The Centre for Gender PsychologyRelationship Therapy and Workshops and Training in Gender and Sexuality

The Centre for Gender Psychology

The Centre was founded in 1996 by Helena Løvendal and Nick Duffell. In 2002 HarperCollins published their book Sex, Love and the Dangers of Intimacy which is still a leader in its field. Helena's current work can be accessed here.

 

Helena and Nick worked with many couples in crisis in the belief that bridging the gap between men and women might be the greatest contribution to human evolution and world peace. They were passionately engaged in the reality of gender psychology for many years and worked with many leading teachers in the field. In the early Nineties they taught at the Institute of Psychosynthesis, London and trained psychotherapists and couple-counsellors in the UK, Europe, and Scandinavia. Their formative influences were Psychosynthesis, Systems Theory, the Post-Jungians, Object Relations, Sexual Grounding, Process Work,Yoga and Shamanism. They were training-therapists, staff-members, or visiting-trainers at The Institute of Psychosynthesis, London; The Association of Group and Individual Psychotherapy, London; The University of Surrey, Guilford; The Scottish Pastoral Foundation, Edinburgh; The Centre for Psychosynthesis Scotland; The Findhorn Foundation; Communicare Counselling Services; The Norwegian Centre for Psychosynthesis, Oslo; ReVision, Centre for Integrative Psychosynthesis, London; Sexual Grounding Therapy® International Trainings; Psykosyntes Institutet, Gothenburg; Circadian Institut Cologne; University College London; the University of Essex.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


About Us. Nick

Nick Duffell

Nick was born in 1949, has a degree in Sanskrit and has been a teacher, care-staff, carpenter, divorce mediator, and a management consultant. He  has led men’s groups since 1987 and is the author of several books including, The Making of Them, Wounded Leaders, Trauma, Abandonment and Privilege and The Simplo Solution, some of which can be seen here.
Nick now calls himself a psychohistorian and is committed to bridging the gap between psychological and political thinking, promoting a depth psychology perspective of issues that affect our public life very deeply such as identity and emotions, fear and vulnerability, but about which political commentators currently lack the means to properly to address. He has been an Honorary Research Associate at University College London working on a VR experiment for healing childhood attachments and guest lecturer at the University if St Gallen, Switzerland. He likes to work with wood and trees when not in London.

 

 

 

Associated trainers

 


About Us. Hank

Hank Earl was born in 1955 and has a degree in Fine Art and has played bass in numerous bands. Since time immemorial he was been a mental health worker in London's notorious East End (Hackney, to be precise) and has now retired. Hank has a long term interest in Men's work and is a founder member of the original 'Searching for my Father I found my Self' group. He assists Nick in facilitating the second series of the quarterly 'Searching' men's groups and leads the third series. Hank has worked alongside Nick on the 'Images of Masculinity' retreats and the Menswork Facilitation training.


About Us. Darrel2

Darrel Hunneybell accredited as a psychotherapist with the UKCP having trained with the Institute of Psychosynthesis. He is also a clinical supervisor working with both individuals and groups. He worked for over twenty years in the NHS and Local Government, in both Social Services and Education. Darrel has a long interest and involvement in menswork and has led the fourth series of the quarterly men's group, Searching for my Father I found my Self for 10 years. Darrel has worked with Nick on the Images of Masculinity week in France and Men: Sex, Power and Spirit and facilitates the Boarding School Survivors workshops and the Menswork Facilitation training.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Arran Knight is a BACP-accredited Psychosynthesis counsellor. He holds a postgraduate diploma in Psychosynthesis counselling and has completed further training in Creative CoupleWork and men’s group facilitation. Alongside his clinical practice, Arran trains other counsellors in Psychosynthesis and men’s group facilitation. He has been involved in Menswork for over a quarter of a century, joining his ongoing group as a participant in 2001. Arran is passionate about holism, conversations about cultural identity, and on the integration of the body, mind and spirit. Arran is a father, runs business, likes learning Greek, and often finds himself busy with DIY at home.

 


 

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