DIPLOMA COURSE IN BIOGRAPHICAL COUNSELLING
Overview | Course Structure | Tutors | Dates and Costs | Application


Ileana Botero,
Dip. Biographical Counselling, Dip. Integrative Psychosynthesis Psychotherapy, UKCP accredited Psychotherapist, MBACP. She is a Biographical Counsellor and trainer. Ileana co-carried the Diploma Course in Biographical Counselling with Margli Matthews for several years. She has worked in social therapy in a community for people with learning disabilities for over 20 years.




Cristina D’Agostino,
PG Dip. Couns. , Dip.Biographical Counselling, Dip. Biography Work, CAHSC registered, MBACP. She is a Biographical Counsellor at Blackthorn Medical Centre and in private practice in Sussex and London. Initially trained as a Waldorf teacher, Cristina teaches in the Biography Work Training in Brazil and runs Biography Workshops. She translated the book ‘Biographical Work: The Anthroposophical Basis’, by Gudrun Burkhard.




Susanna Odlin
Dip.Biographical Counselling, CAHSC registered, MBACP, Cert. Oasis Group Facilitation. She is a Biographical Counsellor at Blackthorn Medical Centre in Maidstone and in private practice. She has been a facilitator on the Diploma Course in Biographical Counselling and runs Biography Workshops. Susanna has a background in Waldorf Kindergarten Pedagogy and has worked within Camphill and as an independent advocate for vulnerable adults for many years.



Training Consultant and Course Contributor

Margli Matthews,
PG Dip. Couns, Dip. Biographical Counselling, Cert. Supervision, MBACP (accred), UKRCP, CAHSC registered. She is a biographical counsellor, trainer and supervisor with over 30 years experience in adult education and private practice. A former faculty member of Emerson College and the Centre for Social Development, Margli has directed and designed the training in biographical counselling for the last 19 years. Initially, she co-directed the training with Anita Charton. In 1997 Margli and Anita co-founded the Biography and Social Development Trust. Margli practices as a biographical counsellor in Sussex and London and offers training courses and workshops in many countries throughout the world. She is a contributor to the book Lifeways and co-author of Ariadne’s Awakening, a book concerned with a new consciousness of the feminine and masculine principles in our lives.

Guest Contributors and External Moderator
Throughout the training, many counsellors, medical doctors, consultants and artists contribute out of their professional experience. In line with BACP requirements, the course also benefits from an external moderator.