Spring Meeting - 10th May 2025

​Carlien Van Heel will present on Boyesen’s concept of Psycho-peristalsis

​The ABMT Spring Meeting & Workshop will take place on Saturday 10th May. As usual the committee meeting begins at 11.00am and the workshop begins at 2.00pm. The Venue is CCPE (Centre of Counselling & Psychotherapy Education) 2 Warwick Crescent, London W2 6NE. The meeting is open to all members, and the afternoon workshop is free for members and non-members are welcome too, for £20.


Workshop Facilitator
This spring our workshop will be given by Carlien Van Heel. Carlien is originally from the Netherlands and came to London in 1985 to study Biodynamic Psychotherapy with Garda Boyesen. She has 38 years experience in private practice and is a senior trainer with the LSBP and a UKCP accredited supervisor. Carlien gained an MA in Body Psychotherapy in 2014. Carlien continues to be inspired by Boyesen’s concepts and theories and enjoys linking them to more recent findings.


The Workshop
Carlien will share two powerpoint presentation on Boyesen’s concept of Psycho-peristalsis and how it links to the concepts of primary and Secondary Personality. She first presented this at the Oslo Conference in 2024. In her view, psycho-peristalsis is now almost backed up by current findings in physiology and neuroscience. She is very much looking forward to sharing this topic with you, that is so central to our biodynamic work.


We hope to see you on Saturday May 10th!


To find out more and to book, please email ABMT Membership Secretary  [email protected]


Posted by Ruth Baigent, Vice Chair ABMT, 4th May 2025

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