| Ann
Richardson
Woman's
Hour
BBC Radio 4 | 06.04.09
Damon Syson,
journalist and father of one, Ann
Richardson,
Psychotherapist specialising in working with adult onlies, Anastasia
De Waal,
Head of Family and Education at the think tank Civitas discuss
the pros and cons of having one child, the experience of being
an only and how the future might look as the number of one child
families increases.
Woman's
Hour
BBC Radio 4 | 30.08.06
Jenni Murray talks
to Jill Pitkeathley and Ann
Richardson about some of the challenges
faced by the adult only child.
Only
Child: A Unique Inheritance
Ann Richardson | Therapy Today
| February 2006
Counsellor Ann
Richardson describes common experiences
in growing up as an only child and core issues presented in therapy.
She quotes from research and highlights the value of peer sharing
in this BACP counselling journal article.
BeingAnOnly
As
a counsellor and psychotherapist, Ann Richardson has
specialised in working with only children and, as an only child herself,
has recognised the desire that onlies have to meet and swap notes
at all stages of life. BeingAnOnly™ is
the website dedicated to this work.
BeingAnOnly™ offers
conferences and workshops in the UK and membership is open to
onlies worldwide. The members' online community hosts a variety
of discussion boards to encourage dialogue and the chance to
meet for adult onlies and their partners, parents of only children
and counsellors.
BeingAnOnly™ is
the hub of a network of only children and affiliated professionals
internationally. It is stimulating a fresh dialogue beyond the
tired old stereotypes and creating a wider family of 'surrogate
siblings', who understand the specific needs and potential of only
children. BeingAnOnly™ has
featured since 2004 in press and media:
BBC Radio 4
Woman's Hour BBC Radio 4
Jeremy Vine Show BBC Radio 2
Vanessa Feltz Show BBC Radio London,
BBC Southern Counties Radio
BBC Radio Suffolk
LBC
The Sunday Times
The Financial Times
The Daily Mail
The Observer
The Guardian
The Sunday Express
Therapy Today
Practical Parenting
Mother and Baby Magazine
Prima and Flying Start Magazine
Ann Richardson
Services
Facilitation
Workshop facilitation.
Supervision
For
counsellors (only child or otherwise) working with only child
clients, needing one off support or ongoing supervision.
Consultancy
Having devised and faciliated workshops on the
subject of being an only child since 1997, she offers consultancy
on workshop
design and facilitation and setting
up support groups.
Media
She has written for parenting magazines, spoken
on radio and is often called on by print, radio and TV journalists
for contacts and information.
Private Counselling Practice
One to one Counselling
For the past 13 years Ann
Richardson has been
working as a UKCP registered Transpersonal Counsellor and Psychotherapist
in private practice in London, Surrey and, on an intermittent
basis, New Delhi, India.
Many life situations bring people to counselling and
therapy. She works with abuse, bereavement, cultural issues, eating
disorders, employment difficulties, health related problems, identity
problems, life/work balance, the only child experience, relationships,
sexuality and stress.
She has a BACP and UKCP accredited training in Transpersonal Counselling
and Psychotherapy, abides by the UKCP's Code of Ethics and is
in regular supervision.
For details of her counselling practice and article
on transpersonal therapy or to book a one to one session, please
visit: http://www.ann-richardson.co.uk
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