I trained to be an Educational Psychotherapist a few years ago with the Caspari Foundation in London, but didn't think much at the time about the 'Caspari' bit!
Over the years I became more curious about Irene Caspari, the incredible woman behind Educational Psychotherapy, and when I read Lynsey Daniels paper on her, in the Caspari Journal, I wanted to know more...
Lynsey and I also talk about where 'EPT' has taken some of our colleagues and how the Advanced Diploma in Educational Psychotherapy has evolved - still with psychoanalytic theory at its core, but now with powerful sprinklings of neuroscience.
Some people and books we mention:
Irene Caspari (1976) Trouble Children in Class; The Collected Papers ((posthumously published in 1984, now out-of-print, but we hope to change this!)
Friedrich Fröbel - the German educator who invented Kindergarten, and whose training Irene Caspari completed in London
Bettini Davou & Fotini Xenakis (1998) Feeling, Communicating and Thinking
We also mention our staple theorists: Sigmund Freud, Anna Freud, John Bowlby, Melanie Klein.
And fellow Educational Psychotherapists who have gone before us: Gerda Hanko, Muriel Barratt, Helen High, Mark Griffiths.
EPIC stands for Educational Psychotherapy in the Community
The Caspari Foundation previously known as FAETT - the Foundation for the Advancement of Educational Psychotherapy and Therapeutic Teaching
There's more about Irene Caspari on the Caspari Foundation website
For feedback or to get in touch with me: @miniEDresearch on Twitter or email ed@edtherapy.co.uk
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