UKAGP Conference: Our Lead Contributors
Matt James has been in private practice since 2019, following a background in social care and education. In 2021, he co-founded The Listening Collective—a group of Gestalt-informed coaches supporting personal and cultural change in organisations, through relational practice. For the past two years, he has also worked as a therapist with people on probation in Scarborough, Hull, and Bradford, as part of a Ministry of Justice initiative.
Matt recently carried out research into lived experiences of studying psychotherapy while neurodiverse. He’s exploring what helps people build trust in therapy, particularly when shame or power dynamics have shaped how they relate.
Ayhan Alman (he/they) is an openly Autistic Gestalt Psychotherapist and independent researcher with an online practice specifically for neurodivergent adults. He facilitates monthly meetups for Autistic adults at Thriving Autistic. In his spare time, he explores creative writing. The UKAGP Editorial Team published his first story titled “The Yellow House,” which gave him the confidence to continue writing, even with dyslexia.
Cam Field is a Somatic Gestalt Psychotherapist and Supervisor based in Birmingham, she's also AuDHD (Autistic with ADHD). She works in private practice, specialising in trauma work and neurodivergence. She's also particularly interested in the use of photography in therapy, and power, oppression and ethics. She's worked in the field since the early 2000s, in various roles and organisations alongside her own practice, including a charity for homeless young people, Universities and the NHS.
