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Dr Leslie Lund is an Adolescent Psychotherapist who has over 20 years’ experience working with young people and their families, specialising her work to adolescents and families who come from privileged backgrounds.
She has spent many years researching this cohort of our society finding out about their specific challenges and psychological issues such as: depression, anxiety, self-harm and substance abuse.
Alongside her practice and her research, Leslie founded CYPPE (Counselling for Young People from Privileged Environments) hoping that this organisation would aid her in sharing her knowledge within this subpopulation and collaborate with colleagues in the development of therapeutic interventions that can support the mental health of privileged youths.
In 2004 Leslie went on to found the Surrey Counselling and Psychotherapy Initiative (SCPI), a professional members organisation that offers support and professional development to therapists. As well co-founding the Dorking and District Mental Health Project that provides support services within the community. Leslie also supervises and supports families, schools and school counsellors.

https://www.cyppe.org/biography

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Linda Cundy is an Attachment-based psychoanalytic psychotherapist and supervisor with a private practice and over 35 years’ experience.

Linda is a Consultant at the Bowlby Centre in London that specializes in training psychotherapists in attachment-based psychoanalytic therapy.

Linda has also written and edited several books including:
Love in the Age of the Internet: Attachment in the digital Era
Anxiously Attached (about Preoccupied attachment)
Attachment and the Defence Against Intimacy (about ‘Avoidant’ / Dismissing attachment)
From Cradle to Kitchen: Attachment, Relationships and Food

I have asked her to come onto the Finding Psychotherapy podcast today to talk to us about attachment theory, psychoanalytic psychotherapy and how the two join together to form this unique and specialized working model. In recent years I have noticed how attachment theory has gained a lot of popularity, it is a theory that seems to resonate with so many of us. My feeling is that attachment theory has become popular because it helps us all to get an understanding of how our past relationships influence those in our present and it makes sense. However, as it is often the case when theoretical models are made popular, they can be over simplified and misunderstood. My hope is that through this conversation, attachment theory can be explained in a way that is simple but not simplistic, giving it the credit due.
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Discussing the power of listening, warmth and understanding when exploring your own feelings, relationships and life.
Dr Maria Luca worked as the Head of the Regent’s Centre for Relational Studies and Psychological Well-Being, Course Leader of the PhD programme in Psychotherapy & Psychology and Editor in Chief of the Journal of Psychological Therapies. She has extensive experience as a NHS, UKCP accredited psychotherapist and MBACP accredited and UKCP recognised psychotherapy supervisor. She edited two books, the first on the Integrative Frame and the second on Sexual Attraction in therapy, both leading, international texts. She has co-authored her third book on Integration in Psychotherapy – New Directions. She has published several papers in peer reviewed journals. She is an Editorial Board Member and Consulting Editor, Article and Book Reviewer, Book Endorser and Book Reviews Editor for international, peer reviewed journals and publishers.

Her previous administrative roles include Head of the School of Psychotherapy and Counselling Psychology. Maria has taught at British Universities and presented research papers internationally. She has supervised several PhD students to completion.

She is currently Clinical Director of Dr Maria Luca & Associates, a psychotherapy practice in London. Books:
Luca, M., Marshall, C. & Nuttall, J. (2019). Integrative theory and practice in psychological therapies– New Directions.London: Open University Press. August 2019. ISBN: 978-0-3352-6248-9

Luca, M. (Editor) (2014). Sexual Attraction in Therapy: Clinical Perspectives on Moving Beyond the Taboo - A Guide for Training and Practice London: Wiley. ISBN: 978-1-118-67434-5

Luca, M. (Editor) (2004). The Therapeutic Frame in the Clinical Context – Integrative Perspectives. London: Brunner-Routledge. ISBN 10: 1583919775 ISBN 13: 9781583919774

If you want to get in touch with Dr Maria Luca: www.marialuca.co.uk
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Discussing the origin of psychiatry, diagnosis and mental illness.
Dr Bill Young is a Consultant Child, Adolescent and Family Psychiatrist working across independent, not-for-profit and academic sectors. His special interests include mindfulness-based interventions, school wellbeing, clinical addictions in adolescence, and child refugee mental health.

I was lucky enough to get to know Dr Bill during my training as he lectured us for a term, teaching us the medical stance on mental illness, diagnosis’s and treatment. In my experience anyone trying to grapple with mental health can benefit from gaining a sense of what Psychiatry is, how it works and when to use it. I have often found that there are a lot of preconceptions when thinking of psychiatry. I personally used to find it hard not to think of a doctor in a white coat, asylums and the hard history that often illustrated in films. The hope here, is that we can all gain an alternative understanding, a human, tangible and relatable sense of this invaluable specialty.

In this episode Dr Bill helps us see how psychiatry is unique and unlike any other specialty to medicine. Psychiatry is looking to treat and diagnose something that is not always physical, it is interpreting a subjective experience into symptoms that inform a treatment plan. The aim is to consider those who are suffering, those who are ill. However illness also means that you can fall out of illness and become better.

Discussing how to achieve a balanced and connected life through ten practical steps that we can all apply to our lives.
Today I have asked John-Paul Davies to come and talk to me about his book “Finding a Balanced Connection”. In training to become a psychotherapist, we eventually choose an approach to follow, a way for us to make sense of our work. John-Paul Davies trained as an integrative therapist, meaning that you integrate theories from all approaches to formulate a unique model that resonates with you. In his book he explains his working model, the theory that backs his rational, how he makes sense of his work. He then progresses to formulate 10 principles that can lead to change.
To find out more about John-Paul Davies, please visit his website:
https://www.thistrustedplace.co.uk
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You can find his book "Finding a Balanced Connection" on Amazon
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