Picture 2resampledAdrian Gorman AC,  MAC,  ECP

  • Choice Theory & Reality Therapy Certified (CTRTC), RT Counsellor (RTC), RT Psychotherapist (RTP)
  • UK:     William Glasser Institute UK  Faculty -  Instructor
  • Intl:      William Glasser International Faculty - Instructor
  • EU:      European Institute for Reality Therapy (EIRT) Faculty - Instructor
  • European Association for Reality Therapy -  Registrar, Psychotherapist Accreditation 
  • Holder of the European Certificate of Psychotherapy
  • Member of the Association for Coaching (International)
  • Member of The Association for Integral Eye Movement Therapy Practitioners
  • Member of The American Psychological Association

Adrian is a clinical practitioner (Psychotherapy), and is also accredited as a practitioner in Integral Eye Movement Therapy (IEMT) and Rational Emotive Behaviour Therapy (REBT), which he incorporates into his work with individuals and couples.

For a number of years Adrian has represented the UK on the National Educator Program Alliance (NEP),  and is the European Registrar for the Reality Therapy Psychotherapist Accreditation programme (RTP) both being elected positions.

Adrian is former Head of Care at a large independent residential school for boys and girls with emotional and behavioural difficulties in West Sussex. He has worked with national mental health organisations, and was registered with the Central Council for Education & Training in Social Work (CCETSW), and City & Guilds London Institute as a National Vocational Qualifications Assessor.

For a number of years Adrian lived in Florida and Vermont in the United States and studied Therapeutic Recreation. He trained as an expedition Instructor with the National Outdoor Leadership program (NOLS). He is certified and accredited in Choice Theory & Reality Therapy, and hold the Reality Therapy Counsellor award (RTC), European Reality Therapy Psychotherapist accreditation (RTP), and in 2016 achieved the European Certificate of Psychotherapy (ECP).

As part of the William Glasser International Faculty, Adrian has worked with groups undergoing counselling certification training in the UK and USA, has also worked with groups in Finland, Macedonia, Holland, Malta and Kuwait, where he was the Examining Instructor for the first group in Kuwait to achieve Reality Therapy Certified status (CTRTC).

In Adrian's earlier years he served with the British Parachute Regiment, and then later, in the early 90’s was involved extensively in outward bounds, where his approach using Reality Therapy had been successful in helping participants meet and overcome challenge and change in difficult circumstances. Adrian was a founder member of the National Association for Caving Instructors and taught some of the basic concepts of Reality Therapy to some of its member Instructors as well as forest school and other outdoor educators.

For 12 years Adrian was Chairman of the Mid-Downs NVQ Management Board, and for 10 years was Executive Administrator for The Institute For Reality Therapy UK (now William Glasser Institute UK).