Alice Stevenson TSTA - 27/10/32 - 15/2/2010 Awarded the EATA Gold medal in Malmo 2003 We are very sad to announce that Alice Stevenson TSTA died on the evening of Monday the 15th of February 2010 aged 77. Click here to see a series of photos of Alice taken in the summer of 2008 - These were taken following one of the supervision groups Alice ran - There is also one photo of her with a few of the other Gold Medal winners.
The following Obituary was written by Alice's
family and sent out to friends and colleagues - it is reproduced here with their
permission.
Alice Robinson Stevenson - 27th October
1932 - 15th February 2010 Compassion, Intelligence and Humour Alice Robinson Stevenson, 77, of Upper Green, Sandhurst, Kent died on Monday 15th February at home after a valiant fight with cancer. She was born on 27 October 1932 in Springfield, Illinois, the daughter of Stuart William and Mary Louise Robinson. She attended Butler School, then Springfield High School, graduating from North western University in 1954. Married to Lt. Richard Corwine Stevenson in Springfield Illinois on 10 July 1954, she first lived with her husband in Germany, then became a District Director for the Girl Scouts in Oregon and later lived in Switzerland, France and England. Alice was delighted to be a member of the Jubilee Committee of Sandhurst in 1977, as well as being Co-Chair of the Village Appraisal Committee 2000. Elected Chair of the British Transactional Analysis Association (ITA) in 1981, she became President of the European Association of Transactional Analysis in 1985. From its inception Alice was a member of the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy, the body working towards regulation and registration of psychotherapists in the UK, as well serving on its Registration Board and the Professional Affairs committee. After many years of contribution to the practice of psychotherapy Alice was awarded the EATA Gold Medal for Outstanding Service to the TA community in July 2003 in Malmo Sweden. A therapist for many years, Alice became a trainer and supervisor of therapists, worked with the Social Services, advised doctors and nurses in the National Health Service in the UK and taught at the University of Kent. Her company trained communication management to large organizations, at one dramatic point requiring her to fly to a North Sea oil platform. Alice was deeply loved by the wider community of therapists all over the world. She taught by analogy, with humour and storytelling, leaving the salient points to be reflected upon later. A model for her students and fellow therapists, she has been an outstanding friend to her husband of 55 years and a much loved mother. Alice is survived by her husband Richard Corwine Stevenson, her son Richard Corwine Stevenson Jr. and his wife Sabina of Moscow, daughter Megan Stevenson and husband James Gathercole and grandchildren Mimi and Rosie Gathercole of Melbourne. She also leaves behind her brother Professor Stuart William Robinson Jr. of Geneva and his family. Her many friends all over the world makes a listing of them impossible. Memorial donations should be made to Hospice in the Weald, Maidstone Road, Pembury, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN2 4TA, UK Telephone: 01892 820500 // Fax: 01892 820520 // enquiries@hospiceintheweald.org.uk Registered Charity No.280276 Thank you to all of her friends and family for your support and love. Alice: Compassion, Intelligence and Humour Or perhaps as one of her students put it: Playful, Mischievous and Wise.
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