Jan Resnick

Jan Resnick, PhD, is an internationally respected psychotherapist, couples counsellor, clinical supervisor and author whose work has spanned four decades, three continents, and has helped hundreds of people connect to what matters most: each other.

From dwelling in new cultures across three different continents, to embracing life in Australia, Jan Resnick is passionate about mental health and personal development.

Born in New York, Jan Resnick moved with his family from London after 17 years of training, practising and living in Europe. He completed two psychotherapy trainings there; one with the Guild of Psychotherapists and one with the Philadelphia Association. Much of that time was spent working with such notable figures in the field as R.D. Laing, John Heaton, Rosemary Gordon, and Christopher Bollas. Jan founded and ran two mental health and education charities in England; one in Oxford and one in London. In Perth, he founded a children’s charity called Australia Dreaming and a further charity called The Churchill Clinic (Inc.) which offered nationally accredited, recognized professional trainings for 18 years until 2008.

Jan was the Founding President of the Psychotherapists and Counsellors’ Association of Western Australia; Founding Director of The Churchill Clinic, long-standing member of the Editorial Advisory Panel for the national journal Psychotherapy in Australia, Advisory Board member of Blue Knot Foundation (formerly ASCA - Adult Survivors of Child Abuse) and an accredited supervisor for psychotherapy by the Royal Australia/New Zealand College of Psychiatrists.

In 2016, after 100 published articles and papers, Jan's first book was published ‘How Two Love: Making Your Relationship Work and Last’, based on his work as a couples counsellor and marital therapist. The book has been successful in helping many couples improve their relationships and is widely acclaimed by readers.

In 2022, Phoenix Publishing House (Oxford) will release Jan's second book called 'Meaning-Fullness, Developmental Psychotherapy and the Pursuit of Mental Health' (with a foreword by Nancy McWilliams). It has been described as "a masterpiece using theory, discussion and case studies to show what is central to therapeutic practice." It is a critique of mainstream psychology and psychiatry and aims to elcidate how psychotherapy can best promote mental health. The book brings further development to Winnicott's theory of creativity as elaborated in his last published work Playing and Reality.

Jan lives in Perth, Western Australia, with his wife Cath. They have 6 children and 3 grandchildren. He is based in the Claremont Medical Centre and has practiced psychotherapy for over 46 years. And he has commenced writing his third book called The Psychoanalysis of Money, Telling Stories - watch this space!