Anthony Kingsley BSc MA MSTAT

The Alexander Technique

Anthony Kingsley

Anthony Kingsley has been teaching the Alexander Technique for nearly 40 years. Anthony has evolved a powerful mind-body approach to the Alexander Technique. He refers to his unique Alexander brand as ‘Trauma-informed and Emotionally Literate” Alexander Technique.

Anthony’s work can be part of a therapeutic journey of emotional healing and integration.

Anthony Kingsley completed his Alexander Teacher Training in 1986, and has studied extensively with several of the first generation of teachers to be qualified by Alexander; these include: Patrick Macdonald, Doctor Barlow and Majory Barlow, Miss Goldie and Walter Carrington.

Anthony has been the director of The Alexander Studio, Golders Green in North London, since 1993 where he maintains his private practice. Anthony has been training teachers in London since 1990, and assisted in the training of over 100 Alexander Technique Teachers who are now working in the UK and throughout the world. Anthony is head of training at the Alexander Teacher Training School (ATTS), which offers a three-year professional teacher training in the Alexander Technique.

Anthony provides ongoing coaching for Alexander Teachers who wish to enhance their professional skills. He gives workshops and seminars on the technique to the general public in the United Kingdom and abroad.

Anthony consults to the corporate world, the worlds of sports, music, performance and the medical profession on stress-management, peak performance and effectiveness, confidence and resilience.

Psychotherapy/Counselling & Somatic Therapy

In 2000, Anthony qualified as a psychotherapist from the Minster Centre, London. This specialisation has deepened his understanding of the mind-body link in the Alexander Technique.  He is a specialist in what Doctors refer to as “somatisation”.

Many people who present to an Alexander Teacher suffer from a range of muscular and postural disturbances. “Somatisation” refers to the the evidence that much of this distress is a direct result of psychological stress. Anthony is uniquely trained to support a person through the physical release and towards emotional healing.

As a psychotherapist, he offers individual sessions in integrative psychotherapy for those with emotional and relationship challenges.

Alongside this traditional psychotherapy, Anthony also offers a somatic form of psychotherapy. Anthony has worked with, and is inspired by the Formative Psychology approach of Stanley Keleman, based on a somatic-emotional model. Based upon a fusion of experiences and life trainings, he has devised his own form of Somatic Therapy.