Jan Mojsa
UKCP Registered Psychotherapist
Training and Personal Development Work; Mandala Facilitator

Jan Mojsa

I originally trained as a drama teacher and spent a number of years working with young people. In 1986 I began my counsellor training and completed a Masters degree in Counselling and Pastoral Care. I have since worked in both Further and Higher Education delivering counsellor training courses and training within health and social care.
I completed my psychotherapy training with the Centre for Transpersonal Psychology (CTP). This enabled me to draw together the threads of work that are now central to my practice - the confluence of Jungian analytical psychology with the practices and understandings of Buddhist and other contemplative traditions such as Gendlins Focusing and mindfulness meditation practices. Drawing on a range of perspectives studied throughout the years my work may also be described as integrative and relational.

In 2007 I was awarded a grant from the Lloyd Symington Foundation to study with Judith Cornell in developing mandala work for people living with cancer and other life threatening illnesses.

I care deeply about the training of counsellors and psychotherapists. Between 2004 and 2008 I was Director of Curriculum Development at CTP and sat on the Council of Management as Co Chair, holding the tension of the organisation as it transitioned paradigms. For me, this was a soul making time. More recently, I was elected Vice Chair of the UKCP Humanistic and Integrative Psychotherapy College.

I currently work part time with a Counselling Awarding Body - CPCAB - and as a result of my work there I was made a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Educational Assessors.

I am also completing my Doctorate at Bournemouth University, with work that focuses on transformations within the therapeutic relationship and sacred space. Working from a qualitative perspective, I have also worked on other research projects particularly around HIV.

I am inspired by nature and the outdoors and have an interest in eco psychology. I try to be mindful of Buddhist practice and gain a huge amount from discovering the humourous absurdities that life conjures up!

I chose the photographs for this website because of their wonderful symbolism. The tree represents a powerful symbol of wholeness. My logo (called 'Fan-tastic Tree) shows a tree with its roots deep in the earth and its branches reaching for the sky - the meeting of heaven and earth. The reflection in the water indicates a sense of 'as above, so below'. All of the photographs were taken by my friend and the photographic poet Stephen Spraggon.

Jan Mojsa MA; MEd; Cert Ed; Adv Dip Transp Psych; FCIEA; UKCP Registered