Keith Bibby is an Ericksonian Psychotherapist and Registered Practitioner with the UK Council for Psychotherapy. He has served for eight years as Chair of the UKCP Hypno-Psychotherapy Section, and six years as a member of UKCP Governing Board and latterly on the UKCP Board of Trustees. He has contributed core work to the process of developing nationally recognised Occupational Standards for Psychotherapy. He also holds the European Certificate in Psychotherapy. He works in London and Southern France.
Keith Bibby has a very broad experience of applied research into human problems. As a behavioural scientist he has worked in research and consultancy in the public and private sectors from 1967
In the course of his undergraduate studies he gained mental health experience through a MIND project attached to aa East End Settlement and attchment to St Martin-in-the-Fields Social Services Unit.
From there he was offered a short appointment in a Centre for Serious Re-Offenders in Somerset.
He also studied acculturation problems of school age immigrant children in a Bradford reception centre.
In his Honors Degree he specialised in statistical research methods and cultural anthropology. After writing his honours dissertation on factors affecting the performance of research scientists, he worked for 11 years in the largest human factors applied research group in Europe, and became a senior consultant directing social and organisational studies - directing research into many problems like :-
middle management stress
human factors design guidelines in adapting computer-based technology to production control and administrative work settings
Optimisation of shift working patterns for process production workers
modifying work organisation and practices to reduce work related stress
re-design of corporate incentive payment systems to reflect the control discretion of process workers
development of safety information systems to increase individual and group observation of safety procedures
optimisation of corporate relocation schemes in relation to family and social considerations
new production plant design and reorganisation studies relating management structures, work organisation and reward systems to worker motivation
research into social and economic problems of early retirement to generate new policy guidelines.
mental health problems amongst middle and senior managers
In his applied research work analysing and modelling various aspects of human endeavour, he worked alongside 260 other research scientists and engineers with the benefit some of the best industrial computing resources in the country. He participated in many aspects of the IT revolution from the days when data and programs were into "fed" large mainframe computers on rolls of punched paper tape through to modern desktop sytems.
In 1979 he became an independent consultant. Amongst many other problems he researched :-
assesment of passenger reaction to alternative non-smoking policies on main-line rail services
exploration of the market opportunity for off-peak rail service facilities for mothers with children.
assessment studies to assist user-friendly timetable design
long-haul service provision for business travellers for British Airways
Personnel issues in office relocation studies
public consultation into traffic related stress in West London for Department of Transport
personal development seminars for ICI senior management
consumer assessment and marketing development of art fairs in New York City
User consultations in the design of public service information systems
Methods to optimise user requirements and in-use aircraft characteristics as input for a medium-haul aircraft design project
New management processes in organisational restructuring, downsizing and takeovers.
Many management workshops on various aspects of stress and work/ life balance
He contributed to international conferences and seminars, worked under contract for Unesco and was a Founder Member of the UK Social Research Association.
In addition to considerable exposure to Tavistock group relations training, his full immersion into the extraordinary flexibility and power of Ericksonian approaches, through a truly excellent training run by Ray Keedey-Lilley ( now retired ), rounded out and complemented a substantial body of technical and applications expertise, enabled in depth personal development and allowed a natural movement into therapeutic work. He has been a full-time Ericksonian Psychotherapy practitioner for the last 18 years.
His overall experience has developed a combination of acute observational skills, clarity of thought and analysis, an inventive and tenacious problem-solving capability plus an intuitive sensitivity and creativity in addressing
people's problems.
" I hope these skills and capabilities are evident in the thoroughness, efficiency and sensitivity with which I approach all my work. "
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