Digging

Poet, and psychoanalytical psychotherapist trained at the Scottish Institute of Human Relations. Publications include: Failing Light, Embers Handpress, 2010 and Of Love and Water, Malfranteux Concepts/Koo Press, 2011. Anthologies include Erotica, Ascent Aspirations, Canada (2008) and Silver, Polygon, UK (2009). His poem My Father's Hand was in Best 20 Scottish Poems of 2006, selected for the Scottish Poetry Library. He is Makar (laureate) for the Scottish Review, contributing a poem a month. The primary themes of his poems are intimate human relationships, wildlife, and politics. “Perhaps they're all one”. He has ten children. Professor Emeritus of Aberdeen University, his publications include studies in dysphasia, the ethics of psychological experimentation, bereavement, family dynamics, supervision, and concepts of choice. He is in private practice and acts as consultant to counsellors at the Camphill Rudolph Steiner Community in Aberdeen.