by Jon Blend | Jul 9, 2024 | articles
I have a new book chapter on working with a sick child during COVID-19. The book is in press. Read a pre-publication version of my chapter (PDF, 449KB)
by Jon Blend | Jul 7, 2024 | articles
This article first appeared in the September 2010 issue of CCYP (Counselling Children and Young People), now named CYPF (BACP Children, Young People and Families), published by the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. ©BACP 2024. Changing families,...
by Jon Blend | Jul 7, 2024 | articles
Published in British Gestalt Journal. Copyright 2007 by Gestalt Publications Ltd. 2007, Vol. 16, No. 2, 19±27 Abstract This article describes a Gestalt approach to working with adolescents in an NHS child and adolescent mental health clinic. The importance of a...
by Jon Blend | Jul 4, 2024 | articles
Ten thoughts that may guide anyone undertaking therapeutic work with child and adolescent refugees. Working with refugee children – some thoughts (PDF, 231 KB)
by Jon Blend | Jul 4, 2024 | articles
This article is based on a talk I gave for ‘BGJ day’. I Stand Up Next To A Mountain (PDF, 277KB)
by Jon Blend | Jun 30, 2024 | articles
(Note: names changed for privacy.) “Breathe in, BLOW!” bellows our instructor. The baths are chilly; it’s scary treading water in the deep end. I’m nine years old and can’t grasp the rhythm of front crawl. Nor can I see the bottom. I shake, as asthma sets in, a...