Anne Augustine

Academic Researcher in York

Dr Anne Augustine MBA (Oxon), MA, AFHEA

I am an independent process researcher, facilitator, and a psychotherapist in private practice. I hold a relational and co-creative stance, informed by feminist pragmatism, critical post humanism, post qualitative inquiry, moral philosophy, and relational gestalt theory and practice. This page foregrounds my work as a researcher and facilitator. If you want to know more about me as therapist, you can find my website here.

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Process-oriented Research

My research interests include the philosophical influences on gestalt therapy and processes of relating and be(com)ing, love and caring in practice, relational dynamics within organisational processes (such as change), ethics and aesthetics in dialogic encounters, inclusive menopause and ageing, climate emotions, belonging and difference.

Facilitating Change and Relating

I am experienced in facilitating reflexive strategy and change conversations with diverse organisational teams and leadership groups, socio-ecological community mobilisation, climate distress and grief tending, and inclusive menopause. In this work, I draw on my experiences of teaching leadership and organisational dynamics at a business school, my time as an organisational consultant and coach, as well as my own diverse career in IT, sustainability, and organisational design and development.

Ethics of Care

My doctoral research explored caring as a social ethos and relational practice; as well as disrupting scholarly norms around writing, (im)partiality, and the logic of scientific inquiry. I rekindled a love of philosophical thinking not as an abstract form but in asking questions about what it means to live a good life, a willingness to embrace theory and concepts in ‘agencement’ rather than absolutes, and commitment to the ‘so what?’ in keeping co-creation and practical relevance as a touchstone for impact.

Love in Gestalt Therapy

From 2022-24, I was one of the guest editors for the journal New Gestalt Voices. We published a special issue on the theme of “Love in Gestalt Therapy”, which can be viewed and downloaded by clicking here. ​I have a particular interest in developing new ideas and insights on gestalt therapy, foregrounding othered voices and experiences.

Qualifications

My qualifications include:

  • PhD in Social Ethics and Care – University of Strathclyde
  • Postgraduate Diploma in Relational Gestalt Psychotherapy – SCPTI/UKCP
  • Postgraduate Certificate in Research Methods – University of Strathclyde
  • Masters in Organisational and Social Dynamics – Tavistock Clinic
  • Postgraduate Certificate in Organisational Psychiatry and Psychology – Institute of Psychiatry, Psychology and Neuroscience, King’s College London.