Jon Blend

Bio

Jon Blend MA Dip Child, CQSW is British, of Austro-Russian heritage. He is a UKCP and ECP registered Gestalt psychotherapist, a child psychotherapist, clinical supervisor, community musician and Playback Theatre performer (www.londonplayback.com). Jon’s career in adult and child mental health began over forty years ago, as a psychiatric social worker/ counsellor in various hospital and community-based settings. Nowadays he maintains a private practice in London, seeing adults and children for psychotherapy and offering clinical supervision.

Jon is a faculty member of the Institute for Arts in Therapy and Education and an approved trainer with the Violet Solomon Oaklander Foundation. He is also Director of Gazebo Training School, London. Since 2002 Jon has taught the Oaklander model of projective arts therapy to psychotherapists and other professionals. He has delivered Gestalt training workshops and presentations to various institutes and organizations in Bulgaria, Croatia, England, Georgia, Iran, Northern Ireland, Poland, Romania, USA and Wales.

Jon’s interests include animal-assisted therapies, interfaith working, transcultural and intergenerational dialogue. For articles & training information visit https://www.gacp.co.uk/

His writings include:

Blend, J. ‘Lava Man and Witch Lady: Engaging the Imagination in Arts-Based Child Psychotherapy’ (in press). In How Psychotherapy Works (working title).  Beja,V. ed.

Blend, J. ‘Breathe In!’ (in press). In What’s In A Session? Who We Are and What We Bring- From Therapists around the World. Fried, K. ed.

Blend, J. and Carroll, R. ‘Witnessed, Improvised, Diaspora Journey Enactments: an experiential method for exploring refugee history’. Jewish Historical Studies, v 51, 2019

Blend, J. ‘Am I Bovvered: A Gestalt Approach to Working With Children and Adolescents’. In Relational Child Relational Brain. Harris, N. and Lee, R. eds. 2011 Gestalt Press.

Blend, J. ‘Changing Families, Changing Times’ In J of Counselling Children and Young People: British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy. Sept 2010

Blend, J. ‘I Got Rhythm: Music -Making With Children and Adolescents’. The International Gestalt Journal. Oaklander Festschrift: Felicia Carroll ed. v 32 (2) 2010

Blend, J. ‘I Stand Up Next To A Mountain: Adolescence, Anger and the Abyss.’ Seminar presentation to Friends of The British Gestalt Journal. 22^nd November 2008.