CHPC - Our Staff

Gestalt Therapy Programme and Groupwork:

David Kalisch MA (Cantab), Dip CPP (Karuna), AAPP, AHPP: is Director and Founder of the Centre and is the course tutor on the Gestalt Programme. David trained originally in Gestalt and Bioenergetics and later with Maura and Franklyn Sills in Core Process Psychotherapy. He is in private practice in the Exeter area and in Taunton.

David is one of the co-editors of the 2018 book Humanistic Psychology: Current Trends and Future Prospects

Jenny Dawson MSc SRN CQSW. DipGPTI is a UKCP Registered Gestalt Psychotherapist, a group and organisational facilitator, and a Teaching and Supervisory member of the Gestalt Psychotherapy Training Institute. Her work experience includes community development and senior management in the NHS and voluntary organisations.

She has a private psychotherapy and supervisory practice in Devon. Jenny co-tutors the Diploma in Gestalt Therapy.