Nicholas Bayley is a trainee at The Site for Contemporary Psychoanalysis. After a degree in English in the 70s he taught English and sailing in secondary schools for over 20 years. He has published a study guide to Catch-22 and articles on the teaching of poetry. In the past sixteen years he has discovered an interest in psychoanalysis and European philosophy. Having trained as a psychodynamic counsellor and developed a private practice as counsellor and supervisor, he also now lectures in psychodynamic studies at the University of Reading.
Haya Oakley is a psychoanalyst in private practice. She is a founder member of the Site for Contemporary Psychoanalysis and the College of psychoanalysts-UK and a member of The Guild of Psychotherapists. For over seventeen years Haya was actively involved with the UKCP where she served on many committees and was the Chair of the Psychoanalytic Section. Her professional interests include philosophy and psychoanalysis, the psychoanalytic study of ‘psychosis’, comparative study of psychoanalytic theories and the politics of psychoanalytic institutions. Haya has been a guest teacher at a number of Universities and has contributed to books, TV and radio programmes.
Werner Prall PhD is a psychoanalytic therapist and supervisor in private practice in NW London. He is also a part-time Senior Lecturer in Psychoanalysis at Middlesex University, and he teaches on the DCPsych and DPsych programmes at Metanoia Institute, London. His interests include the relationship of psychoanalysis to philosophy and literature, the ethics of psychoanalysis and the place of psychoanalysis in contemporary culture. He is a member of The Guild of Psychotherapists and The College of Psychoanalysts.
Robert Weiss has an MA in Psychoanalytic Studies from Brunel University. He is training as a psychoanalyst with The Site for Contemporary Psychoanalysis.
Peter Wood trained as a psychoanalyst at the Site for Contemporary Psychoanalysis and is a member of its Council. He has a private practice and is programme leader for the counselling and psychotherapy programmes at Thames Valley University. He is a member of the Training Standards Committee for the CPJA. His doctoral work is concerned with the question of research methodology and psychoanalysis.