Your current everyday practice: between ‘talking therapy’ and beyond This is the first of two intro-days for what is intended to become an ongoing group during 2016 (to be held in Exeter, with Nick Totton & Michael Soth). This particular day (5 Dec 2015 with Michael) can, of course, also be taken on its own. [...]
We are scheduling three introductory events for what is intended to become an ongoing group during 2016. This weekend 3 & 4 Oct 2015 with Nick is the first intro event, and can, of course, also be taken on its own. Exeter: Embodied-Relational CPD Weekend Group 2016 with Nick Totton & Michael These workshops, designed [...]
Towards an integrative embodied-relational therapy For about 100 years after Freud first developed the ‘talking cure’, modern psychology, counselling and psychotherapy has remained focused on the rational, reflective mind and verbal communication (insight, understanding, rational choices, mental meaning-making). However, in terms of dealing with distress, developmental trauma and engrained character patterns as well as in [...]
Workshop 1: 28 Feb. - 1 Mar. 2015 with Michael Soth Workshop 2: 30 - 31 May 2015 with Michael Soth Workshop 3: 2 - 3 Jul. 2015 with Nick Totton Workshop 4: 3 - 4 Oct. 2015 with Nick Totton Towards an integrative embodied-relational therapy For about 100 years after Freud first developed the [...]
Now he worships at an altar of a stagnant pool And when he sees his reflection, he’s fulfilled Oh, man is opposed to fair play He wants it all and he wants it his way. Bob Dylan: License To Kill Narcissism has a reputation for being notoriously difficult to engage with in therapy, for [...]
Whilst psychotherapy integration has been one of the most necessary, creative and productive developments in our field over the last 20 years, 'integrative' is in danger of becoming another meaningless sound-bite. What does our integration include, and what doesn't it? What holds it together? How broad and deep is the integration we are pursuing and [...]
Dancing between risk and stability in psychotherapy A CPD weekend workshop for counsellors & psychotherapists with Nick Totton & Michael Soth Download the leaflet: click here. According to many complexity theorists, creativity and growth occur 'at the edge of chaos': in the border zone between the known and the unknown, where small changes can lead [...]
When it comes to shifting the focus of therapeutic interaction from 'talking about' to 'exploring the experience', there are few techniques more useful than 'empty-chair' or 'two-chair' work (this applies to supervision as well as therapy). However, when therapists risk using the technique, it often does not produce the intended or intuited results. Having started [...]
Perceiving and understanding 'enactment' in the therapeutic relationship Over recent years the most exciting developments in our field have come via neuroscience, psychotherapy integration (i.e. cross-fertilisation between approaches) and the inclusion of the body. We now understand that whatever psychological wounds the client is bringing to us and into the consulting room, we will in [...]
Perceiving and understanding 'enactment' in the therapeutic relationship Over recent years the most exciting developments in our field have come via neuroscience, psychotherapy integration (i.e. the cross-fertilisation between therapeutic approaches), the inclusion of the body and 'relational' perspectives. This workshop combines and integrates all of these developments, to bring them to bear on the most [...]
An ongoing, integrative group This group, led by one of the most experienced integrative trainers in the UK, will provide an ideal relational container for your ongoing development as a therapist. By immersing yourself in a diverse group of colleagues from different schools and orientations, you will widen your perspective, deepen your practice, draw both [...]
This is a workshop I have been running repeatedly over recent years, in different places, for different audiences, for therapists from across the approaches and modalities. It introduces the underestimated complexities and paradoxes of the working alliance in an accessible way, drawing attention to the rupture-and-repair cycles that occur throughout the therapeutic process, and the [...]
An Open Day to experience, demonstrate and practice this transformational tool A Friday workshop in Athens, for anybody interested in this powerful therapeutic technique (clients and therapists) When it comes to shifting the focus of therapeutic interaction from 'talking about' to 'exploring the experience', there are few techniques more useful than 'empty-chair' or 'two-chair' work [...]
When it comes to shifting the focus of therapeutic interaction from 'talking about' to 'exploring the experience', there are few techniques more useful than 'empty-chair' or 'two-chair' work (this applies to supervision as well as therapy). However, when therapists risk using the technique, it often does not produce the intended or intuited results. Having started [...]
An ongoing, integrative group This group, led by one of the most experienced integrative trainers in the UK, will provide an ideal relational container for your ongoing development as a therapist. By immersing yourself in a diverse group of colleagues from different schools and orientations, you will widen your perspective, deepen your practice, draw both [...]
A one-day CPD workshop for practicing counsellors and psychotherapists As counsellors and therapists we all know that – unless we charge extraordinary fees – we will not get rich in this profession, but we may achieve a comfortable degree of income and security. But in fact many counsellors and therapists struggle to do just that. [...]
This series of 3 weekends is organised for a group of - mainly Gestalt-trained - Polish psychotherapists by Maria Pelko. There will be translation between Polish and English. Dates: 18 & 19 July 2020 - 26 & 27 September 2020 - 12 & 13 December 2020 The workshop series will cover the following topics: 1. [...]
Over recent years the most exciting developments in our field have come via neuroscience, psychotherapy integration (i.e. cross-fertilisation between approaches) and the inclusion of the body. We now understand that whatever psychological wounds the client is bringing to us and into the consulting room, we will become involved and implicated with them in ways that [...]
This is a workshop I have been running repeatedly over recent years, in different places, for different audiences, for therapists from across the approaches and modalities. It introduces the underestimated complexities and paradoxes of the working alliance in an accessible way, drawing attention to the rupture-and-repair cycles that occur throughout the therapeutic process, and the [...]
Especially in the global financial crisis, taking money off people in distress raises ethical and moral questions. Is therapy about love and healing? Or is it about business and money? In practice, the answer for most of us could be that we operate comfortably in some middle zone of ambiguity, but many counsellors and therapists [...]
