Jonathan Livingstone

Jonathan Livingstone MSc MA PGCE was born in Kenya to missionary parents and spent much of his childhood in the Bahamas. His interest in psychology began at age 11 when he began hypnotizing his school friends. Formerly an English teacher, he is a therapist and coach, trainer and writer, living in the West Midlands, England.

He returned to the UK in 2016 after five years in South Africa, where he collaborated with a township filmmaker; worked at a rehab; volunteered at an academy in Cape Town helping young people from townships of the Western Cape; and was student adviser at a progressive school.

Following the Asian tsunami, in January and May 2005 he visited affected areas in Tamil Nadu, accompanied by his local friends and colleagues, providing therapeutic help to villagers and some training to volunteers.

He has two grown-up sons (whom he raised as a sole parent) and two young daughters. He has a special interest in race and diversity and is co-author of 'Racism and the limits of radical feminism', in Louis A Castenell, Jr and William F Pinar eds, Understanding Curriculum as Racial Text.

His second book, Relearning Experience: To Resolve Emotional Problems, was published 18 June 2019 (www.relearning.co.uk). It propounds a theory, rigorous and original, explaining the genesis, development and manifestation of therapeutic problems, and a highly effective and brief method to identify their origins and achieve permanent resolution. EPUB edition is available from 12 April 2021.

More information at www.therapycoaching.co.