Filomena Ianni
I am originally from Italy and have lived and worked in UK since I moved in 1994, from an upbringing in Southern landscapes, various diversions to original plans, a first degree in Philosophy and pursuing my dream to become a psychotherapist. My initial training was in Humanistic Integrated Counselling and I am currently a Chartered Counselling Psychologist with the British Psychological Society (BPS).
I am also trained in Clinical Supervision and more recently in Embodied Relational Therapy (ERT). I have worked in Mental Health and Primary Care since 1996, in independent practice since 1997 and for a short time in Smoking Cessation Services (particularly with young people). I have experience of tutoring on Counselling Training and have worked for a University Student Counselling Service.
My interest and experiences in dance, Hatha Yoga, holistic and body centred approaches to health and personal growth and in music are reflected both in my life and in my work. These have shown me the importance of involving all of our body in learning, developing and healing and also the therapeutic and formative role of arts and creative expression. I, therefore, am open to the many creative, embodied ways in which we express, know ourselves and grow.
I have a passion for accompanying others in their search for themselves and their path. I believe in our self-healing capabillities and in offering the space to contact those abilities and to operate change at whatever level possible.
I now live in Calderdale, West Yorkshire, UK, where my practice, Full Circle, is based and indulge in my love of walks, music, good food and good friends. I have recently ventured on an exciting alliance with the Unbridled Potential project, which has added an extraordinary dimension to my work and life.
The idea of ‘flow’ has truly been a guiding flicker throughout my life, in different forms and under different names, and I have always found myself drawn to schools of thought, philosophical figures and experiences informed by this concept in both my personal and professional life.
Flow is both my starting point and what I aspire to, in my growth, my learning, my beliefs and my way of being.
A word of THANK YOU to Georgia Davey from Taurus Graphics and to my dearest friend Steve Nash from Self-Help Collective, for giving form to my idea (unasked by me) and for indulging my resistance to cyber-technology. Georgia has a unique intuitive ability to match her design to the spirit of a project, with taste and precision. Steve is simply ‘relentless’ in his support and encouragement, both through his fantastic fluency in the language and technology of the Internet Universe and through regular deliveries of chocolate bars! I am a blog convert now – my own way – and it’s all their fault!
