Tom Bonser

Tom has worked in the public sector for over 14 years, where he has provided individual and group therapies and interventions to adults. This has been to adults over 18, often presenting with difficulties, and behaviours, that have met the diagnosis for a personality disorder.

He is an Academic Supervisor for Cardiff Metropolitan University’s Post Graduate Diploma in Forensic Psychology, on the BPS Register for Applied Practice Psychology Supervisors (RAPPS), an Honorary Tutorial Fellow with the University of Sussex and a Certified Schema Therapist with the ISST.

The experiences over his career has made me a skilled practitioner, with a warm, genuine style that makes others feel at ease. He has a genuine curiosity for learning about people and their experiences, with a strong desire to provide the space for them to grow and learn about themselves, and make the changes they want. His experiences have made him a confident practitioner who is able to contain people’s distress (and anger), and provide the therapy that they seek.

BSc (Hons) Psychology, University of Southampton

MSc Forensic Psychology, University of Portsmouth

Schema Skills Training, Janis Briedis and Helen Startup

ISST Approved Certification Training Modules 1, 2 and 3, Arnie Reed

Role Taking in Compassion Focused Therapy, Kate Lucre

Dissociation and the Body, Pat Ogden

Introduction to Compassion Focused Therapy, Kerensa Hocken and Jon Taylor

Internal Family Systems Master Class: Experience IFS in Action with Complex Trauma and PTSD, Dick Schwartz

International Personality Disorder Examination (IPDE)

Weschler Adult Intelligence Scale Training (WAIS – IV)

Supervisor Training, Register of Applied Practice Psychology Supervisors