Swan Alyon, PhD, is a psychotherapist specializing in post-Jungian and somatic approaches to self-awareness and holistic growth.

After studying philosophy and divinity at the universities of Melbourne, Oxford, and Chicago, Swan worked as a researcher and supervisor at the University of Cambridge, where he wrote his doctoral thesis on processes of self-transformation. Seeking more embodied forms of knowledge, he also trained at the Jacques Lecoq school of physical theatre and earned certifications in tantra yoga, breathwork, and hypnotherapy. 

Swan has been guiding individuals and groups for over a decade and has led seminars, workshops, and retreats in 13 countries on three continents. He is the founder of the Institute of Devotional Arts, which brings together artists, therapists, and researchers working on the relationship between creative and contemplative arts.

Swan works with the following methods: 

• Analytic Psychology (C. J. Jung)
• Waking dream therapy (R. Desoille, G. Romey, J. Epstein)
• Archetypal Psychology (J. Hillman) 
• Focusing (E. Gendlin) 
• Process Work (A. Mindell)
• Expressive Arts Therapy
• Dramatherapy & Psychodrama (J. L & Z. T Moreno)
• Breathwork (S. Grov, W. Hof, K. Buteyko)