Project Description

Bárbara Godoy, founder-director
Bárbara Godoy M.A., Adv. Dip. Exi. Psy. Existential Psychotherapist Group Leader, Counsellor, Lecturer and Supervisor, MBACP & UKCP accredited, SEA Professional Member, Director of Therapy Harley Street
Bárbara’s academic contributions in London since 2008 includes lecturing and researching on the theory and practice of Phenomenological Existential Therapy on Doctorate, MA and professional courses at the School of Psychotherapy and Counselling Psychology, Regent’s University and the New School of Psychotherapy and Counselling directed by Emmy van Deurzen.
Bárbara has facilitated and designed therapeutic Group Work internationally since 1997. She brought her earliest workshop: “Experiences” to large groups in The Netherlands, Italy, France, UK and Argentina. These awareness-intensive processes are a legacy of the human potential movement (HPM) of 1960’s, with techniques such as AUM Meditation Marathons, Psychodrama, Bioenergetics and Primal Therapy work.
The question about the meaning of Being-Woman and the importance of a feminine language was the topic of her postgraduate thesis completed in 2005 and evolved into a range of Group Process Work for Women which she leads along side a staff body of extraordinary guest teachers.
Currently, as the founder-director of Therapy Harley Street, Bárbara leads a team of over 30 professional practitioners in the area of Psychological services and Wellbeing consultancy.
Bárbara is also founder-director of the Continuing Professional Development Programme at Therapy Harley Street and in recent years has collaborated with prominent professors and writers in the field of existential therapy.
Accreditations
- Accredited by UKCP – United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy
- Member of BACP – British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy
- Professional Member of SEA – Society for Existential Analysis
Code of Ethics
I follow the code of ethics and practice as set by the UKCP. In regular clinical supervision on an individual basis with Prof. Ernesto Spinelli.
Affiliations
Former Committee Member of the SEA – Society for Existential Analysis (as Discussion Group Coordinator)
Professional Psychological Education
- Advanced Diploma in Existential Psychotherapy (5th year postgraduate) SPCP– School of Psychotherapy and Counselling Psychology, Regent’s University, London.
- Master of Arts in Psychotherapy and Counselling (integrative approach) SPCP– School of Psychotherapy and Counselling Psychology, Regent’s University, London.
- Psychoanalytic Studies (360 hours postgraduate). Centro Fundación Psicoanalítico Argentino, Buenos Aires.
Group Therapy Education
- Four years Group Therapist Training – Therapeutic Community setting Humaniversity, The Netherlands.
- Three years Therapist Training – Commune setting Osho Multiversity, Pune, India.
Philosophical Embodiment
- Contact Improvisation Training (with creator Nancy Stark Smith) – Smith College, Northampton, Massachusetts, USA.
- Dance Research Scholarship at the Movement Research Studios, Manhattan, USA.
- Dance-Theatre Integration – University of Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Early Years
- Dance: Ballet and Contemporary – Escuela Nacional de Danzas, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
- Corporeal Expression and Sensorial Perception – Patricia Stokoe studios, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Accreditations:
THERAPY HARLEY STREET
10 Harley Street, London W1G 9PF
+44 (0) 207 289 5656
admin@therapyharleystreet.co.uk
“To be a therapist for me is the process of learning how to be by my clients’ side in their journey of self-enquiry by remaining respectful to their subjectivity as a unique expression of life that deserves attentive listening.
2022 Bárbara’s Groups and Courses

UNLOCKING OUR-SELVES
CPD for PractitionersUnlocking Our-Selves
A playground for therapists to nurture the imagination, release inhibitions and mobilise therapeutic insights
Thursdays 12pm to 1.30pm

FOUR SEASONS
Women's Open GroupFour Seasons
An exploration of our assumptions about the meaning of being women through awareness intensive practices inspired by Goddesses from around the world with the purpose of speaking ourselves creatively.

EXPERIENTIAL STUDY GROUP
CPD for PractitionersExperiential Study Group
A self-enquiry challenge for practitioners through the reflection on the key topics that emerged in ten Existential Dialogues between Prof Ernesto Spinelli and international guest speakers.

THE EXISTENTIAL ADVENTURE
For Men and WomenExistential Adventure
A group process of systematic existential enquiry, committed creative production and spiritual expansion.
Tuesdays 6pm to 8pm