About Me
Experience & Qualifications
My life, journey and therapeutic approach
Many people who present with issues in later life seem to have one thing in common – an attachment issue with one or both parents. This can involve neglect, abuse or absence. And it makes people more vulnerable throughout their lifespan without necessarily having the tools to manage crises, relationship difficulties, serious incidents etc. If you identify with this you may be more prone to illness, anxiety, stress and depression because your nervous system is constantly being triggered by external factors. This is certainly something which is manageable.
Within the work that I deliver, the quality of the relationship is one of the most important factors in helping people to find their internal sense of agency and resilience. In particular I find our early attachment can contribute to our ability to process pain, grief and loss. I work with a combination of understanding the impact of ancestral healing, ritual and integrative therapy.
William Fley
MBACP, Certified Mindfulness Teacher
Many people who present with issues in later life seem to have one thing in common – an attachment issue with one or both parents. This can involve neglect, I am qualified as an integrative psychotherapist and as a certified mindfulness teacher. My primary counselling models are psychodynamic, humanistic, mindfulness, and cognitive. With the use of trauma-sensitive mindfulness interventions, you will learn easy and manageable methods to regain confidence, become more aware of habitual tendencies, and gain self-autonomy and choice in directing your life and your wellbeing.
I work with couples, families and individuals who are in life-transitions, grief and crisis. And find this work very rewarding.
I empower people to find their own solutions to their personal situations and challenges on their journey through life; and to undergo positive life transformations. I support them through difficult stages in their lives such as divorce and separation, loss and bereavement, midlife crises, identity and belonging, and early childhood trauma. I have 20+ years of experience, including within the NHS, higher education, employment assistance programmes and the Life Centre (serious incident crisis) etc. I am the founder and director of a global mindfulness brand, mentor, retreat leader and event co-ordinator and about to publish my first book on ‘absent fathers’.or absence. And it makes people more vulnerable throughout their lifespan without necessarily having the tools to manage crises, relationship difficulties, serious incidents etc. If you identify with this you may be more prone to illness, anxiety, stress and depression because your nervous system is constantly being triggered by external factors. This is certainly something which is manageable.
Within the work that I deliver, the quality of the relationship is one of the most important factors in helping people to find their internal sense of agency and resilience. In particular I find our early attachment can contribute to our ability to process pain, grief and loss. I work with a combination of understanding the impact of ancestral healing, ritual and integrative therapy.
Quotes from firefighters:
“I didn’t have time to grieve at the time my mother died, and have kept myself very busy. Now, 20 years later, I’m feeling her loss as if it had just happened”
“I spent my life looking after other people and didn’t realize I felt so numb and was emotionally unavailable”
I truly love my job – my role in meeting new people and also sharing how I train and develop my skills.
I regularly take time off for my own reflection, silence and retreat time. I train with some of the world’s best mentors and teachers. I am an international speaker and soon-to-be author, and founder and director of the ‘Mindfulness Network for People of Colour’.
I also collaborate with network partners, mentor trainee mindfulness students and support many charitable causes. I see the the cycle of giving and receiving as part of my training, life approach, values and healing. Below is a list of key elements of my professional development.
Qualifications & accreditations:
MA Birkbeck College. University of London. A distinction in psycho-social approach to understanding policy in relation to mental health.
BA (Hons) in Psychology. Richmond American International University, London.
Post Graduate Certificate in Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy, Regent’s College, London.
Post Graduate Diploma in Integrative Counselling and Psychotherapy, University of Surrey.
Two-year mindfulness teacher training course with Tara Brach and Jack Kornfield.
Teacher certification in mindfulness and somatic processing with ‘Breathworks Mindfulness’ and Vidmalaya Burch.
Ancestral Lineage Healing Training with Dr Daniel Foor
Training with David Treleven on trauma-sensitive mindfulness.
one-year certificate on working with racial affinity groups with Ruth King.
Understanding internalized oppression Beth Berila
Woking with internalized racism With Dr Aesha Mckensay
Two-year African-centred model and approach in healing trauma, with Dr Erica McGuinness.
Three-year course from ‘Rigpa’ in Buddhist psychology and working with Vipassana.
Training in the forgiveness model with Dr Enright
Transactional analysis and working with couples- Winchester college
“A course of a life time” – understanding attachment and the implications for healing trans-generational trauma.
Extra reading and research :
Ancestral Medicine: Rituals for Personal and Family Healing by Daniel Foor
The Burden of Heritage: Hauntings of Generational Trauma on Black Lives by Aileen Alleyne
Transitioning to Internal Family Systems Therapy: A Companion for Therapists and Practitioners by Emma E. Redfern
The Absent Father: One Explanation of Behavioral Problems Among African American Males The Absent Father: One Explanation of Behavioral Problems Among African American Males by Golsbie Ross
Presentations & Conferences :
Empowerment retreat : Mindfulness network for people of colour
Denmark International conference on mindfulness
Manchester Mindfulness
Buddhafiled year event, Uk
Within the work that I deliver, the quality of the relationship is one of the most important factors in helping people to find their internal sense of agency and resilience. In particular I find our early attachment can contribute to our ability to process pain, grief and loss. I work with a combination of understanding the impact of ancestral healing, ritual and integrative therapy.
I work with couples, families and individuals who are in life-transitions, grief and crisis. And find this work very rewarding.
I empower people to find their own solutions to their personal situations and challenges on their journey through life; and to undergo positive life transformations. I support them through difficult stages in their lives such as divorce and separation, loss and bereavement, midlife crises, identity and belonging, and early childhood trauma. I have 20+ years of experience, including within the NHS, higher education, employment assistance programmes and the Life Centre (serious incident crisis) etc. I am the founder and director of a global mindfulness brand, mentor, retreat leader and event co-ordinator and about to publish my first book on ‘absent fathers’.or absence. And it makes people more vulnerable throughout their lifespan without necessarily having the tools to manage crises, relationship difficulties, serious incidents etc. If you identify with this you may be more prone to illness, anxiety, stress and depression because your nervous system is constantly being triggered by external factors. This is certainly something which is manageable.
Within the work that I deliver, the quality of the relationship is one of the most important factors in helping people to find their internal sense of agency and resilience. In particular I find our early attachment can contribute to our ability to process pain, grief and loss. I work with a combination of understanding the impact of ancestral healing, ritual and integrative therapy.