Harry Procter

 

	Education
	1971 BSc Honours Psychology, University of Bristol
	1978 PhD Mental Health Department, University of Bristol, Personal Construct Theory and Family: a Theoretical and Methodological Study
	1975-1977 Nottingham Area Psychological Services
	1979 BPS Diploma in Clinical Psychology
	Working Experience
	Head of Child and Adolescent Clinical Psychology Department Management of three Consultant and five Staff Grade clinical psychologists, two family therapists and one art therapist in the CAMHS service.
	1972 Nursing Assistant - Glenside Hospital, Bristol.
	1975-1977 Probationer Clinical Psychologist - Nottingham Area Psychology Service.
	1977-1979 Basic Grade Clinical Psychologist - Tone Vale Hospital, Norton Fitzwarren, Taunton.
	1979-1984 Senior Clinical Psychologist - Tone Vale Hospital, Norton Fitzwarren, Taunton.
	1984-1989 Clinical Psychology Provision, French Weir Health Centre, Taunton.
	1984-1998 Manager of West Locality Clinical Psychology Department.
	1987-1995 Top Grade Clinical Psychologist - Tone Vale Hospital, Norton Fitzwarren, Taunton.
	1993 Change from Adult Mental Health to Child and Adolescent Speciality.
	1995-2004 Consultant Clinical Psychologist - Somerset Partnership NHS Trust.
	1995-2004 Manager of Child and Adolescent Clinical Psychology Department.
	Professional Interests
	Brief Therapy
	Personal Construct Theory and Repertory Grids
	Running Day Hospitals, Group Dynamics, Couples Groups
	Family Dynamics, Family Construct Psychology
	Treatment of Phobia; Dealing with Resistance
	The Interactional View, Language in Psychotherapy
	Therapeutic Approaches to Schizophrenia
	Pain Control in Obstetrics for Midwives
	Hypnotherapy, Alcohol and the Family; Approaches to Supervision
	Child Protection. Adult Mental Health and Children
	Working with Children in Family Therapy
	Gender and Family Construct Psychology
	Supervision in different forms
	Associations’ Membership
	Member of the CAMHS Management Group
	Member of Child and Family Therapeutic Services team (CAFTS), Petrel House, Bridgwater.
	Member of the Child and Adolescent Learning Disabilities and Autism Team (CALDAT)
	Member of the Family Therapy and Systemic Practice Diploma/MSc Course Team, School for Policy Studies, University of Bristol
	Chartered Psychologist (British Psychological Society) 1990 – current Bristol
	Registered Psychotherapist with the UKCP from August 1994 – registered in the category Personal Construct Psychotherapist and Systemic Psychotherapist
	Registered Systemic Family Therapy Supervisor (Association for Family Therapy) from 2000.
	Publications

	Procter, H.G. (1971) An attempt to unify personal construct theory with a constructive theory of imagery. Unpublished final year project, Department of Psychology, University of Bristol.
	Procter, H. G. and Russell-Davis, D. (1973) Aircraft Noise and Mental Health: A Review. Unpublished Document, Department of Mental Health, University of Bristol.
	Procter, H.G. (1976) Intelligence. Unpublished manuscript, seminar given to the Nottingham Area Psychological Service, September 1976.
	Procter, H.G. (1978) Personal Construct Theory and the Family: A Theoretical and Methodological Study. Unpublished PhD thesis, University of Bristol.
	Procter, H.G. & Parry, G. (1978) Constraint and Freedom: The Social Origin of Personal Constructs. In Fransella, F. (ed) Personal Construct Psychology 1977, Academic Press, London.
	Walker, G. & Procter, H.G. (1980) Brief Therapeutic Approaches: Their Value in Contemporary Day Care. In New Directions for Psychiatric Day Services, NAMH, London.
	Procter, H.G. & Pottle, S. (1980) Experiences and Guidelines in running an open couples psychotherapy group. Journal of Family Therapy, 2; 233-242.
	Procter, H.G. (1981) Family Construct Psychology: An Approach to Understanding and Treating Families. In Walrond-Skinner, S. (ed) Developments in Family Therapy. Routledge and Kegan Paul, London.
	Procter, H.G. & Stephens, P.K.E. (1981) Developing Family Therapy in the Day Hospital. In Treacher, A. and Carpenter, J. (eds) Using Family Therapy, Blackwell, Oxford.
	Dallos, R. & Procter, H.G. (1984) Family Processes: An Interactional View. D307 Social Psychology Course, Open University, Milton Keynes.
	Dallos, R. & Procter, H.G. (1984) Family Observation Project. D307 Open University Press, Milton Keynes.
	Procter, H.G. (1985a) A Construct Approach to Family Therapy and Systems Intervention. In Button, E. (ed) Personal Construct Theory and Mental Health, Croom Helm, Beckenham, Kent.
	Procter, H.G. (1985b) Repertory Grid Techniques in Family Therapy and Research. In Beail, N. (ed) Repertory Grid Technique: Application in Clinical and Educational Settings, Croom Helm, Beckenham, Kent.
	Procter, H.G. & Brennan, J. (1985) Kelly and Erickson: Toward a Personal Construct Hypnotherapy. Paper presented to the Sixth International Congress on PCP. Churchill College, Cambridge, UK.
	Procter, H.G. (1987) Change in the Family Construct System: Therapy of a Mute and Withdrawn Schizophrenic Patient. In Neimeyer, R. and Neimeyer, G. (eds) Personal Construct Therapy Casebook. Springer Publications, New York.
	Procter, H.G. (1989) Aspects of hypnosis and personal construct theory. Paper presented to the Eighth International Congress on Personal Construct Psychology, Assisi, Italy, 1989.
	Procter, H.G. & Walker, G. (1989) Brief Therapy. In Street, E. & Dryden, W. (eds) Family Therapy in Britain. Open University Press, Milton Keynes.
	Procter, H.G. (1989) Cambio en el sistema de constructos familiares: terapia con un paciente esquizophrenico mudo y retraido. In Neimeyer, R. & Neimeyer, G. Casos de terapia de constructos peronales. Desclee de Brouwer, Bilbao. (Translation of Procter, 1987).
	Procter, H.G. (1990) The construct approach to family therapy. Lecture delivered to BPS Division of Clinical Psychology, University of Exeter, March 1991.
	Procter, H.G. (1991) Psicologia de los constructos personales. Revista de Psicoterapia, 2 No 6-7, 73-90 (Translation of Procter, 1981).
	Procter, H.G. & Pieczora, R. (1992) A Family Oriented Community Mental Health Centre. In Treacher, A. & Carpenter, J. (eds) Using Family Therapy in the 90's. Blackwell, Oxford.
	Feixas, G., Procter, H.G., & Neimeyer, G. (1992) Convergent lines of assessment: Systemic and Constructivist contributions. In Neimeyer, G. (ed) Casebook of Constructivist Assessment. Sage Publications, New York.
	Procter, H.G. (1993) Die Untersuchung von Familien. In Scheer, J.W. & Catina, A. Einführung in die Repertory Grid-Technik: Band 2 Klinische Forschung und Praxis. Verlag Hans Huber, Bern.
	Procter, H.G. (1995) El sistema de constructos familiares Revista Argentina de Clinica Psicológia, IV, 149-166 (Translation of Procter, H.G., 1996).
	Procter, H.G. (1996) The Family Construct System. In Kalekin-Fishman, D. & Walker, B. (eds) The Structure of Group Realities: Culture and Society in the Light of Personal Construct Theory. Krieger, Florida.
	Feixas, G., Procter, H.G. & Neimeyer, G. (1996) Líneas convergentes de evaluación: contribuciones sistémicas y constructivistas. In Neimeyer, G. Evaluación Constructivistas. Paidós, Barcelona. (Translation of Feixas et al, 1992).
	Procter, H.G. (2000) Family Therapy and Autism: A personal construct approach. In Powell, S. (ed) Helping children with autism to learn. David Fulton: London.
	Procter, H.G. (2001) Personal Construct Psychology and Autism. Journal of Constructivist Psychology, 14, 105 – 124.
	Procter, H. G. (Editor, 2002) Escritos esenciales de Milton H. Erickson, Vols 1 & 2 (Edited Papers of Milton H. Erickson translated into Spanish) Paidos, Barcelona.
	Procter, H. G. (2003) Family Therapy. In Fransella, F. (ed.) International Handbook of Personal Construct Psychology, Sage, London.
	Procter, H. G. (2002) Constructs of Individuals and Relationships. Context, 59, 11 – 12.
	Procter, H.G. (2003) Foreword to S. Harvey Sheila’s Book: A Shared Journey Through ‘Madness’. Somerset Virtual College NHS Publications, Taunton.
	Procter, H. G. (2005) Techniques of Personal Construct Family Therapy. In Winter, D. and Viney, L. Personal Construct Psychology: Advances in Theory, Practice and Research. Wiley, London.
	Procter, H. G. (2005) Family Therapy. In Fransella, F. (ed.) Essential Pracitioners’ Handbook of Personal Construct Psychology, Sage, London.
	Procter, H. G. and Dallos, R. (2006) Making me angry: the constructions of anger. In Cummins, P. Working with anger: a constructivist approach. EPCA publications.
	Procter, H. G. (in press) Working with children in the context of the family. Chapter in, Butler, R. and Green, D. The Child Within: The exploration of Personal Construct Theory with Young People (2nd Edition) Butterworth-Heinemann, Oxford.
	Procter, H. G. and Procter, M.J. (in press) The Construct of Good and Evil and its development in the Eden family – with thanks to Lord Byron and his play “ Cain a mystery” Journal of Contructivist Psychology.
	Procter, H. G. (2007) Construing within the family. Chapter in, Butler, R. and Green, D. The Child Within: Taking the young person’s perspective by applying Personal Construct Theory (2nd Edition)pp 190 – 206. Chichester: Wiley
	Procter, H. G. and Procter, M.J. (2008) The Use of Qualitative Grids to examine the development of the construct of Good and Evil in Byron’s play “Cain: a Mystery” Journal of Constructivist Psychology 21, 343 – 354.
	Procter, H. G. (2009) The Construct. In Butler, R. J. (ed.) Reflections in Personal Construct Theory. Chichester: Wiley-Blackwell.
	Procter, H. G. (2009) Reflexivity and Reflective Practice in Personal and Relational Construct Psychology. In Stedmon, J. and Dallos, R. (Eds.) Reflective Practice in Psychotherapy and Counselling. Open University Press, Milton Keynes.
	Stojnov, D. and Procter, H. G. (in press) Spying on the self: Reflective Elaborations in Personal and Relational Construct Psychology.
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