About Caroline Chalk MSTAT. UKCP REG.

I am a teacher of the Alexander Technique, Head of Training at the Bristol Alexander Technique Training School, and am an accredited counsellor and therapist.

My fascination with how human beings can change and positively affect the quality of their lives started when I began having Alexander lessons at the age of 11. I had Alexander lessons throughout my teens, going on to train as a teacher when I was 18 and then in my early twenties training as a counsellor.

I attended my Alexander teacher training at Dartington College of Arts, Devon qualifying in the early 1980s. I am a member of the Society of Teachers of the Alexander Technique (STAT) , the main organising body for maintaining standards of Alexander teaching in Britain. I have taught the Technique in this country & abroad. As well as teaching individuals the Alexander Technique I also teach the Technique to groups at the Bristol Alexander Technique Training School Association (BATTSA), in music, drama & sports colleges, universities and in the business sector. I have a special interest in applying the Alexander Technique to horse riding and I have devised a course, 'Riding Inside Out', which I have been running since 1998. Applying the Technique to riding greatly improves peoples balance, flexibility, confidence and their performance.

After teaching the Technique for two years I went on to train for 4 years as a therapist at the Psychosynthesis & Education Trust, London, qualifying in 1990.

I have a private practice where I work with individuals, couples and groups. I have counselled students at the Royal College of Art, worked as a therapist with 'Youth at Risk UK' an organisation rehabilitating young offenders. I am a member of the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy (UKCP).

The outside of BATTSA

I am Head of Training at The Bristol Alexander Technique Training School. We run a 3 year STAT approved training course for people who wish to train as teachers of the Alexander Technique. We welcome visitors and people thinking of training to be teachers. Anyone who would like to have more experience of learning and putting the Alexander Technique into practice in their daily lives is also welcome. Please visit www.battsa.co.uk for further information.

I abide by the professional Code of Ethics for STAT and the UKCP and hold professional indemnity insurance. I am in regular supervision with a registered supervisor who oversees all of my work. Because on occasion I teach the Alexander Technique to children and work therapeutically with teenagers I have the required legal police check regularly maintained.

I teach the Alexander Technique and provide counselling as two separate skills. My knowledge of both approaches positively influences the way I work. The relationship between the wellbeing of the mind and body is now a well known fact. Both Alexander Technique and Counselling, although approaching change and development from slightly different angles are both powerful and effective means to over coming the many challenges and difficulties which we are faced with in our daily lives.