Jane Langley

Biography

Jane Langley is a psychodynamic counsellor and psychotherapist and is the clinical director of two counselling and psychotherapy centres in Colchester and Ipswich where she also holds her private practice. She has worked as a specialist palliative care psychotherapist in a hospice setting and as a practice counsellor in two GP surgeries in Colchester. Her work in the NHS includes as a psychotherapist in the psychotherapy department at North Essex Community NHS Trust and as an area manager in the City and Hackney Community Services NHS Trust in the north east of Hackney. She has worked for Essex County Council as a staff counsellor and as a mediator between disputing managers and staff as well as a seminar leader and lecturer on a psychodynamic training in Chelmsford. Jane is currently undertaking doctoral research at the University of Essex. Publications: 2023 'Becoming a researcher: psychotherapists experience of starting a professional doctorate'. Journal of Child Psychotherapy. Sue Kegerreis, Deborah L. S. Wright, Sarah Hall, Medina Horne, Jane Langley, James Norris, Elaine Quaile & Rinat Shemesh 2023 'The Only-child in Therapy' Children, Young People and Families (BACP) Journal - September 2023 Research, Conference and Seminar Presentations: Seminar Presentation: 'The Only-child Adult and the Phantasy Sibling Transference'. Grey Friars Hotel, Colchester - February 2023 International Psychiatry and Mental Health Conference presented 'The Only-child Adult and the Phantasy Sibling Transference'. New York. April 2023 Post Graduate Research Conference 'The Borders of the Unknown' - Essex University - May 2023

Qualifications

• MSc Master of Science Degree Psychodynamic Counselling and Psychotherapy Birkbeck, University of London (2013)

• Post Graduate Certificate Family and Systemic Psychotherapy Institute for Family Therapy, London (2007)

• Clinical Diploma Psychodynamic Counselling (2003)

• PG Certificate Mediation (2002)

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