GEOFF MILES

Geoff began training as a teacher in 1969 and took part in a "school refusers" project in the East End of London. This identified a strong desire to work with disadvantaged youngsters in the community rather than a general mix in the formalized classroom situation.  However, he began by working in a Hospital School for children with epilepsy. This is where his studies began and has continued ever since.

For three years he worked as a Residential Child Care Officer in units for disturbed adolescents and as a Deputy in a community home before training for three years, full-time, at Southampton University. In 1977, he qualified as a Social Worker and took up a post of Probation Officer. Having had six years of experience working with children, he now broadened his area of expertise by working with offenders of all ages, and families going through acrimonious divorce.

His further studies as a Psychotherapist covered Humanistic, Existential, Psychoanalytic, Behavioural, Cognitive, Eclectic and Integrative Theory and Procedure. This reflected his earlier work, especially in crisis intervention, where a quick response was often needed and a comprehensive "tool kit" of skills enabled him to more easily meet his clients’ needs. Geoff went on to complete a Diploma in Hypnotherapy.

By 1990, Geoff had accumulated a store of knowledge about human behavior, personality and the psyche, through studies but mainly experientially. He has worked with dysfunctional families, disadvantaged, disaffected and abused children, and offenders of all types.

In 1991, he began working as a Counsellor alongside his full-time job as a Social Worker but this had to be kept on hold between 1994 and 1996 when he joined a Child Protection Investigation Team.  This involved investigating charges of child abuse and interviewing the victims and the perpetrators who were often family members.  At this time, he was also involved in child protection studies at Leicester University.  

In 1996 he decided that his work could fully evolve if he started his own private practice and this was the beginning of what is now The Wellbeing Clinic in Marlborough which he set up with Jill Sudbury. He also began Kaya Drums which is now run full time by his son, Alex.

Now Geoff runs See For Miles Ltd with Helen Payne-Kumar which incorporates Geoff's private practice as a Psychotherapist focusing on one to one therapy, workshops and a comprehensive corporate offering supporting businesses and their employees in these ever changing times. 

In a recent quote Geoff comments on his work into past life regression:

 

“In my work as a Psychotherapist I used regression techniques to help clients overcome issues they were facing in the present. I realised that often subjects were remembering events and places much further back than their childhood, which they couldn’t possibly have experienced. Often, further investigation into what they described corroborated what they were saying. This prompted me to find out more about and study into past life regression and I trained with Dr Keith Hearne who is a leader in the field. I found that this area was a natural extension to my existing work.”                                            Andrea Jerome, MTC Nov Issue  

 

Other areas of expertise and interest include teaching African Drumming, runnning workshops, groups and lectures at Bath University, Wiltshire Colleges and other venues.

Geoff is founder and chair of trustees of the Charity Afrikaya which is dedicated to building a school in The Gambia for underpriviledged children.