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IMMERSIVE WEEKLY ONLINE PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT GROUP - STARTING MAY 2026 https://www.grahamwestwell.com/pdgroupinformation Feedback for this immersive group experience: "The group has shaped me in profound ways.  It has taught me what it feels like to be with a group of likeminded others - deeply, honestly, and with care.  We hold space for one another gently, bravely, and without judgement.  It has been a place where vulnerabili…

How is it that sometimes we feel heard and deeply accompanied, whilst at others we feel that our communication skills have collapsed, or that the listener has just changed the subject?  Whilst we may expect, tolerate and understand this in our everyday relationships, how would we feel if our therapist seemed to be doing the very same thing?  Person-centred practitioners aim to provide the core attitudinal qualities of empathy…

Two day course: Focusing is a process that can enrich all areas of our lives, as it is about the very way that we pay attention to what we experience. Often we have habitual ways of relating to ourselves, others and situations: Focusing can help us to slow down, listen inside and appreciate the subtleties in our experience. Developing the ability to listen to ourselves with compassion can help us to know what our needs are, make changes and resp…

Therapeutic work asks a great deal of us — emotionally, psychologically and relationally. Yet sustainability is rarely taught explicitly. We are trained to hold others, but not always to consciously structure a professional life that allows us to continue holding well over time. This workshop is for qualified therapists who want to think more intentionally about the inner and outer architecture of their practice. We will explore how we regulate…

Where there is chronic abuse in childhood many learn to survive by dissociating from the experience.  This may involve leaving the body, numbing out, splitting off, depersonalising and/or derealising. The experience and expression of dissociative process can be confusing for therapists as well as for the person experiencing it.  The vulnerability of people experiencing dissociative processes to being pathologised and diagnose…

PCAN is delighted, as always, to offer a Summer 3-day Encounter in the nurturing environment at Holy Rood House, Sowerby, Thirsk, North Yorkshire. We are made very welcome at Holy Rood House, which has become an established venue for PCAN. The atmosphere is warm and relaxed, the staff very willing to accommodate our needs. We can recommend the catering, and the varied gardens provide additional sanctuary. Across the road there is a nature reserv…

A crucial, yet underexplored aspect of our work as practitioners, is how we consider our clients’ potential reactions to our unexpected death or illness. This study day will allow participants to explore their feelings, attitudes and beliefs about the impact on their clients, in the event of their own sudden illness or death.  There will be space to plan for such eventualities, as well as to look at the practical implications for ensur…

Duration: 2 hours | CPD certificate: issued on completion This course equips practitioners with the knowledge and confidence to support clients with physical or sensory disabilities, exploring access needs in a practical framework before, during, and after sessions. This includes consideration of both ongoing therapy and helpline-based work, where access and communication may need to be adapted quickly and responsively. Participants will take…

Learning Focusing will support you to treasure the richness of your inner life and treat yourself with more kindness. Focusing allows us to become more fascinated by the world and deepen our relationships with others, professionally and personally. I have been teaching the Introduction to Focusing and Focusing Skills Certificate for the last eight years and am passionate about cultivating a Focusing a way of being in the world. Focusing is a nat…

BFA Focusing Skills Certificate 2026-27 A full grounding in the Focusing practice over six months Workshops are experiential and usually open to six-eight attendees – book early to ensure your place! Introduction to Focusing – (modules one and two of BFA Focusing Skills Certificate) Thursdays 10am-1pm: 17th Sep, 24th Sep, 1st Oct, 8th Oct 2026  Skills Cert ificate continues Thursdays 10am-1pm: 15th Oct to 18th March (…

Grieving can be hard.  There are many reasons for this. It may be due to how we have been conditioned to manage loss and not to show our feelings of sadness or to present emotional needs when growing up. Perhaps our losses are complex, multiple, ambiguous or chronic.  Perhaps there simply have not been sufficient or safe spaces in our lives to give attention to feelings of grief.  What about wider cultural…

Thursdays 10am 1pm: 15th Oct, 22nd Oct, 5th Nov, 12th Nov 2026(£170) Modules three and four of the Focusing Skills Certificate Focusing is about meeting what’s inside from a place of being present with our experience. If we can cultivate this attitude of being with our inner feelings and parts then things become more manageable and we are more able to learn from what’s inside of us. In these modules we learn how to become m…

PCAN is delighted to announce our Autumn 3-day Encounter group, at St Rita’s Centre, Honiton. The Centre is on the outskirts of Honiton, in the Vale of Honiton, Devon. It is a short walk to the town centre, and there is a rail station at the other end of the main street. Accommodation is en-suite - 6 single; 6 twin and 3 family rooms - and all meals and refreshments included in the price. Delegate price: Fri-Mon: £275 (EB £250); early bir…

Thursdays 10am 1pm: 19th Nov, 26th Nov 2026, 7th Jan, 14th Jan 2027 (£170) Modules five and six of the Focusing Skills Certificate How we feel about the body generally and our relationship with our own body may affect our Focusing process and these modules give space to explore this. We also delve deeper into the realm of Focusing partnerships: This beautiful form of human connection can be enhanced by paying wider attention to our whole…

Thursdays 10am 1pm: 21st Jan, 28th Jan, 4th Feb, 11th Feb 2027 (£170) Modules seven and eight of the Focusing Skills Certificate The Focusing process is amazingly well suited for exploring dreams and there are some specific ways we can explore dreams using Focusing that can also be applied to exploring other life issues as well. In these modules we let go of pre-existing theories of dream interpretation and fixed symbols and open to liste…

Thursdays 10am 1pm: 25th Feb, 4th Mar, 11th Mar, 18th Mar 2027 (£170) Modules nine and ten of the Focusing Skills Certificate An opportunity to explore areas which are inextricably linked with our humanness. Focusing is intrinsically relational – relating to ourselves, relating to each other. How might the process unfold if we allow ourselves to be more aware of our shared humanness, how much do we feel open to connection and can we respe…