Group Info

Description:

The WDG is a model of psychoanalytic reflective practice initially developed for use within clinical trainings, such as child and adolescent psychotherapy, and gradually evolved into a model successfully used in other applied settings. (Canlan, 2000). It has been cited by the Department for Education and Skills as a ‘model of good practice’ (DfES/DH 2006). The aim of this group is to bring together clinical or organisational work and enhance this learning through a psychodynamic process group, through which self-reflection is expanded to understanding oneself in relation to the work and organisation. It is an experiential learning model and contributes towards portfolio training to become a Psychodynamic Organisational Therapist in APPCIOS.

Group Facilitators:

Emma Higgs & Dr Mark Waddington

Emma is a Psychodynamic Organisational Therapist and Child & Adolescent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist. She is a senior full member of APPCIOS. She works in private practice offering therapy, supervision, consultation and training, and in the NHS in Tier 3 & 4 CAMHS.

Dr Mark Waddington is a Psychodynamic Organisational Therapist and Teacher. He is a senior full member of APPCIOS and Director of ‘Placement Support’ a multidisciplinary organisation that specialises in work with children, families, and the professional networks around them in situations of complexity.

Both Emma and Mark have extensive experience being within and facilitating psychodynamic experiential groups both in and external to the workplace.