She is a co-founder of the Bath Centre for Psychotherapy and Counselling which started in 1984 and where she was a trainer and supervisor for 25 years. As such she helped to develop their training programmes to national standards both professionally and academically. She is now a trustee and a member of their ethics committee.
The relationship between the socio/political and the psychological has always been an interest of hers and she is the co-founder and past chair of Psychotherapists and Counsellors for Social Responsibility (1994). She has written extensively on this subject and her book published in 2009 is entitled "Being White in the Helping Professions: Developing effective Intercultural Working”. She has chapters in several books on this subject including 2 chapters in The Handbook of Transcultural Counselling edited by Colin Lago in 2011.
Her interest in this area also led her to start a charity, now called The Trauma Foundation South West which provides free psychotherapy and counselling for refugees and asylum seekers. This started as a BCPC project in 2002. Besides seeing clients herself in this organisation she also provides the supervision for the organisation and has developed the organisational structures which hold and support those who work within it. In addition it has a number of key associates in many different countries.
Renewal Associates is focussed on the necessary evolution in human consciousness to address the great challenges of the 21st century. We particularly focus on how Leadership, Leadership Development, Coaching, Systemic Team Coaching and Coaching Supervision all need to radically transform in order to contribute to this important task
Renewal Associates Director and Professor of Leadership at Henley Business School, University of Reading UK
Professor Peter Hawkins is a business leader, consultant and coach, who is an acknowledged thought leader in the fields of Leadership, Leadership Development, Board and Leadership Team Development, Systemic Team Coaching, Coaching and Coaching Supervision. He has taught and consulted in over 50 countries and is a regular key note speaker at international conferences. He is widely published and many of his books, papers and articles are available via the website.
