My Approach

I am a group analyst/psychotherapist, using an extended vocabulary of materials in my practice. This has been informed by my 30 years of practicing as an art psychotherapist. I offer online individual psychoanalytic psychotherapy and opportunities for in person work.

I conduct individual and group supervision for practitioners, offer organisational consultancy within corporate, charity and government organisations. I conduct reflective practice groups for trainee and qualified arts/psychotherapists.

I am deeply interested and curious about how we can elaborate who we are. Our experiences of trauma, stress, loss, complex family, or work dynamics can diminish our capacity to be fully alive. I work to understand where things may have got stuck or trapped and find ways to give motion to emotions.
I also work in groups allowing for multiple mirrors, with opportunities to explore belonging and not belonging. A group helps us navigate relationships in a safe-enough space, enabling us to do that more confidently in the world out there and the world inside ourselves.

About Me

Training, Qualifications and Experience
Hayley Berman, PhD, MA AT, UKCP and HCPC and HPCSA

I originally trained as an Art Psychotherapist at Hertfordshire University. I completed a PhD in psychosocial studies at the University of the West of England. I was Programme Leader and Senior Lecturer at the University of Hertfordshire, and Clinical Lead in a cluster of Residential homes for adolescents while living in the UK for 10 years. I am Visiting Associate Professor and Senior Lecturer on the MA Art Therapy at the University of Johannesburg. I am on the faculty for the Centre of Group Analytic Studies (CGAS) and on the faculty of the Institute of Group Analysis (London). I am is an Accredited Group Analyst and Individual Psychotherapist trained at the Institute of Group Analysis (UK). I make art as a way of understanding who I am and becoming.

I work with

• Companies
• Couples
• Groups
• Individuals

Special Interests

Like all UKCP registered psychotherapists and psychotherapeutic counsellors I can work with a wide range of issues, but here are some areas in which I have a special interest or additional experience.

Types of Therapies Offered

• Group Analyst