Sadly, Osman Shouli died on January 22nd 2004. This is a profile he wrote about himself whilst working in the deparment and we have kept it here as a way to remember and honour his valuable work with us.

OSMAN SHOULI
Senior Psychotherapist

Born in Galillee, Northern Israel, I was brought up in my father's olive groves until the tensions of the area moved us to South Lebanon as refugees. It was here, whilst undertaking vacation work in a Psychiatric Hospital in Beirut, that I first became interested in the care and humane treatment of mentally ill people.
The memories of my work there fuelled my career as a mental health nurse in Longrove Epsom in 1964 and resulted in my continuing passion for the art of psychotherapy as a healing process. My journey with psychotherapy began over 30 years ago and continues in my post as Senior Psychotherapist within the Department.

I am a founder member of the West Midlands Institute of Psychotherapy and member of the Association of Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, Freudian and Independent Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy, Child Psycho-therapy and Infant Observation and the work of Melanie Klein. I have been a practising Psychotherapist for 27 years both in the Mental Health Trust and in private practice and have also taught psychotherapy and counselling since 1985 for mental health workers and voluntary counselling organisations. I have the privilegeof continuing to supervise psychotherapy practitioners and have a special interest in psychoanalytic psycho-therapy, individual, group and marital therapy.