Boarding School Survivors Team
Nick Duffell
,
the founder of BSS, was born in 1949 and went
to boarding schools both in Europe and in England. He has a degree
in Sanskrit, and taught for a while at a boarding school in India.
After some years as a builder and carpenter, he retrained in psychotherapy.
He has worked as a family therapist and mediator, organisational
consultant, and has wide experience as a trainer and facilitator.
He writes and broadcasts on psychological issues and has two grown-up
sons. He is the author of The Making of Them, edited by the late
Rob Bland.
Helena Løvendal-Sørensen
was not born in England, nor was she sent to boarding school.
In Denmark, where she was born and educated, such institutions
were considered punishment rather than reward. She therefore
brings a fresh eye to the programme, as well as her experience
of working with people, as a social worker, psychotherapist,
and supervisor. She specialises in working with women, has consulted
to local authorities on child sexual abuse, and was a faculty
member of the London Institute of Psychosynthesis. She is married
to a boarding school survivor.
Helena and Nick are married and founded the Centre for Gender Psychology,
and authored Sex, Love and The Dangers of Intimacy (Book is available from the Gender Psychology site).
Darrel Hunneybell accredited as a psychotherapist with the UKCP having trained with
The Institute of Psychosynthesis. He is also a clinical supervisor working with both individuals and groups.
He has over twenty years experience in the NHS and Local Government, in both Social Services and Education.
He brings an understanding of the effects of abandonment, alienation and institutionalisation to his work
with the psychological effects of the public school experience.
Alongside co-facilitating the Boarding School Survivors workshops Darrel has worked with Nick on the
Images of Masculinity week in France and Men: Sex, Power and Spirit. He co-leads the third series of the
quarterly men's group, Searching for my Father I found my Self, with Hank.
Pippa Foster
trained as a clinical psychologist before qualifying as a psychodynamic psychotherapist.
She has over 25 years experience, and has worked as a therapist, trainer and supervisor in a
variety of different contexts, including the NHS, commercial and charitable sectors.
She has worked in a number of different countries, and has a particular interest in
cultural and spiritual issues. Pippa is an ex-boarder, and travelled from different parts
of the commonwealth to school. She lives in Sussex, has two sons, works as a
psychotherapist and is developing as a sculptor. Pippa co-facilitates BSS Workshops for Women.
Nicola Miller
has 16 years experience of providing Body Psychotherapy and Supervision to individuals and groups.
She trained in Gestalt Psychotherapy, Energetic Integration, the Pesso-Boyden System (PBSP) and
working with Boarding School Survivors. Nicola was a 3rd generation boarder herself.
Initially she came to BSS work with great skepticism but has found
it invaluable both personally and professionally. She brings a deep appreciation of
the struggle to belong, to form loving bonds and to unravel the knots that inhibit our
creativity and joy. She has adult daughters, three grand-children and lives in Leeds.
Nicola co-facilitates BSS Workshops for Women and the Away From Home days.
