Robert Rees
DirectorDip (Psych, Trauma, Supvn) MUKCP MBACP
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Dr James Kustow
DirectorDr James Kustow is a London-based Consultant Psychiatrist and The Grove’s Medical Director.
Discover the emerging connection between ADHD, chronic health issues, and the body’s stress and immune systems. This session introduces the Somatic Super-Syndrome - a powerful new lens linking neurodiversity with physical health, and offering practical tools for regulation, recovery, and deeper understanding.
Join Dr. James Kustow and Robert Rees for a powerful one-hour talk that introduces a systemic and somatic perspective on adult ADHD.
While ADHD is commonly viewed through behavioural or neurological lenses, Dr. Kustow invites us to widen our focus to include the body. Drawing on clinical experience and emerging research, he explores how ADHD frequently co-exists with a cluster of physical health conditions, offering a more integrated framework for understanding the condition and its broader impacts.
At the heart of the talk is the “Somatic Super Syndrome” (3S) model, a lens through which to view the overlapping presence of hypermobility syndromes, dysautonomia, and immune hypersensitivities – particularly Mast Cell Activation Disease (MCAD) and autoimmune tendencies. These conditions, often misunderstood or misdiagnosed, appear with surprising frequency in people with ADHD. Dr. Kustow explores why this might be the case and what it means for assessment, treatment, and support. Ideal for clinicians, coaches, and anyone interested in a more holistic understanding of neurodiversity.
Whether you’re new to ADHD or looking to deepen your expertise, this session offers valuable insights into the mind-body connection and opens the door to more compassionate, comprehensive care.
Dip (Psych, Trauma, Supvn) MUKCP MBACP
Dr James Kustow is a London-based Consultant Psychiatrist and The Grove’s Medical Director.
Sleep and ADHD have a complex, two-way relationship. For many adults with ADHD, difficulties winding down, restless nights, and irregular sleep patterns are more than side effects - they’re central to how the condition expresses itself. In this 60-minute webinar, Dr James Kustow and Robert Rees unpack how disrupted sleep rhythms affect attention, emotion, and motivation - and what can be done about it.
Compulsive sexual behaviour and problematic pornography use are among the most frequently presented and least confidently held issues in contemporary therapy. This 2-hour clinical webinar explores compulsive sexual behaviours through psychological, relational and neurobiological lenses, equipping you to work with greater clarity, confidence and containment.
The Addiction Series - Porn and Sex
(Session 1 of 5 in series)
Wed, September 2nd
17:30 PM - 19:30 PM
Join Grove Psychosexual Therapy tutors Polly McAfee and Duane Yon for an introduction to working with the most common sexual problem, desire discrepancy. A thought-provoking presentation of 5 useful concepts for helping clients where one person in the relationship wants sex and the other doesn’t, or one wants markedly more sex than the other.
Discover the emerging connection between ADHD, chronic health issues, and the body’s stress and immune systems. This session introduces the Somatic Super-Syndrome - a powerful new lens linking neurodiversity with physical health, and offering practical tools for regulation, recovery, and deeper understanding.
Friday 11 September 2026
13:00–17:00 online
12:30–17:30 in person
Friends House, London NW1 6BJ
Join us live for keynote sessions on ADHD, trauma, intimacy, and supervision - featuring Dr James Kustow, Nick Totton, Sarah Briggs, Robert Rees, and Elliot Davis.
Alcohol use is one of the most normalised and least explored dynamics in therapy. This 2 hour clinical webinar explores alcohol use through psychological, relational and neurobiological lenses, equipping you to work with greater clarity, confidence and containment.
The Addiction Series - Alcohol
(Session 2 of 5 in series)
Wed, September 30th
17:30 PM - 19:30 PM
Compulsive engagement with screens and social media is a contemporary behavioural addiction that often hides in plain sight. This 2 hour clinical webinar explores screen and social media use through psychological, relational and neurobiological lenses, equipping you to work with clarity, confidence and ethical balance.
The Addiction Series - Social media and screens
(Session 3 of 5 in series)
Wed, October 14th
17:30 PM - 19:30 PM
This webinar introduces the Adjustment model, exploring how breath, posture and movement shape clients’ emotional lives and how small, consent‑led changes can open more embodied space in therapy.
The Body Psychotherapy Series
Session 1 of 4
Friday 6th November
14:00-16:00 (UK)
Drug use often begins as an adaptive response to distress, trauma and disconnection, yet it carries significant risk, harm and clinical responsibility. This 2 hour clinical webinar offers a nuanced, non reductive exploration of substance use through psychological, relational and neurobiological lenses, equipping you to work with clarity, containment and ethical precision.
The Addiction Series - Drugs
(Session 4 of 5 in series)
Wed, November 11th
17:30 PM - 19:30 PM
This session focuses on the Trauma/Discharge model, showing how to recognise and safely support somatic release of stored survival energy without tipping clients into re‑traumatisation.
The Body Psychotherapy Series
Session 2 of 4
Friday 27th November
14:00-16:00 (UK)
This webinar explores the Relational model, highlighting how two bodies co‑create the therapeutic relationship and how your own embodied responses can become vital clinical information.
The Body Psychotherapy Series
Session 3 of 4
Friday 4th December
14:00-16:00 (UK)
Work addiction and burnout are often socially rewarded yet clinically significant patterns. The impact on health, relationships and meaning in life can be profound. This 2 hour clinical webinar explores work related addiction through psychological, relational and neurobiological lenses, equipping you to work with clarity, confidence and ethical balance.
The Addiction Series - Work
(Session 5 of 5 in series)
Wed, December 9th
17:30 PM - 19:30 PM
This final session of four sessions looks at the Process‑oriented model, inviting you to follow spontaneous bodily process in the moment and trust the bodymind’s capacity for self‑organisation within a solid therapeutic frame.
The Body Psychotherapy Series
Session 4 of 4
Friday 8th January
14:00-16:00 (UK)
Friday 11 September 2026
12:30–17:30 in person (London) | 13:00–17:00 online
A half-day of live learning, real connection and focused CPD to deepen your clinical practice. If you value thoughtful, clinically grounded CPD in a warm, professional community, this afternoon is for you. This conference is designed for practitioners who want to keep their work sharp, ethical and alive.
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