Curriculum VitaeJohn Seex
PROFILEOrganisationalConsultant, Psychotherapist and Mediator skilled in facilitating communication, and the building of strong relationships. Central to my approach is to enable people to integrate the personal and professional, to bring their human selves to work.
PRESENTfrom Feb 09Psychotherapist in private practice
EMPLOYMENT
July 2005Management Consultant (p/t)
till presentRight CoreCare, Employee Assistance Programme Provider
Providing: consultancy and training to managers in the DWP and HMRC on how to manage difficult conversations, Bullying and Harassment, Resilience and Mental Illness.
Achievements:
- I have pioneered Action Learning Sets, amongst civil servants and GP’s
- I have designed and facilitated successful mediationinterventions for small organisations and in the civil service
- Provided effective consultancy to both management teams and individual managers
- Provided consultancy and training on how to work with staff and customers with mental health issues
Professional2006-10Counsellor(p/t)
Experience Refugee Resource, Oxford
2005Care Pathway Facilitator
Bath and North East Somerset PCT, Child Health
2004-05Connexions Voluntary Sector Consultant
Wiltshire County Council and Voluntary Action Swindon
2000-02Head of Personnel
DechenCholing Meditation Centre, France
1996-2000Freelance Consultant
Kings College Hospital
Consultant on their Mid-Career Break Scheme for GP’s, 1997-2000, facilitating Action Learning Groups
1993-1996Family Planning Association, London
Training Manager
Trade Union Branch Secretary
UNISON: represented several staff in racial harassment cases
Professional Articles
Merger and Separation: learning to rest in oneself, MA dissertation, Nov. 2012
Group Process in a Buddhist Community, 2002, unpublished
The Personal and Professional Development of GP’s, 1999, unpublished
Men and Family Planning, (Family Planning Matters International Journal Nov.1994)
A Health Authority Approach to Sex Education
(The All Party Parliamentary Committee on HIV/AIDS, Occasional Paper,1992)
Voluntary WorkMeditation Instructor, teacher and mediator in the International Shambhala Buddhist community,
Professional MA in Integrative Psychotherapy (award pending), 2008-12
TrainingBath Centre for Psychotherapy and Counselling,
Diploma in Gestalt and Humanistic Counselling
The Gestalt Centre, London, 1997-1999
Diploma in Youth and Community Work
Manchester Polytechnic, 1986-1987
Short coursesWorkplace Mediation, 2008, Right Corecare
Finding a Safe Place, Trauma and Attachment, 2007
A Systemic Approach to Management and Consultation, 2005
Gestalt in Organisations, 2003
“Authentic Leadership” 2002, Shambhala Institute, Canada
EducationBA (Hons) 2.1, University of Sussex, 1981-4
History in the School of African and Asian Studies
3 A levels, History (A), Biology (B), Chemistry (C)
Brockworth Comprehensive School, Glos. 1973-1980
InterestsBuddhism and Meditation
Walking, Tennis, DIY and Cooking