GC Rayner

With over 27 years experience in Nursing, Counselling and Psychotherapy I have chosen to work with people who have complex interpersonal issues, especially self-injury. I have worked in many mental health settings ranging from Forensic MH to Liaison Psychiatry providing psychotherapy and counselling for clients individually or in groups. My interest in self-harm brought me to teach at Salford where I have worked with colleagues to design and provide courses in working with people who self-harm or have a diagnosis of Personality Disorder.  I have also designed, managed and facilitated an hons degree and masters programme in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. I currently am accredited with the British Association of Behavioural and Cogntive Psychotherapy as a Psychotherapist, Supervisor and Trainer. My PhD research was Interpersonal processes and self-injury. I used Bricolage as a methodology and analysed interviews using projective Identification as a concept with staff and clients who self-injured to view the interpersonal  processes.Self-injury emerged as a coping strategy for shame and also produced a shame eliciting reaction from others, creating a clear interpersonal maintenance cycle.  I am presently in the process of publishing this work. I also have academic and research interest in interpersonal processes and case conceptualisation in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy.