Andrew T. Austin | IEMT & Metaphors of Movement Training
With a private practice in Somerset, England, Andrew has a specialist interest in the “schizophrenias” and anxiety and has been heavily influenced by the writings of notables such as R.D. Laing, Gregory Bateson and Thomas Szasz.
He has developed two bodies of work, Integral Eye Movement Technique (IEMT) and Metaphors of Movement (MoM). IEMT is a rapidly growing therapeutic modality that has some analogies to EMDR, whilst Metaphors of Movement is a model for exploring the hidden mind which has many therapeutic applications. Both have become recognised modalities and are listed in the Sage Encyclopedia of Theory of Counseling and Psychotherapy.
Andrew T. Austin is more than willing to speak out about the narcissism that is rife within the therapeutic professions and, as such, draws a lot of negative commentaries, especially from the “NLP community” described by Austin as “mouldy.”
Online Training Products
“The Rainbow Machine – Tales From a Neurolinguist’s Journal by Andrew T. Austin” is published by Real People Press and prefaced by Steve Andreas.
UK Purchase – £15.99
USA Purchase – $16.50
“This is the most interesting book about therapy I’ve read since Jay Haley’s Uncommon Therapy.” Steve Andreas, author of Six Blind Elephants, and co-author of Heart of the Mind.
“Whatever your level or level of interest in NLP this book’s a must – as it is for anyone who enjoys Robert Anton Wilson…” Amazon.co.uk review.
“Andy Austins Rainbow Machine will have you laughing, gasping in horror and awe, and wishing like hell that you lived close enough to him to get an appointment. He is the British Milton Erickson.” Bill O Hanlon, author of Change 101 and many other books about brief therapy.
“The author tells stories as provocative as Richard Bandler’s (NLP co-founder and legend), with the warmth, wisdom, and wit of Mark Twain.” Amazon.com review.
“The problem with so much therapy is that it is not just banal and ineffective, but it is often condescending and patronising nonsense. Therapists have a habit of repackaging everyday common sense and dressing it up with the illusion of great profundity and wisdom. Despite ignorance, they frequently position themselves as avant-garde heroes of ancient, rediscovered, and sacred truths.”
"Therapy means social, political and personal change, not adjustment."
In 2015, both Metaphors of Movement and Integral Eye Movement Technique were included in The SAGE Encyclopedia of Theory in Counseling and Psychotherapy.
