Bernd Leygraf
Bernd is a Consultant Psychotherapist, with several decades of clinical, teaching and supervisory experience. His initial training as a psychosexual and relationship therapist took place in Germany - he expanded this through further training in the UK (Judi Keshet-Orr Associates, Gestalt Centre, Metanoia, Gaie Houston, Tavistock Institute, in the US (Gestalt Centre Cleveland, primarily with Joseph Zinker) and further afield in Hungary, Israel and Sri Lanka.
He co-founded a number of organisations (London Men's Forum, UK Standing Conference on Sexual Abuse of Men, the Centre for Personal and Professional Development, the Whittington Hospital Psychotherapy Clinic, the Hungarian Gestalt Association) He co-authored with Judi Keshet-Orr the first MSc in Humanistic Psychotherapy and Psychosexual & Relationship Psychotherapy courses and both co-authored and authored and led several masters programmes in the UK, primarily South Bank University, Middlesex University, Westminster and University Surrey. Currently he teaches internationally, is external examiner to several UK universities (Plymouth and Sheffield Hallam). Bernd maintains a busy private practice in London. Since its conception Bernd has been senior lecturer on The London Diploma in Psychosexual and Relationship Counselling and also holds the position of pastoral tutor for this course.
