phil Mollon
  • Veronica Norburn
  • Maya Jacobs
  • Gwen Williams
  • Jane Polden
  • Clare Leigh-Browne
  • Paul Goldreich
  • George Mac Pearce (Norfolk)
  • Tony Navin, BPC registered
  • Bernard Shapley, BPC registered
  • Lesley Bell, BPA registered
  • Hilary Clare Dobson, UKCP, CPJA
  • Roger Kennedy
  • Stephen Ashley
  • Eleanor Richards (CB1/ NR22 and online)

Internally Trained Supervisors

While working as a Psychotherapist–in-Training all students are required to work with two supervisors approved by the CTC. The first supervisor is normally expected to have trained at The Bowlby Centre.

The following Members have been approved as Training supervisors:

  • Caroline Adewole (SE15 6JX and online)
  • Orit Badouk Epstein (NW2 2HL)
  • Sarah Benamer (SW12 8HR and online)
  • Christine Blake (W1 and online)
  • Kate Brown (BH7 and online)
  • Michaela Chamberlain (W1 and online)
  • Mei-Fung Chung (WC1B 3AA and online)
  • Svetlana Fleming (online only)
  • Yvonne Forward (N8 7RA and online)
  • Graeme Galton (online only)
  • Tom Higgins* (L22 and online)
  • Rafaella Hilty (online only)
  • Catherine Holland
  • Myriam Laplanche (online only)
  • Mark Linington (online only)
  • Brett Kahr- (WC1N 3QZ or telephone)
  • Liat Levy- (W1W or online)
  • Briony Mason (TN31 6YJ and online)
  • Nigel McBride (NW5 4HY and online)
  • Patrick Ryan (E1 0PL and online)
  • Adah Sachs (NW5 and online)
  • Victoria Settle* (TN3 8ET and online)
  • Silke Steidinger (EN1 and online)
  • Gulcan Sutton Purser (online only)
  • Lillian Valchar (NW3 7SN and online)
  • Judy Yellin (online only)
  • Debbie Zimmerman (W1T and online)
  • Stephanie Davis (OX14 and online)
  • Jean Shrimpton (online only)

*Based out of London

For contact details, see the membership address list. For supervisor profiles, see Training Supervisors page.

Externally Trained Supervisors

There are additional externally-trained Training Supervisors whom the CTC have ratified to work with students or with specific individual students. Applications for other supervisors are normally approved for individual students and should be made by the Course Tutor to the CTC on behalf of the individual students and potential supervisor.

  • Charles Brown
  • Nicola Diamond
  • George Mac Pearce
  • Charlotte Wynn Parry
  • Ali Zarbafi
  • Irene Tagg (N13 and online) – irene.tagg@gmail.com (see profile)
  • John Miller, UKCP, CPJA and AGIP registered

Interview Panel for Registration Interviews and APT folder discussions

There are two key assessment points in The Bowlby Centre Clinical Training:

  • The APT folder presented with the application to become a psychotherapist in training (PiT) and enter the clinical portion of the course in the third and fourth years.
  • The Registration Portfolio presented when applying for Registration as an Attachment–based Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist. (RAPP).

Both these processes require that applicants in conjunction with their Course Tutor select people to discuss and assess their work. Applicants are required to select one person from each of the Groups below to be their assessors.

Group A (CTC) and Group B

Group A (CTC)

Caroline Adewole
Roberta Aversa

Kate Brown

Barry Christie
Beth Cleveland
Lawrence Kilshaw
Sue Hards
Beverley Smith
Bertie Witt
Lillian Valchar

Group B

Ursula Du Sauzay
Sue Berger
Mark Linington
Debbie Zimmerman
Sarah Devereux