Dr Bruce Bradfield

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Dr Bruce Bradfield My belief is that the goal of therapy is not to feel better but to feel more. I’d like to tell you a bit about myself.

I am qualified as a clinical psychologist in South Africa, where I completed my Masters and doctoral studies. I have worked in this field for over twelve years, & I love the work that I do. I’m fascinated by people and am constantly amazed by how people grow and evolve in the face of difficult and painful realities.

What If You Didn’t Have to Do It Alone?The quiet strength of open, interpersonal group therapySometimes, healing begins ...
17/07/2025

What If You Didn’t Have to Do It Alone?
The quiet strength of open, interpersonal group therapy

Sometimes, healing begins in the presence of others — not because they offer advice, but because they stay present, curious, and human.

Open interpersonal group therapy is a space for people who want to explore themselves through real, honest connection with others. This isn’t a structured program. There’s no fixed “goal,” no workbook, no pressure to perform. The group unfolds slowly, over time. People come as they are — and that’s enough.

Each session lasts 80 minutes and includes 6 to 9 people. That size allows space for real relationships to form: close enough to feel safe, broad enough to hold many different perspectives. Over time, group members begin to notice how they relate, connect, hold back, or reach out — and what those patterns mean in their lives outside the group.

There’s quiet power in being seen and accepted as you are. In speaking freely. In discovering you’re not alone — and maybe never were.

If this speaks to you, or you’re simply curious, get in touch:
📧 [email protected]
No pressure — just a conversation.

Psychotherapy for the family: Many hands make light work.I absolutely love working with families. This is a new aspect o...
21/11/2022

Psychotherapy for the family: Many hands make light work.
I absolutely love working with families. This is a new aspect of my work as a therapist, and I have been working with families for about 2 years now. I value working with individuals as a thoroughgoing and intensive therapeutic approach. Sometimes, however, the best way to address a struggle is to acknowledge that it exists at the level of the family. When all the key players are in the room, as seems obvious, the difficulties which people experience in relation their families can emerge strongly in the moment, as opposed to in individual therapy, where these difficulties are spoken about outside of the time of their occurrence. At times, especially in the beginning of family therapy, there is a strong feeling of nervousness, because, often for the first time, families are sitting together with the purpose of talking in a real way about their shared struggles. Most often the families I work with have reached a time in their life cycle in which the children are either in their mid-teens or older. I wouldn’t generally conduct family with young children, as it would be over-inclusive and potentially overwhelming for young children.

Read More: https://www.brucebradfield.dk/psychotherapy-family-many-hands-make-light-work/

Psychotherapy for people who have survived interpersonal trauma - part 2Part 2 – The intergenerational transmission of t...
11/11/2022

Psychotherapy for people who have survived interpersonal trauma - part 2

Part 2 – The intergenerational transmission of trauma

This subject is particularly close to my heart. I have researched the intergenerational transmission of trauma, and have spent a lot of time with victims and their adult children. My aim has been to try and understand how it is that the children of parents who have survived interpersonal trauma come to repeat in their own lives some of their parents’ struggles and come to feel many of the feelings which are associated with their parent's trauma. I have spent time talking with mothers, and have had separate conversations with their adult children, in my efforts to understand the reasons why the “second generation”, the children of survivors, might come to identify with their mother’s depression, anxiety, patterns of behaviour, and particular forms of psychological defence. A couple of themes came up, which I am going to try and explain here. I think that this is such an important topic, and I often work with people along the lines of this subject. I hope that this post will shed some light on this very real difficulty.

Read More: https://www.brucebradfield.dk/psychotherapy-for-people-who-have-survived-interpersonal-trauma-part-2/

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