'We are made to be able to be happy in an imperfect world.'
Al Pesso
Pesso Boyden System Psychomotor Therapy
What is PBSP?
PBSP is a body-based method that assists people to meet essential needs that were unfulfilled in their past. This highly respectful approach helps you to access the hidden emotional processes and limiting patterns - based on experiences of the past - that continue to influence your present-day emotions, attitudes, expectations and decisions.
In a PBSP session, role-played 'ideal figures' provide the emotional interactions that were not experienced in real life.
These new experiences are created using words, imagery, thoughts, sound, touch and motor expression – in other words, through all the modes of expression that are used in making real memories and life histories. The memory of this positive experience created in the session starts to create a 'new map' giving you choices and enabling change.
For more information visit the PBSP UK website:
Starting with PBSP
PBSP structures can be done one-to-one with the therapist or in a group. Rather than meeting weekly, structure groups meet several times a year for a full day or weekend during which there will be three or four structures per day. Members of the group support each other by playing role figures; it is a profound experience even for those who do not have a structure.
If you have never done PBSP before you might like to join an introductory group. With my colleague, Francesca Matrella, I offer a Wellbeing and Self-discovery Group. In a small supportive group we explore the fundamentals of PBSP. Using mindfulness and creative exercises we learn to become more self-aware by listening to our bodies and start to investigate how those basic needs may or may not have been met in our own lives. If you would like to join an introductory group please contact me using the link below.
Join one of our Structure Groups
Pesso Boyden in
South Wales
How can joining a Structure Group help you?
Develop self-awareness
Explore your thoughts, emotions and behaviours in a safe space.
Support emotional and psychological wellbeing
Gain insights into how your thoughts and feelings influence each other.
Attune to your body
We are often disconnected from our body and ignore the important messages it is giving us. PBSP can help you understand and respond to your body's signals.
Find healing
Identify and, over time, heal the relational wounds that unconsciously limit the way you live your life. Structures focus on creating new memories of positive experiences in which your fundamental needs are met in exactly the right way.
Connect with a group
As human beings we need connection. PBSP groups offer a supportive community of like-minded people with whom you can share your journey of self-discovery.
Contact me to ask about a PBSP structure or to join a group:
One-to-one PBSP structures can be arranged at any time.
Structure groups are run jointly with my colleague, Francesca Matrella. They take place at intervals throughout the year. You can attend as an observer participant (you will not have a structure yourself, but you will take part by playing roles in other people's structures) or you may book a structure place, if available (structures are offered on a first-come-first-served basis). There are reduced rates for booking more than one month in advance.
Dates for 2025:
Saturday 21 June
Saturday 13 September
Saturday 1 November
Introductory groups run for six weeks and you are encouraged to attend all six sessions
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- Sessions last 1.5 to 2 hours and normally take place in the evening
- Contact me for dates and availability
