Jim Davis BA(Oxon), MSc, Relate Cert Couns, CTA, TSTA.  

Jim is a qualified UKCP Registered Psychotherapist and a European Association of Transactional Analysis qualified supervisor and trainer. He has practised as a psychotherapist for over 20 years, with individuals, couples and groups, and has trained in gestalt, person-centred, bodywork and couples therapy (qualified with Relate Marriage Guidance) as well as in Transactional Analysis.

He has trained counsellors and psychotherapists for over 20 years, and has a proven track record of high quality training and the preparation of trainees for successful qualification. His style of training encompasses a deep knowledge of theory and practice, clear structure, warmth, interactive learner-centred teaching, and fun.

He is a visiting trainer with other training programmes and an active member of the UK Association for Transactional Analysis (UKATA), in UK and Europe. He is a former Chair of the Trainers Section of the UK Association of Transactional Analysis.

Prior to becoming a psychotherapist Jim had wide and varied experience, including working:

• as a Senior Executive Officer for the Commission for Racial Equality, promoting equal opportunities for ethnic minority groups in employment
  
  
• as a Senior Research Fellow at Manchester University undertaking research projects in industrial sociology and author of articles and a book on industrial relations
  
  
• with young offenders in a NACRO residential setting supporting them back into working life
  
  
• in market research, including 18 months living and working in India