Marcus is a psychotherapist for indviduals and couples, with over 20 years of experience. He also supervises therapists. He is registered with UKCP, and accredited with BACP and Pesso-Boyden Training Institute. Originally based in Gestalt, psychosynthesis and transactional analysis, his practice has come to incorporate more body-mind approaches: somatic experiencing, internal family systems, neural network theory, formative psychology, and also Alexander Technique in which he is a trained practitioner. In 2005 he attended the diploma course 'Psychotherapy with ex-Boarders' with Nick Duffell, Helena Løvendal and Joy Schaverien. He has co-led boarding school survivor workshops and now a monthly online men’s group. Being interested in trauma and abuse of all sorts, he volunteers as a facilitator on ‘Heal For Life’ retreats and as a counsellor for young adults leaving the Hasidic community. He had a previous career as a solicitor.

Darrel registered as a psychotherapist in 2002 with UKCP, having completed training with The Institute of Psychosynthesis, London. In his private practice he works with both individuals and groups and offers clinical supervision. With past experience in Social Services and Education, Darrel brings an understanding of the effects of abandonment, alienation and institutionalisation to his work with the psychological effects of the public school experience. He attended the 2005 specialist diploma training 'Psychotherapy with ex-Boarders' with Nick Duffell, Helena Lovendäl and Joy Schaverien. Darrel runs the ‘Boarding School Survivors’ workshops with Nick Duffell and Men's Groups exploring the themes of masculinity, identity and self-discovery.

If we really want to come to know ourselves, at some point we have to stop running and reflect on how we got to where we are.

Rosemary is a psychodynamic counsellor and her work, over 30 years, covers relationship and intimacy issues, couples work, anxiety, loss / separation / bereavement, depression, confidence building, sexual and physical abuse, life changes, eating and weight worries. For 25 years she worked within a boarding school. One of her projects was to deliver a Peer Mentor training - this contributed to a successful culture change and more positive behaviour amongst the pupils. She attended the 2005 specialist diploma training 'Psychotherapy with ex-Boarders' with Nick Duffell, Helena Lovendäl and Joy Schaverien. As a Parent Specialist she has run courses for parents – Anger Management, Sibling Rivalry, Ten Top Tips, Living with a Teenager.

Nick is a UKCP registered psychotherapist and studied at the Karuna Institute. He has attended the specialist psychotherapy training 'Psychotherapy with ex-Boarders'. Before training in psychotherapy, Nick studied Homoeopathy and Health Sciences in London. He works with individuals at his private practice and at Yoga Place, both in Bethnal Green. His area of particular interest is working with abandonment depression. Previously his experience has included facilitating peer paranoia groups with MIND and working in a counselling charity in Hackney.

Susannah is a BACP accredited and UKCP registered Integrative psychotherapist and an EMDR Europe Accredited Practitioner having completed her initial training at Regent’s University and also a graduate from the specialist Diploma in 'Psychotherapy with ex-Boarders' taught by Nick Duffell and Nicola Miller.

In her private practice she works with individuals in Islington, London and online. She also uses EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing) for trauma and finds it useful for dealing with abandonment issues and historical bullying.

Issues around the emotional repercussions of dyslexia, both diagnosed and undiagnosed are a particular interest. Previously, she worked as a litigation solicitor in the City for over 20 years.

Pippa has over 30 years of experience working as a Psychodynamic psychotherapist. Originally she trained as a Clinical Psychologist, and has worked in a variety of settings, including on the teaching staff of the Tavistock Clinic. She has also worked extensively with those making life changes both in career, location or lifestyle. Having lived and worked in a number of different countries she has a special concern for those who have been through upheavals in childhood, facing cultural change, whether it be in the move to boarding school in their country of origin or for those sent 'home' from ex pat communities. Pippa attended the 2005 specialist diploma training 'Psychotherapy with ex-Boarders'. She worked for several years as a facilitator on the annual workshops for women ex-boarders, and now practises as an individual therapist and supervisor.

Sam is an accredited BACP and UKCP registered psychotherapist with over ten years of experience, working both online and from his practice in central Brighton. He trained as a psychodynamic counsellor, went on to complete an MSc in Psychotherapy and is a graduate from Nick Duffell’s diploma in psychotherapy with ex-boarders. Sam’s experience includes five years as the clinical manager of a gambling recovery service, and in private practice he has a breadth of experience working with individuals facing a variety of issues including anxiety, depression, problems with intimacy, addiction, and issues around sex and sexuality. Since qualifying as a psychotherapist, he has completed further training in CBT, Ecotherapy, and clinical supervision.

Sara is a BACP registered humanistic integrative counsellor, and Internal Family Systems therapist (IFS), who has completed the specialist Diploma in psychotherapeutic work with ex-boarders with Nick Duffell and Nicola Miller. She sees private clients in Lewes and Hove and approximately half her clients are ex boarders or partners of ex boarders. She has worked for the NHS, Action for Change, and Axa PPP, and has additional training in working with complex trauma, shame, family estrangement, and coaching. She uses a variety of approaches in her work depending upon the client and the issue including person centred, transactional analysis, Gestalt, mindfulness, and creative ways of working. As a former solicitor and yoga teacher she also brings a wide life experience to her practice.

Karen is a NCPS accredited counsellor and works with adults around a wide range of issues, including anxiety, depression, relationship difficulties and self esteem. Her core training is in Transactional Analysis; she attended the specialist training in psychotherapeutic work with ex-boarders with Nick Duffell and Nicola Miller in 2017/18. Her first career was as a Chartered Accountant and she brings to her practice an understanding of both corporate and not for profit workplaces. She offers short and long term counselling.

"Start close in, don’t take the second step or the third, start with the first thing close in, the step you don’t want to take."

David Whyte, River Flow: New and Selected Poems

Ben is a UKCP registered integrative psychotherapist and supervisor with over 20 years’ experience working in Oxford, London and internationally with individuals, couples, providing supervision and personal development and training groups.

Ben trained with Nick Duffell in the specialist diploma 'Psychotherapy with ex-Boarders' and is now part of the facilitation team of the Boarding School Survivor workshops.

Ben has a particular focus on working with successful individuals many of whom are ex-boarders to address life’s challenges, personal and intimacy issues and work with their tenacity and embodied aliveness and intelligence to lead more satisfying and rewarding lives.

Karen is a BACP accredited psychodynamic counsellor and a graduate from the specialist Diploma in psychotherapeutic work with ex-boarders with Nick Duffell and Nicola Miller. She has previously worked for counselling organisations in Horsham and Tunbridge Wells. She currently works privately with individuals in Horsham and online to support them working through their struggles with what life throws up – both those things that are chosen and those not. Having lived and worked in a number of different countries, in industry, the charitable sector and education she brings an understanding of the psychological impact of institutions, trauma, culture and loss of home and place to her therapeutic work.

Amelia is a BACP accredited Humanistic counsellor who specialises in supporting clients to understand the effects their boarding school education may have had on their development as children and subsequent behaviour as adults. She has worked for various organisations including the NHS, Rape and Sexual Abuse Centre in Croydon, and has taught on the Person Centred degree course in East Sussex College. After completing Nick Duffell’s specialist diploma training in 'Psychotherapy with ex-Boarders', she has been running an online course for ex-boarders, workshops and a women's group. Amelia currently works in private practice in Brighton, as well as offering sessions online.

Janine Charles is a BACP accredited psychodynamic counsellor and graduate of Nick Duffel’s specialist training course 'Psychotherapy with ex-Boarders'.  She also has further training in working with adoption and has experience of a wide range of complex difficulties through her former work in the NHS and currently at a low-cost clinic in Brighton.  She has a particular interest in the impact of trauma in childhood (such as loss, abandonment, parental addictions, emotional unavailability of parents, hospitalisation) and how creative expression (such art, music or creative writing) can be a means of surviving as well as being testament to suffering.  She see’s private clients in person in Brighton or online. Janine is also a qualified supervisor and also offers supervision in person in Brighton or online.

Charlotte is a BACP registered psychotherapeutic counsellor and a graduate from Nick Duffell’s Diploma in Specialist Psychotherapy with ex-boarders. Her core training is Psychodynamic, she has also completed further training in CBT. Her particular area of interest is attachment trauma, and she has experience working with a broad range of issues including anxiety, loss, abuse, depression, sexuality, identity and relationship difficulties. She has worked with ex-boarders based in the UK and overseas. Her first career was as a Fund Manager in the City of London, she was then a stay-at-home mother before embarking on her post graduate counselling training. She works with individuals over the age of 18 on-line from her home in East Sussex. She offers both short-term and long-term counselling.

Susanna’s experience covers working with relational themes of separation, loss and abandonment. She helps people inquire into their difficulties that may arise in relationships in later life. She works with individuals in private practice, recently moving to Truro in Cornwall. She has a Masters degree in depth-psychotherapy from the Karuna Institute, Devon and is registered with UKCP. She has attended the Boarding School Survivors workshops and the Specialist Diploma in working with ex-boarders.

Mark is a BACP registered psychotherapeutic counsellor. He trained at Bath Centre for Counselling and Psychotherapy where he gained his counselling diploma. After some years in practice he attended psychotherapy training at Re-Vision – Counselling and Psychotherapy with a Soulful Perspective.

Since then he has attended the Boarding School Survivors workshops and following that, he completed the therapy for boarding school survivors post-graduate diploma training “The Un-Making of Them” run by Nick Duffell and Nicola Miller.

He has a private practice in Stroud.

Jane qualified as a Therapeutic Counsellor in 2000 and has developed a thriving private practice in Exeter. She is a full member of AHPP (Association of Humanistic Psychology Practitioners). Additional training includes Somatic Trauma Therapy with Babette Rothschild (2003), and The Boarding School Experience with Nick Duffell, Helena Lovendäl-Duffell and Joy Schaverien (2011). From her home in Dawlish, Devon, she offers video-call sessions via Skype, Zoom and WhatsApp. For more details, and to see her publications, please visit her website.

Sarah is a BACP accredited integrative psychotherapeutic counsellor working online and in person in Chorley, Lancashire. Sarah has a wealth of experience working with ex-boarders and their families. She has graduated from Nick Duffell’s specialist diploma training in ‘Psychotherapy with ex-boarders’ and is currently undertaking additional training in Creative Couple Work also with Nick Duffell. Sarah works with individuals and couples wanting to explore the impact of growing up in a boarding school on their adult lives and relationships. Providing a supportive environment where change and recovery are possible. Sarah uses a variety of approaches depending upon the unique needs of each client including person centred, compassion focused therapy, parts work, somatic experiencing, breathwork and polyvagal theory. She also has additional training in trauma and neurodiversity.

Shelagh is a BACP and NCPS registered Humanistic Integrative counsellor. She has worked for many years with men and women who had been sexually abused in childhood, becoming particularly interested in the impact of early years trauma on the adult and their subsequent relationships-both with family and partners.

She has completed additional training in Dissociation as a result of early years disruption and its influence on the person in adult life. She uses a variety of approaches to suit the clients needs at the time.

Shelagh has graduated from Nick Duffell’s specialist diploma training in 'Psychotherapy with ex-Boarders'. She works in private practice, mainly with ex-boarders and works online with individuals, both in the UK and abroad.