Updated Biography

The Biography in the 'About Me' page is a shortened version. This one is more detailed and I will be updating it periodically as my work and the services I offer changes. I hope it is useful; any queries, please do let me know.

Scott Peddie is the first accredited Logotherapist and Existential Analyst based in Northern Ireland. He trained in Dublin and operates a private practice which began in Belfast, but is now solely online, and has/had clients from a wide range of locations including: Malaysia, United Arab Emirates, New Zealand, Iceland, Argentina, USA, Norway, Romania, and many others.

He is Founder and Director of The Viktor Frankl Centre Northern Ireland which is accredited by the International Association of Logotherapy and Existential Analysis at the Viktor Frankl Institute Vienna. The Centre offers the Diploma in Logotherapy and Existential Analysis, a wide-range of short courses/workshops, and has a public education remit periodically offering lectures on a wide range of meaning-centred topics.

Scott is also an EMDR Europe Accredited Consultant and has a specialist interest in treating trauma (PTSD/complex PTSD) resulting from abuse and the legacy of the conflict in Northern Ireland. He also works with clients experiencing depression, anxiety, trauma, bipolar disorder, bereavement, work issues, relationship challenges and addictions.

With degrees in science, business management, theology, and the philosophy of mental health, Scott approaches therapy with a wealth of experience in different disciplines. He is a graduate of the University of Aberdeen (UK), Queen’s University Belfast (UK), the University of Central Lancashire (UK), and the Bible College of New Zealand (now Laidlaw College). He has also completed various elements of training at the C.G Jung Centre in Ireland, gaining Professional Diplomas in Jungian Dream Analysis, Jungian Psychology. Advanced Jungian Psychology, Jungian Theory & Practice. Prior to that, Scott was awarded a Certificate in Clinical and Post-Clinical Jungian Concepts from the Centre of Applied Jungian Studies in South Africa.

He has worked in Research and Development roles internationally, including as the Managing Director of a Consultancy Company with clients in Australia, Norway, Belgium, The Netherlands, Venezuela, Canada, and New Zealand.

Scott has worked at board level in the charitable/not-for-profit sector in the UK and Belgium.

He was Ordained as a Christian Minister and served five congregations in Northern Ireland prior to stepping back to concentrate solely on his Psychotherapy practice. He still retains membership of the Society of Ordained Scientists and the Order of Ecumenical Franciscans.

Scott is currently an Honorary Lecturer in the School of Nursing at Queen’s University Belfast where he provides teaching input on a range of undergraduate, postgraduate, and specialist modules (addiction/self-harm).  For six years he was a member of the Faculty of Medicine, Health and Life Sciences Research Ethics panel. Scott is also Guest Lecturer on the Postgraduate MA Degree in Trauma Studies at University College Cork in the Republic of Ireland.

He was recently appointed as External Examiner of Ridgeway College, an independent training college based in England offering accredited Counselling courses.

Scott is currently working as a Consultant on a project with the Ukrainian Association of Logotherapy to build Supervisor Training Capacity across the country.

He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts (UK), the Royal Society of Public Health (UK), and the International Society of Psychotherapy and Counselling (UK/International). He is also an accredited Member of the National Counselling and Psychotherapy Society in the UK.

Scott is in the process of writing a book titled. ‘Finding Meaning in Conflict and Beyond: The Story of Northern Ireland’, based on interviews conducted with prominent political/community/religious/media figures; these individuals had unique experiences of the conflict, but also in the development of the peace process and contemporary civic society.