Ernesto Spinelli
Ernesto Spinelli has gained an international reputation as a leading contemporary trainer and theorist of existential analysis as applied to psychology and psychotherapy as well as the related arenas of coaching and conflict mediation. He is a Chartered Counselling Psychologist and Fellow of the British Psychological Society (BPS) and an APECS accredited executive coach and coaching supervisor. In 1999, Ernesto was awarded a Personal Chair as Professor of Psychotherapy, Counselling and Counselling Psychology. In 2000, he was given the BPS Division of Counselling Psychology Award for Outstanding Contributions to the Advancement of the Profession. And in 2019, Ernesto received the BPS Award for Distinguished Contribution to Practice. His widely praised book, Demystifying Therapy is also published by PCCS. Currently, Ernesto maintains a private therapeutic and supervisory practice and provides specialist seminars and masterclasses around the world.
Practising Existential Therapy: The Relational World: Second Edition
Drawn from the author's experience as an internationally-recognised theorist, lecturer and practitioner, this practical book elucidates the notoriously difficult and distinctly different therapeutic... (more)
Embodied Theories
Embodied Theories explores the various ways in which a therapist can be a living expression of his or her theoretical approach. Expert practitioners from a wide variety of modes articulate their... (more)
The Mirror and the Hammer: Challenges to Therapeutic Orthodoxy
The author raises issues surrounding therapeutic thought and practice and propounds his iconoclastic views on such subjects as refuting the unconscious, creativity, paranormal phenomena, sexuality,... (more)
The Interpreted World: An Introduction to Phenomenological Psychology: Second Edition
The Interpreted World, Second Edition, is a welcome introduction to phenomenological psychology, an area of psychology which has its roots in notoriously difficult philosophical literature and... (more)
Demystifying Therapy
During the last decade, as public awareness of the role of therapy has increased, so too has criticism of specific approaches to therapeutic practice. In this book, Dr Spinelli examines the... (more)
Tales of Un-knowing: Therapeutic Encounters from an Existential Perspective
Presents the lives of eight individuals whose experiences illuminate a variety of dilemmas and anxieties that most of us encounter at different points of our lives. According to Spinelli (psychology,... (more)