Q was named Quentin Francis St.Clair-Burton and has spent a long time struggling with what parts of his name to use. Q is a lot easier to spell. The part of his name that was Quentin St.Clair spent a lot of time struggling in the IT industry trying to live up to someone else’s life and dream. It was financially quite well rewarded and a lot of the time it was wasn’t very lovely even when the people he met and shared his life with were. It did enable him to do a lot of lovely things though.

That part that learnt how to run projects and a business now runs Project Lovely and a small musical projects company called Jumping Joint in Bristol. It also helps him in his work as a council member and trustee of the Institute of Transactional Analysis. The part that was a successful manager now is a counsellor and therapist working in private practice and for two Bristol based charities; The National Association for the Children of Alcoholics which runs a helpline for families and children affected by alcohol, and Help! which provides low cost counselling and therapy for children and young adults up to the age of 25.

The creative part that was Q(uentin) (sometimes John), Burton spent a lot of time being sad, depressed and unfulfilled. It now runs a recording studio and organises promotions, mostly for singer / songwriters. It composes and performs its own songs again after a long break. As well it provides the musical input to Project Lovely and co-ordinates other musical projects such as “Songs of Katrina”, which focuses on the environmental impact of natural or possibly unnatural disasters such as Hurricane Katrina and in particular their affect on ordinary people, especially musicians and the poor (often the same people!). It spends a lot less time being sad, depressed and unfulfilled now. Much of the reason for this is the fantastic and inspirational people he has met through Project Lovely, his counselling and therapy training and the musicians of Bristol.

I have the following qualifications and training experience and am currently studying for my PGCD, MSc and Certified Transactional Analyst qualifications (due 2011/2012).

Diploma in Counselling, The Berne Institute, Sep 2008 to May 2010
Certificate In Counselling Skills - University of West of England Sep 2007 to May 2008
TA 101 Foundation - The Berne Institute Oct 2007 to July 2008 – Passed.
Certificate in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Oct 08 to March 2009 The Berne Institute.
An introduction to CBT designed for practitioners and trainees in counselling and psychotherapy who wish to integrate theory and methodology of Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy into their existing resources.
National Association for the Children Of Alcoholucs Induction (NACOA Bristol) Sep - Nov 2007

Additional Courses and Workshops:
• TA Approaches to Brief Therapy November 2007
• Care and love in the therapeutic relationship (NACOA) March 2008
• Celebrating the Vitality of Relationships March 2008
• How Do You Know You Are In Attachment March 2008
• Towards a Healthy Relationship In Food March 2008
• Physis and Gnosis – The Essence of Vitality in Relationships March 2008
• We Are What We Wear March 2008
• All Take and No Give March 2008
• Redecision Therapy Workshop April 2008
• Process Group Therapy Training Marathon June 2008
• Healing History with TA and Family Constellations October 2008
• Working With Borderline Personality Disorder December 2008
• Redecision Therapy Workshop April 2009
• Everything You Wanted To Know About Relational TA June 2009

• Process Communication Model Coaching, March and Aprl 2010

Contact Details

Telephone 07539 783614

Email : info@thechangingman.co.uk