Marcus practises as a psychotherapist with individuals, couples and groups, with a strong emphasis on the body-mind connection and an understanding of the importance of neural networks and how we influence them using mindful, somatic-emotional dialogue. In 2005 he participated in a groundbreaking 'Psychotherapy with ex-Boarders' course taught by Nick Duffell, Helena Lovendäl and Joy Schaverien. He has co-facilitated many boarding school survivor workshops. He is interested in the healing of trauma and abuse of all sorts. 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.

Nick also runs The Open Group - an online fortnightly therapy group for men who went to boarding school.

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 (IFS) therapist. She completed Nick Duffel’s specialist psychotherapeutic training in working with ex boarders in 2018. She sees clients in person in Lewes, East Sussex, and online. She has worked for the NHS, Axa PPP, in drugs and alcohol services, and also has coaching training. She has also undertaken specialist training in family estrangement, working with clients who have been sexually abused, and neurodiversity. She is experienced in working with clients who have boarded, their partners, and children. She has trained other therapists in how to work with clients who have boarded, and brings a wide experience of life to her practice, having worked previously as a solicitor, and yoga teacher. Her approach encompasses mind, body, and spirit. She believes it is never too early or late to do this work and welcomes clients of all ages.

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. She offers individual short and long term counselling both in person in Hove and online. 

She is an Associate Member of the Institute of Group Analysis and runs a therapeutic  group for ex boarders.

"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 in private practice with individuals in Horsham, Haywards Heath and online where she supports adults in working through their psychological struggles with what life throws up – both those things that are chosen and those not, bringing an exploration into the impact of the past on current situations into the work. 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 counsellor specialising in the lasting impact of boarding school education on emotional development and adult behaviour. She has extensive experience working within organisations such as the NHS and the Rape and Sexual Abuse Support Centre in Croydon and has also taught students at East Sussex College and Brighton University.

With a deep belief in group work, Amelia has facilitated women’s groups, student process groups, and groups focussing on anxiety and depression. After completing Nick Duffell’s specialist diploma in Psychotherapy with ex-boarders, she developed a global online course for ex-boarders, offering both mixed-gender and women-only cohorts.

As well as offering individual therapy and EMDR, Amelia writes regular blog posts, leads workshops, training sessions for counsellors, and group programs designed to support those navigating the unique challenges of boarding school experiences, Please see her website for more information.

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. Charlotte also works in-person from home. 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. She is a 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 Zoom and WhatsApp. For more details, and to see her publications, please visit her website.

Sarah is an experienced and fully accredited psychotherapist and counsellor, working from her clinic in Hay-on-Wye, and also by secure online video. She has a particular interest in trauma, including developmental trauma, PTSD, and dissociation. In recent years this has led her to undertake a specialist diploma in working with adults who went to boarding school as children. She has particular experience in working with older people, and those on the autistic spectrum. Her work as a psychotherapist is informed not only by her professional training, but also by over 30 years of meditation and mindfulness practice. She has published a case study on her work with one ex-boarder, which can be read here.

Sarah is a BACP accredited integrative psychotherapeutic counsellor working online, and in person in Chorley, Lancashire. Sarah has a wealth of experience working with individual ex-boarders and couples where one or both partners grew up in a boarding environment.

Sarah has completed Nick Duffell's specialist diploma in ‘Psychotherapy with ex-boarders’ as well as advanced Creative Couple Work. She is currently undertaking training to co-facilitate boarding school survivor workshops.

Sarah uses a variety of approaches depending upon the unique needs of each client or couple including parts work, somatic experiencing, breathwork, person centred, family systems, internal family systems and polyvagal theory. She has a particular interest in neurodiversity, both diagnosed and undiagnosed.

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.