The Group Conductor
My name is Crispin Balfour and I am an experienced Registered Psychotherapist (PBANZ) working in general practice with individuals, couples and groups. I also offer supervision and facilitation. I am an Advanced Clinical Practice Member of the New Zealand Association of Psychotherapists (NZAP), and I have been practicing as a counsellor since 1995 and as a psychotherapist since 1999.
I have a background in architecture, business, and drama. Always interested in what it means to be a human being, I explored several avenues before training in psychosynthesis counselling and psychotherapy. I then turned my attention to psychoanalysis and have trained in psychoanalytic psychotherapy with both individuals and groups.
I worked with psychosynthesis experiential teaching groups for ten years; directed theatre; explored psychodrama; lived in community; taught at university; on the way to becoming involved with group-analytic psychotherapy.
I enjoy the intensity of group process and the opportunity it offers to experience the world through another person’s eyes.
In general psychotherapy is expensive and time consuming and, in an environment where public funding for psychotherapy is limited, groups offer me an opportunity to work with people who might not otherwise be able to afford it.
I believe group psychotherapy is a serious alternative to individual work and in some instances the preferred option.
Crispin Balfour
My name is Crispin Balfour and I am an experienced Registered Psychotherapist (PBANZ) working in general practice with individuals, couples and groups. I also offer supervision and facilitation. I am an Advanced Clinical Practice Member of the New Zealand Association of Psychotherapists (NZAP), and I have been practicing as a counsellor since 1995 and as a psychotherapist since 1999.
I have a background in architecture, business, and drama. Always interested in what it means to be a human being, I explored several avenues before training in psychosynthesis counselling and psychotherapy. I then turned my attention to psychoanalysis and have trained in psychoanalytic psychotherapy with both individuals and groups.
I worked with psychosynthesis experiential teaching groups for ten years; directed theatre; explored psychodrama; lived in community; taught at university; on the way to becoming involved with group-analytic psychotherapy.
I enjoy the intensity of group process and the opportunity it offers to experience the world through another person’s eyes.
In general psychotherapy is expensive and time consuming and, in an environment where public funding for psychotherapy is limited, groups offer me an opportunity to work with people who might not otherwise be able to afford it.
I believe group psychotherapy is a serious alternative to individual work and in some instances the preferred option.
Crispin Balfour
