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I'm delighted to continue to offer the in-person PCEAT courses this year, with another weekend introduction course in Greater Manchester on 27th & 28th September. Cost £180, includes all art materials. These courses follow Natalie Rogers' creative connection approach and can be a playful, yet powerful way to develop personal growth and self-awareness.  Upon completion of this course, participants are welcome to book onto the follow up l…

What fascinates me about the dreams that my clients bring to their sessions, is that the client often changes in their dream world before changing in their conscious, waking life.  The rich world of dreams in both superficial and deep ways can provide a way of deepening understanding when the therapist is willing to take the client’s lead into the exploration of the story of the dream. Person-centred practitioners may enjoy exploring h…

This in-person APCCA Level 1 introduction course is for anyone who wants to develop their creativity, self-awareness, improve their wellbeing and discover how powerful creative arts practice can be. You will develop your understanding of the relevance of creativity to mental health and well-being and of its benefit to the therapeutic process. Please note the course consists of 3 sessions over one full day in-person. The course is an ideal firs…

This in-person APCCA Level 1 introduction course is for anyone who wants to develop their creativity, self-awareness, improve their wellbeing and discover how powerful creative arts practice can be. You will develop your understanding of the relevance of creativity to mental health and well-being and of its benefit to the therapeutic process. Please note the course consists of 3 sessions over one full day in-person. The course is an ideal firs…

BFA Focusing Skills Certificate 2025-26 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) Skills Cert ificate continues Thursdays 10am-1pm: 16th Oct – 19th March (see below for details) In this Introductory course you will learn about how Foc…

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…

  It is rare for counselling and psychotherapy courses to include time for exploring sexual feelings in relating to clients, or which clients express towards their counsellors/therapists.  For some practitioners this can lead to a sense that there is something wrong if sexual feelings emerge in them in their work, or in clients who have sexual feelings towards them. In such close relationships, it seems natural that there will so…

The purpose of the group is to meet to explore the person-centred way of being and encounter one another in a genuine and respectful way.  The group will not be facilitated so each person attending would take responsibility for themselves in the group.  I would expect an agreement on confidentiality, that what is said in the group is not repeated outside the group.

“A workshop with Dion Van Werde is your ultimate experiential dive in the foundations of the person-centred paradigm.” On Friday 12 September 2025, Heart Wood will host a masterclass with Dion Van Werde from the Pre-Therapy International Network.  Taking place from 10.30am – 5.30pm at the Minsteracres Retreat Centre, in Northumberland, Dion will first summarize Pre-Therapy and situate it in the world of Person-Centered Psychothe…

This APCCA Level 1 introduction course is for anyone who wants to develop their creativity, self-awareness, improve their wellbeing and discover how powerful creative arts practice can be. You will develop your understanding of the relevance of creativity to mental health and well-being and of its benefit to the therapeutic process. Please note the course consists of 3 sessions over 3 consecutive Tuesday evenings:- 9th September 6 pm - 8.30 pm…

Why is it that some of our clients seem stuck in unhealthy patterns despite their desire to change?  Why do people caught in abusive relationships, recognise the dangers and hate their situations, yet steadfastly remain in those relationships?  Is it simply resistance?  This study day will focus on the paradoxical safety of the hated and unhealthy patterns as well as what may be needed to empower the individual to m…

This APCCA Level 1 introduction course is for anyone who wants to develop their creativity, self-awareness, improve their wellbeing and discover how powerful creative arts practice can be. You will develop your understanding of the relevance of creativity to mental health and well-being and of its benefit to the therapeutic process. Please note the course consists of 3 sessions over 3 consecutive Tuesday evenings:- 15th July 6 pm - 8.30 pm 22…

This will be the third meeting of the newly formed Southampton local group.  The intention is to meet in person to explore the person-centred way of being and encounter one another in a genuine and respectful way.  The group will not be facilitated so each person attending would take responsibility for themselves in the group.  Agreement on confidentiality is anticipated, that what is said in the group is not repeated outside the…

Experience and share in the Rogerian core conditions in the group and in the lovely setting of the Staffordshire countryside.  Accomodation includes single room with en-suite facilities and all meals.  Bookings and enquiries are welcome .

Participants will be invited to create a safe, confidential environment, where issues of intimacy, sexual feelings and sexual healing after childhood abuse, may be focused upon without judgement. A point of discussion will be how sexual feelings, when embraced in awareness of the counsellor/therapist, may bring a positive and healing energy to the work. A welcome is extended to participants of all gender and sexual identities. Day 1: Sexua…

  Much research has gone into attempts to define and understand ‘psychopathic personality disorder’ (sometimes alternatively known as ‘sociopathic personality disorder’).  There tends to be an assumption that psychopathy always leads to violence and/or murder.  We hear about serial killers being ‘psychopaths’.  Yet these are only a few of the 4% of the population’s psychopathic personalities.  For ma…

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…

The Encounter Day is an opportunity to come together to explore ourselves and make meaningful connections with others within the principles of the person-centred approach – with respect, empathy and congruence.  The Encounter Day is open to those whose lives and work is informed by the person-centred way of being.  In line with person-centred practices the day will not be facilitated, therefore those attending will be responsible for…

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder continues to be seen as a mental illness and tends to be treated as a biochemical problem requiring medication. People experiencing OCD can present with a combination of obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviours which can dominate their lives, along with anxiety, panic attacks and other disturbing experiences. Though even experts in OCD are still not sure of the exact causes, some suggest that genetics, brain abn…

Traumatic grief is a term which combines trauma with bereavement or grief responses. Symptoms similar to PTSD, though specifically focussed on the lost person, including intrusive, distressing preoccupation with the deceased, hypervigilant scanning of the environment for the deceased, among other distressing symptoms, are seen in people who are suffering from traumatic grief. This day will allow participants space to consider the effects of loss…

This is a day for those who want to understand diagnoses in order to be more able to come alongside those who have been given them. For those seeking to connect without pathologising, endeavouring  to understand what such diagnoses mean to each individual.  It has been crucial to my practice with Survivors of childhood trauma, that I have an understanding of such experiences as dissociation, PTSD, CPTSD etc, not as pathology…

I'm delighted to be re-starting the PCEAT courses this year, starting with an introduction course in Littleborough, Greater Manchester on 17 & 18th May. Cost £180, includes all art materials.  These courses follow Natalie Rogers' creative connection approach and can be a playful, yet powerful way to develop personal growth and self-awareness.  The courses are open to qualified and trainee counsellors, and absolutely no artistic exp…

These two Saturdays will include opportunity to nurture creativity and intuition. We will look at how Focusing may relate to your values or spirituality and how we can allow the Focusing process to carry forward. We will explore the relational dimension of Focusing. If you have completed all of the ten days you receive the Focusing Skills Certificate. This workshop is suitable for people who have completed a one or two day Introduction to Focus…

two day residential with Rachel Freeth & Jan Hawkins Day 1:To be seen or not to be seen, that is the question – What  masks might we habitually wear? Being seen or not seen is experienced within relationships throughout our lives in many ways – within partnerships, marriage, friendships, professional relationships, as clients, supervisees and within groups of all kinds.  How, when and in what ways are we visible in the…

This is the second meeting of TPCA local group in this form.  The purpose of the group is to meet to explore the person-centred way of being and encounter one another in a genuine and respectful way.  The group will not be facilitated so each person attending would take responsibility for themselves in the group.  I would expect an agreement on confidentiality, that what is said in the group is not repeated outside the group.

Focusing Community Day - Saturday 10th May – 10am-4pm in Burgess Hill (near Brighton!) 15 mins on the train from Brighton £70 – Space for 5 people ​ This will be a small group in person experience where we will join together for the day to share Focusing exchanges and eat a shared lunch with options like bringing in creative/expressive methods and a walk/time in nature. We will take time for sharing in the group and to work with a theme or them…

This APCCA Level 1 introduction course is for anyone who wants to develop their creativity, self-awareness, improve their wellbeing and discover how powerful creative arts practice can be. You will develop your understanding of the relevance of creativity to mental health and well-being and of its benefit to the therapeutic process. Please note the course consists of 3 sessions over 3 consecutive Tuesday evenings:- 29th April 6 pm - 8.30 pm 6…

For the third year PCAN has booked at the 4-star Queen’s Bay Hotel, Paphos, Cyprus, for a week of rest, relaxation and Encounter. Space for Encounter will be available each morning and evening from Monday 28th April to Friday 2nd May, allowing plenty of time to enjoy the hotel facilities and delights of the island in the afternoons and the weekend days. The rooms are booked at half-board rate. Food is excellent, and ample. The hotel is family ru…

Designed at post-qualification certificate level, this training course offers you a supportive environment in which to develop the skills, knowledge, and confidence necessary to build or refresh a supervisory practice with emphases on growth, inclusion, collaborative working and ethical awareness.  Course Structure:  The course consists of 62 contact hours and will take place over 5 weekends (Saturday and Sunday) from 9.30am-4 30pm each day wit…

This in-person APCCA Level 1 introduction course is for anyone who wants to develop their creativity, self-awareness, improve their wellbeing and discover how powerful creative arts practice can be. You will develop your understanding of the relevance of creativity to mental health and well-being and of its benefit to the therapeutic process. Please note the course consists of 3 sessions over one full day in-person. The course is an ideal firs…

The Heart Wood Certificate Level Training Course is an in-person residential course, being offered as a seven-month long training experience, totalling 100 hours of CPD. ​The focus will be on the ways of being, philosophy, ethics and structures necessary for practitioners wanting to work outside the counselling room. A large amount of the input will focus on the many attitudes and skills of working with groups in nature, most of which are trans…

This day will focus on the impact of another person’s alcohol misuse on the client we are coming alongside. This may be a client who is exploring what it was like growing up in a home where one or both parents drank to excess, and how the dynamics in the home were affected by this, how the client may have grown up without the presence of a consistent adult (if both parents were regularly drunk). It might be a client worried about their child who…

These two Saturdays will give us the opportunity to be with our dreams and explore them in a Focusing way, letting go of general or pre-existing symbols and noticing the embodied component to the sense of a dream. You will be invited to let go of rational thought and allow in the childlike or instinctual so we can look at intuition and what nourishes it. This workshop is suitable for people who have completed a one or two day Introduction to Fo…

Dear colleagues Don't forget our next PCE Europe Encounter Group, a long version with 6 hours! Please look for your time zone! It will take place on Sunday,  9th of March 2025, LONG VERSION - see details 09:00 – 15:00 Portugal, UK 10:00 – 16:00 Austria, Belgium, Czech Republic, Denmark, France, Germany, Hungary, Netherlands, Poland, Slovakia, Spain, Switzerland 11:00 – 17:00 Romania, Greece, Ukraine 12:00 - 18:00 Russ…

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…

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder continues to be seen as a mental illness and tends to be treated as a biochemical problem requiring medication. People experiencing OCD can present with a combination of obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviours which can dominate their lives, along with anxiety, panic attacks and other disturbing experiences. Though even experts in OCD are still not sure of the exact causes, some suggest that genetics, brain abn…

Initial meeting to gauge interest in an ongoing monthly in person group.   Saturday 8th March 10am - 12 noon Portswood Sainsburys Community Room 224 Portswood Rd, Southampton SO17 2LB The intention is to meet to explore the person-centred way of being and encounter one another in a genuine and respectful way.  The group will not be facilitated so each person attending would take responsibility for themselves in the group.&nbs…

Allan Turner and Kate Stubbings run their very popular six-day Person-centred training course online using Zoom. The dates are 7/8 Mar 2025, 21/22 Mar 2025 and 4/5 April 2025. We are sure that you can look forward to a rich experience. We will meet electronically in large groups (a maximum of 12 participants) and smaller breakout groups of four. The course suits counsellors who qualified at least two years ago and are probably now considering…

Focusing for Person Centred Counsellors - 27th Feb- 27th Mar - Five Thursdays 10am-1pm Online £200 early bird rate if you book before the end of November Early bird rate has been extended to 13th Dec for members of TPCA/if you quote this TPCA ad £250 thereafter We will explore the Focusing way of being, how this may come in to your client work and support you around your client work. This course will be experiential in nature including gro…

Supporting clients who are living in abusive relationships can be painful and frustrating.  Unless the DA is flagrantly physically violent, many clients do not recognise that what they are living with is domestic violence.  Verbal, emotional, financial and sexual abuse chip away at the target’s confidence such that it becomes almost impossible to see a way out. Women and men who are on the receiving end of domestic abuse may…

Date - Sunday 16th February 2025 Time -9.00am till 9.00pm (12 hours) UK Time Schedule 09:00 – 09:30 Welcoming/opening 09:30-12:30 - Panel 1 12:30-1:30 - Break 13:30-16:30 - Panel 2 16:30-17:30 - Break 17:30-20:30 - Panel 3 20:30-21:00   Closure Tickets: £25 / £50 / £75 + student ticket £15 (available via discount code: pcastudentaccess) All tickets give access to the whole day event and the recording. Conference Descrip…

The autistic spectrum is a broad umbrella incorporating such terms as ‘Asperger’s Syndrome’, ‘Autism’, ‘High Functioning Autism’ and ‘Autistic Spectrum disorder’.  Many children and adults who have diagnoses within the spectrum are able to attend mainstream schools, colleges and workplaces,  yet they can experience a great deal of confusion and anxiety in any social setting.  This study day will focus on the autisti…

Play Therapy Awareness Week, also known as Play Therapy Week, will be celebrated from the 2nd until the 8th February 2025! We at ADPCACCPTS-EE with the distinct title "Becoming a person", as an Association of mental health professionals who wish to promote the spirit of Person Centred Approach & Child Centred Playtherapy, are excited to celebrate International Play therapy week along with the Int…

This day will provide the opportunity for counsellors and others in the helping professions to explore the sensitive issue of the potential for suicide in clients with whom they are working. Organisational policies often mean that any discussion of suicidal ideation leads to disclosure and breach of confidentiality, with potential rupture of the client/counsellor relationship. Those in private practice must develop their own policy in regard to…

Two Saturdays: We will look at deepening your practice of embodied listening, making the Focusing process collaborative and how use of language can influence the Focusing process. We will also explore our connection with the body and utilising the wider space to support us. This workshop is suitable for people who have completed a one or two day Introduction to Focusing. These two day workshops should be booked together and make up days 5 and…

This journey into Soul and Spiritual Accompaniment is an immersive, experiential course ~ open to people of all faiths and none, who wish to explore their own Soul journey and how best to 'walk' alongside others.      ~ Inspired and informed by teachings from East and West      ~ Underpinned by the Person Centred Approach to Counselling      ~ Embedded in our Interconnectedness with the Natu…

  Time bound grief models focus on a temporal sequence of shock, protest, despair, reorganisation, leading ultimately to acceptance.   This can lead to the idea that acceptance is required for healthy resolution, and if acceptance does not occur, a neurotic state exists.  Many parents of children/adults with learning and/or physical disabilities are judged on whether or not they have ‘accepted’ the reality of their…

Two Saturdays: We will look at how to develop a quality of presence when being with our own experience. What are the reasons why you might get stuck when you’re Focusing? We will look at blocks to the Focusing process – particularly the Inner Critic – and how to work with them. We will also look at the Inner Relationship and working with the different parts of us. This workshop is suitable for people who have completed a one or two day Introduc…

  Jealousy gets a lot of bad press. It can be seen and felt as something bad, nasty, shameful. It can lead to spiralling loss of control and increasing difficulties in relationships. A myriad of feelings can come to dominate and lead to behaviours which, far from bringing closer the connection and attachment the individual really needs, push away people. Jealousy can be at the root of suspicion, insecurity and mistrust. So, how might we, a…

On Saturday 23rd November Brighton Person-Centred Community will be hosting the wonderful Suzanne Keys to hold a CPD event exploring The Politics and Ethics of Love in Person-Centred Therapy today. To buy tickets and for more information follow this link: https://www.tickettailor.com/events/brightonpersoncentredcommunity3/1312643 This will be an experiential workshop including time for input, personal reflection, small group work and…

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 emp…

Complex PTSD shares the symptomatology of PTSD but results from chronic trauma, often from childhood.   It affects many Survivors of childhood trauma long into their adult lives. Survivors may have lived continuously with nightmares, sleep disturbances, hypervigilance, hyperarousal, self-harming, dissociation, self-esteem and self-concept issues and a variety of other difficulties.  Others who have lived with chronic tra…

You are expected to attend all six days. £550.00 total Allan Turner and Kate Stubbings run their very popular six-day Person-centred training course online using Zoom. The dates are 25/26 Oct 2024, 8/9 and 22/23 Nov 2024. We are confident that you can look forward to a rich experience. We will meet as a large group (a maximum of 12 participants) and also in smaller breakout groups, all of which will be handled electronically. The course…

Trauma is a human experience, which can be defined as an event or series of events that disrupts our experience of self or of the world. Our conference theme explores the potential of creative arts when working with trauma. We will draw on a person-centred perspective to explore contemporary practice and provide an exciting range of talks and experiential workshops. Keynotes Yana Gololob Encountering war - relationships that empower Descri…

  This day will focus on the effects of listening to traumatic experiences, and how we may be vulnerable to taking that trauma within ourselves in our work.  Sometimes known as ‘compassion fatigue’, "empathic strain," "secondary victimization," (Lindy, 1988; Figley, 1983), bearing witness to another’s trauma will affect us.  During this day we will explore the variety of ways in which our accompanying of another as…

An intensive experiential online course to develop skills you can use professionally with clients in a variety of roles and settings, such as counselling, psychotherapy, coaching, youth work and other similar roles. This course runs on Tuesday evenings, plus a Saturday once per month. Please check out the website to download the calendar for all the dates.

Focusing with Change and Uncertainty Thursday 19th September - 6.30-8.30/9pm - Online - £25 We will spend time noticing what the themes of change and uncertainty bring for us and what we might be needing around them. This may be in relation to a specific change you're going through or a more general sense of how change affects you. We will look at how the practice of Focusing might support us with uncertainty. There will be a combination of Fo…

An experiential 1-day course for anyone who wants to develop their creativity, self-awareness, wellbeing and understanding of our approach. This APCCA level 1 introduction course is for anyone who wants to develop their creativity, self-awareness, improve their wellbeing and discover how powerful creative arts practice can be. You will develop your understanding of the relevance of creativity to mental health and wellbeing and of its benefit to…

This APCCA Level 1 introduction course is for anyone who wants to develop their creativity, self-awareness, improve their wellbeing and discover how powerful creative arts practice can be. You will develop your understanding of the relevance of creativity to mental health and wellbeing and of its benefit to the therapeutic process. Please note the course consists of 3 sessions - see below for dates . The course is an ideal first step to traini…

This day will focus on the effects of listening to traumatic experiences, and how we may be vulnerable to taking that trauma within ourselves in our work.  Sometimes known as ‘compassion fatigue’, "empathic strain," "secondary victimization," (Lindy, 1988; Figley, 1983), bearing witness to another’s trauma will affect us.  During this day we will explore the variety of ways in which our accompanying of another as they work with their trauma can…

Day 1 focusing on The Healing Power of Story: The Tale of the Ugly Duckling; evening encounter groups and/or social gathering.  There is a potency for healing available in fairy tales, myths and stories.  Certain stories grip us, whilst others leave us cold.  The Tale of the Ugly Duckling has particular relevance to those who feel the outcast in their family of origin.  For individuals who grew up sensing that there was something wrong – some m…

An opportunity to Encounter in the lovely rural setting of Staffordshire.  We look forward to meeting people who have been before and we especially welcome 'new faces'. There is no set agenda beyond the meal times of the house.  We meet to experience Rogerian principles and 'Way of Being. in our giving and receiving.   Encounter is not facilitated. The event is organised by 'Warwickshire Person-Centred Encounter' CPD certificates of attendanc…

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…

  The issue of touch within therapy relationships relies on the personal integrity of the therapist, unless the tradition of therapy they practice prohibits it altogether.  This day will provide space for focus on each participant’s relative comfort and/or discomfort with touch within therapeutic relationships.  We will consider what might constitute ‘safe’ touch between therapist and client, as well as the potential healing aspects of touch. …

Based on work by David Groves,  a pioneering New Zealand psychotherapist, who worked with repressed traumatic memories, developing an approach which fits with the PCA, by using only the client’s language. Paying particular attention to the client’s metaphors and developing a  way of working which enabled clients to lead in their own healing, his work is mainly known by NLP and/or hypnotherapy practitioners. However,  I have found that clients of…

A morning writing on the theme of belonging. We will explore the fundamental need as well as exquisite desires to belong, the urge to be part of something greater than ourself.  A gentle opportunity to see how we’ve travelled with this idea, how it sits within us. Design in still in process and material is being gathered in from poems, archetypes, aspects of the natural world.. ..metaphor and myth. Writing into our own family dynamics around t…

Much research has gone into attempts to define and understand ‘psychopathic personality disorder’ (sometimes alternatively known as ‘sociopathic personality disorder’).  There tends to be an assumption that psychopathy always leads to violence and/or murder.  We hear about serial killers being ‘psychopaths’.  Yet these are only a few of the 4% of the population’s psychopathic personalities.  For many therapists, we may rarely or never see a clie…

Monthly online encounters group via Zoom, organised by PCE Europe.    If you are interested  in the Encounter Group and want to be added to the mailing list please visit the  PCE Europe Website.  You will then be sent a the link to join the zoom group.      Background Opening up to individual members was the first step of PCE Europe to live up to our name "European Network ..." not only at the level of organisations but also at the level of…

How about a holiday at a 4-star hotel, with its own beach, in the Spring of 2024, with Encounter? Colin Boniface, who some of you will know, knows the Queen’s Bay Hotel, Paphos very well, as a regular visitor, and he has again secured an excellent deal for us for a week’s holiday encompassing a 5-day Encounter. What’s not to like? Those of us who trialled the experience this year (2023) are completely sold! The hotel is ace, and the food – ext…

This APCCA Level 1 introduction course is for anyone who wants to develop their creativity, self-awareness, improve their wellbeing and discover how powerful creative arts practice can be. You will develop your understanding of the relevance of creativity to mental health and wellbeing and of its benefit to the therapeutic process. Please note the course consists of 3 sessions - see below for dates . The course is an ideal first step to traini…

This in-person APCCA Level 1 introduction course is for anyone who wants to develop their creativity and self-awareness, improve their well-being, and discover how powerful creative arts practice can be. You will develop your understanding of the relevance of creativity to mental health and well-being and its benefit to the therapeutic process. Please note the course consists of 3 sessions over one full day in person. The course is an ideal fi…

Hello! We have recently been putting energy back into the Brighton Person-Centred community and have a programme of upcoming experiential CPDs for 2024 that we wanted to share. There are lots of different opportunities to be involved, particularly if you live on or near the South Coast.   We are holding: a CPD with Sheila Haugh on 'What is contemporary Person-Centred theory?' on Saturday 13th April, click here for more information and ticke…

Supporting clients who are living in abusive relationships can be painful and frustrating.  Unless the DA is flagrantly physically violent, many clients do not recognise that what they are experiencing is domestic violence.  Verbal, emotional, financial and sexual abuse chip away at the target’s confidence such that it becomes almost impossible to see a way out.  Women and men who are on the receiving end of domestic abuse may present for therap…

Crying is a natural process, a way of releasing emotions.  When might crying instead be getting in the way?  What about people who find they can’t cry?  As therapists, do we feel crying is evidence of movement within the healing process?  If so, what do we feel about the client who steadfastly cannot cry?  This day will explore tears through the seminal work of Judith Kay Nelson (Seeing through tears: Crying and attachment, 2005), as well as pro…

Potential suicide is one of the most challenging situations for a counsellor to encounter. This workshop will offer an opportunity to explore the main issues, and will include: The ethical dilemma - sanctity of life or client autonomy?  Why do people consider taking their own life? Risk assessment Offering a therapeutic relationship Safety plans Supervision and Self-Care 6 HOURS CPD Les Johns trainer:- Les qualified as a social work…

Led by Rab Erskine and Chip Ponsford Course Dates Fri 22 – Sun 24 March 2024 Fri 3 – Sun 5 May 2024 Fri 14 – Sun 16 June 2024 Fri 26 – Sun 28 July 2024 Fri 6 – Sun 8 September 2024 Fri 18 – Sun 20 October 2024 This course is for qualified and practicing humanistic or person-centred counsellors who are receiving ongoing supervision and are members of a governing body.  ​The Heart Wood Training Certificate is an in-person residential course…

‘A configuration of self is a hypothetical construct denoting a coherent pattern of feelings thoughts and preferred behavioural responses symbolised or pre-symbolised by the person as reflective of a dimension of existence within the self’ (Thorne and Mearns, 2000). Using the characters of Snow White and the Seven Dwarves, participants will be able to discover their own and client’s ‘configurations of self’, gaining insights into the darker ‘s…

What fascinates me about the dreams that my clients bring to their sessions, is that the client often changes in their dream world before changing in their conscious, waking life.  The rich world of dreams in both superficial and deep ways can provide a way of deepening understanding when the therapist is willing to take the client’s lead into the exploration of the story of the dream. Person-centred practitioners may enjoy exploring how dreams…

Allan Turner and Kate Stubbings run their very popular six-day Person-centred training course online using Zoom. The dates are 16/17 Feb 2024, 1/2 and 15/16 March 2024. We are confident that you can look forward to a rich experience. We will meet as a large group (a maximum of 12 participants) and also in smaller breakout groups, all of which will be handled electronically. The course suits counsellors who qualified at least two years ago…

WPCE warmly invites you to experience the encounter weekend in the valley at Launde Abbey, East Norton, Leicestershire LE7 9XB.    Comforting food, en-suite single, double and twin rooms, and tranquil surroundings, give an opportunity to connect with yourself, other participants and nature; simply bring yourself and a willingness to connect and engage. The only requirement is to respect and value the core conditions that Rogers promoted. Parti…

31st January 2024 with Makiku Makuni (Japan) Sheila Haugh will be presenting a series of sessions, in which she invites guests to talk about person-centred therapy across cultures. Originating from the USA in the 1950s and 1960s, person-centred counselling/psychotherapy was very much a product of the zeitgeist of the times and of a white, western, gendered psychology. Nevertheless, person-centred therapy has spread to many parts of the world…

Self-harming behaviours can attract negative and sometimes hostile responses.  Probably the most commonly held view is that people who self-harm are either ‘attention seeking’ or ‘manipulating’.  This day will focus on the causes and diversity of self-harming behaviours.  We will explore how we can support clients for whom self-harming has become a way of surviving, and how we may help in encouraging self-care as a healthy option.  The day will…

It is rare for counselling and psychotherapy courses to include time for exploring sexual feelings in relating to clients, or which clients express towards their counsellors/therapists.  For some practitioners this can lead to a sense that there is something wrong if sexual feelings emerge within them in their work, or in clients who have sexual feelings towards them. In such close relationships, it seems natural that there will sometimes be att…

Sheila Haugh will be presenting a series of sessions, in which she invites guests to talk about person-centred therapy across cultures. Originating from the USA in the 1950s and 1960s, person-centred counselling/psychotherapy was very much a product of the zeitgeist of the times and of a white, western, gendered psychology. Nevertheless, person-centred therapy has spread to many parts of the world. Rogers was very attached to the idea of a ‘way…

This day will focus on the impact  of another person’s alcohol misuse on the client we are coming alongside. This may be a client who is exploring what it was like growing up in a home where one or both parents drank to excess, and how the dynamics in the home were affected by this, how the client may have grown up without the presence of a consistent adult (if both parents were regularly drunk). It might be a client worried about their child wh…

A experiential Workshop for anyone who wants to develop their creativity, self-awareness, wellbeing and understanding of our approach. This APCCA Level 1 introduction course is for anyone who wants to develop their creativity, self-awareness, improve their wellbeing and discover how powerful creative arts practice can be. You will develop your understanding of the relevance of creativity to mental health and wellbeing and of its benefit to the…

This 4 day course is the first level of ICEEFT approved Emotionally Focused Therapy training, and will by run by Sandra Taylor and Helene Igwebuike - ICEEFT certified trainers based in Britain. It will run from 9a.m. - 5 p.m. November 20th - 23rd at Voluntary Action Islington, London. The venue is wheelchair accessible. This course will primarily be about working with couples and is relevant to those new to working with couples as well as those…

Understanding and Working with Shame in Person-Centred Practice Shame is everywhere – lurking in the shadows of human experience and relationships, and used as a tool for social and relational control. Shame often looks like something else however, and stays unrecognised or mis-recognised by both clients and therapists. Missing such crucial experiences is likely to reduce the effectiveness of therapy.   This workshop will help person-centred…

For those who recognise the sense of bewilderment of seeing through something or someone whilst others seem to agree about what is there, this story can be deeply empowering.  This day will explore the story of the Emperor’s New Clothes, and the loneliness of seeing what others do not, the difficulty in keeping quiet, or the cost of speaking up. How do our clients present these experiences in the therapy relationship, and how do we come alongsid…

  This question is often brought to therapy by those who have suffered from childhood trauma in the form of sexual, physical, psychological, emotional, spiritual abuse and neglect. The question can also be complicated by considering whom they should forgive, the person or people who perpetrated the abuse? Or sometimes the client cannot forgive themselves, having been so young when they were abused, they could only see and understand things as t…

Exploring the unspoken promise of ‘mother’. We will be using poems and archetypes to open explorations into an unspoken promise we may detect in the identity of ‘mother’.  A chance to let in what society may anticipate for us, what fiction may describe to us. And then to write from our own perspective of what it's like to have a mother, maybe be a mother …. maybe live without a mother … or maybe as a mother to live without a child. Hopefully the…

PCAN is delighted to announce their annual 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: £250 (EB £220 before 15th S…

This APCCA Level 1 introduction course is for anyone who wants to develop their creativity, self-awareness, improve their wellbeing and discover how powerful creative arts practice can be. You will develop your understanding of the relevance of creativity to mental health and wellbeing and of its benefit to the therapeutic process. Please note the course consists of 3 sessions - see below for dates . The course is an ideal first step to traini…

A closed process group with connection and disconnection as our heartland running approximately fortnightly. Using the star shape as our framework, each session will hold connection and disconnection as the heartland and from here we will venture into each of the five ‘pentacles’. In each session, we will hold the focus from a different perspective, will hold a different enquiry question and always with an interest in the ocean-moon pulls and p…

A day being guided into yoga and writing activities, gently oscillating between the two. Liz and Laura bring their individual skills and experience in ways designed to complement one another. Together we hope to facilitate a day in which you raise aspects of self-awareness and experience more embodiment. This is one in a series of 4 days exploring the elements and how we experience them on a personal level. Each is a stand alone day. We begin w…

To train experienced counsellors, psychotherapists and psychologists to confidently contract to offer Person-centred couples counselling. This is an important area of training that is constantly in demand from EAPs and couples themselves. A counsellor spending their training budget in this area is, likely to enjoy a good return on their investment. This training is unashamedly person-centred, which means that it will use person-centred theory as…

Gentle evening exploring process via writing with an emerging theme of Storehouse. For Tasters I tend to say - no specific theme beyond the one that is always present of a tuning into who we are right now, which can lead us to noticing what has perhaps been on the edge of awareness. Suitable for anyone who finds pleasure in writing spontaneously, tuning in or maybe gathering ideas for future writing projects.  The emerging theme for this one…

Obsessive Compulsive Disorder continues to be seen as a mental illness and tends to be treated as a biochemical problem requiring medication.  People experiencing OCD can present with a combination of obsessive thoughts and compulsive behaviours which can dominate their lives, along with anxiety, panic attacks and other disturbing experiences. Though even experts in OCD are still not sure of the exact causes, some suggest that genetics, brain ab…

In this writing workshop we will be enquiring into a sense of responsibility we may hold, perhaps around the protestant work ethic, in asking or not asking for help and societal messages around rest or claiming rest.

Come and join us, for a Person-Centred Encounter group – an opportunity to experience meeting at relational depth - for PCA practitioners, trainees, supervisors, trainers, and anyone committed to the Person-Centred Approach (PCA). Cost: £35 - includes refreshments; bring lunch to share (or just for yourself) PCAN (the Person-Centred Approach Network) is a non-profit making organisation, and exists to provide opportunities for people to experie…

PCAN, with the North East London PCA Local Group, will host a Person-Centred Encounter group for PCA practitioners, trainees and anyone committed to the Person-Centred Approach, on Sunday 17th September, at Bedford House, Buckhurst Hill. PCAN (Person-Centred Approach Network) has been organising encounter groups for more than 45 years. PCAN is a non-profit making organisation, and exists to provide opportunities for people to experience tempora…

Person-centred, contact- orientated counselling/psychotherapy in a nature setting. These residential experiential weekends are for person-centred or humanistic counsellors interested in beginning to work (or in developing their existing practice) in using nature as a working environment, either with groups, or on a one-to-one basis. The courses will be held at the Burnlaw Centre, Northumberland, set within forty acres of organic pastures, native…

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…

I am excited to be offering a weekly ongoing therapeutic group at New Road Psychotherapy (Hove) on Tuesday evenings (6:30pm-8pm) beginning Tuesday 5th September 2023 and breaking for the summer on Tuesday 16 July 2024. If this sounds of interest to you, please see how you find yourself responding to the following questions: - Are you feeling isolated? - Do you feel lonely? Even when surrounded by others? - Do you sometimes wonder if you are th…

Creating art is therapeutic. It can help with stress, trauma, mental health and wellbeing. And when the person centred, non-directive, interpretive approach is bought together with creative arts, the result is a powerful and yet gentle therapeutic approach If you want to learn more about the person-centred approach and training to working therapeutically with creative arts come along to a FREE online taster session on 29th August! In thi…

The Taster workshops are formed from underground threads that are slowly making their way towards the light. This means there is no specific theme to communicate in advance. Beyond the one that is always present in these workshops - a tuning into who we are right now, which can lead us to noticing what has perhaps been on the edge of awareness. I will introduce writing prompts and use story and poems as ways in.

Jealousy gets a lot of bad press. It can be seen and felt as something bad, nasty, shameful. It can lead to spiralling loss of control and increasing difficulties in relationships. A myriad of feelings can come to dominate and lead to behaviours which, far from bringing closer the connection and attachment the individual really needs, push away people. Jealousy can be at the root of suspicion, insecurity and mistrust. So, how might we, as person…

The Taster workshops are formed from underground threads that are slowly making their way towards the light. This means there is no specific theme to communicate in advance. Beyond the one that is always present in these workshops - a tuning into who we are right now, which can lead us to noticing what has perhaps been on the edge of awareness. I will introduce writing prompts and use story and poems as ways in.

An opportunity to engage with and experience Person-Centred Encounter in the beautiful setting of the Staffordshire countryside. The cost is inclusive of full board from Friday evening to Sunday lunch with tea and coffee available during the day. Rooms are individual and en-suite. For those new to Encounter or who are students we can offer a £50 discount on request. There is no set agenda to the weekend beyond respecting mealtimes set by the Hou…

The weekend will be limited to 30 participants, in shared accommodation. Some single rooms are available with a small supplement (£18). A few day attendees may like to camp on the 50 acre site by arrangement with Debden House – the maximum number for the weekend will remain at 30 participants. All meals and refreshments from arrival to departure are included in the fee of £250. Depending on numbers, I hope to offer some bursaries. Jan Hawkins w…

Using playful writing prompts to identify needs and preferences at times when a reset is needed. Exploring ways of being that do or don’t meet current needs. Where are the places we find ourselves stifled, stuck, shy or scared to change? Where are the places in which to be bold, take heart - feel free to say what we need and move from habits that no longer serve?

PCAN is pleased 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 canrecommend the catering, and the varied gardens provide additional sanctuary. Across the road there is a nature reserve – with walks…

For over 30 years, as a person-centred therapist, the repeated refrain in many quarters that CBT is 'the' treatment for anxiety has been something of surprise! Prior to training as a therapist, I had trained with the Health Education Council as a Look After Yourself Tutor, working with Cardiac rehab, people with Asthma and with anxiety difficulties. This understanding was a part of me which naturally came into my practice as a therapist. As part…

Person-centred, contact- orientated counselling/psychotherapy in a nature setting. These residential experiential weekends are for person-centred or humanistic counsellors interested in beginning to work (or in developing their existing practice) in using nature as a working environment, either with groups, or on a one-to-one basis. The courses will be held at the Burnlaw Centre, Northumberland, set within forty acres of organic pastures, nati…

The Taster workshops are formed from underground threads that are slowly making their way towards the light. This means there is no specific theme to communicate in advance. Beyond the one that is always present in these workshops - a tuning into who we are right now, which can lead us to noticing what has perhaps been on the edge of awareness. I will introduce writing prompts and use story and poems as ways in.

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 respond differently…

Based on work by David Groves, a pioneering New Zealand psychotherapist, who worked with repressed traumatic memories, developing an approach which fits with the PCA, by using only the client’s language. Paying particular attention to the client’s metaphors and developing a way of working which enabled clients to lead in their own healing, his work is mainly known by NLP and/or hypnotherapy practitioners. However, I have found that clients often…

If you have completed an Introduction to Focusing with me or another teacher you can take this workshop, which makes up days nine and ten of the Focusing Skills Certificate. Course runs over two Saturdays. The final weekend will include more opportunity to nurture creativity and intuition. We will look at how Focusing may relate to your values or spirituality and how we can work with action steps. On completion of the five weekends you receive t…

The Unsung – how things make the light or get missed  Inspired by Kei Millers book of poems, A Light Song of Light, we’ll be using prompts from the book, from musicians and other ways in.  We’ll be gathering in aspects that we feel free to sing about in ourselves and in others and also acknowledging the unsung, what others miss in us, what there is less time for or feels too tender to shout about. 

The Taster workshops are suitable for anyone who finds pleasure in writing spontaneously and in tuning in. They contain invitations into present moment experiencing, bringing in body, mind and heart. No specific themes here beyond the one that is always present in these workshops - a tuning into who we are right now, which can lead us to noticing what has perhaps been on the edge of awareness. I will introduce writing prompts and use resources s…

Person-centred therapists - like all therapists - benefit from understanding some of the issues facing Survivors of childhood trauma. Jan Hawkins is a Person-Centred therapist, supervisor and trainer, with a passion for experiential, ongoing learning opportunities for practitioners. Complex PTSD shares the symptomatology of PTSD but results from chronic trauma, often from childhood. It affects many Survivors of childhood trauma long into their a…

Once again we return to Cliff College for the 2023 PCAN Spring Encounter. Cliff  Conference Centre is situated in the grounds of Cliff College on the outskirts of the  village of Calver in the Peak District National Park, and has lovely views and grounds;  near to Chesterfield, Sheffield, Manchester and Bakewell. The grounds of the college,  which have a variety of areas to enjoy, and there are local walks into the surrounding  hills, which offe…

If you have completed an Introduction to Focusing with me or another teacher you can take this workshop, which makes up days seven and eight of the Focusing Skills Certificate. Course runs over two Saturdays. This weekend will give us the opportunity to be with our dreams and explore them in a Focusing way. You will be invited to let go of rational thought and allow in the childlike or instinctual so we can look at intuition and what nourishes…

Les’ original training was psychodynamic and over the years he has evolved, via many of the major approaches, into the committed person-centred counsellor he now is. Drawing from this experience, and on the wisdom of such giants as Melanie Klein, John Bowlby and Carl Rogers, he will use the day to explore the worlds of Object Relations, Brain Development and Person-Centredness, with an emphasis on the importance of giving and receiving love. We…

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 respond differently…

4 Day residential encounter group. Starts off with a workshop with Rose Cameron "The Unseen Dance" on Wednesday lunch time and ends with Breakfast and a morning session on Sunday. There will be an open community group on all days, but also the possibility of smaller workshops in breakout rooms.  Rose says about the initial workshop:  This workshop will look at the unseen dance that arises as therapists and clients subtly extend towards and pu…

PCAN, with the North East London PCA Local Group, will host a Person-Centred Encounter group for PCA practioners, trainees and anyone committed to the Person-Centred Approach, on Sunday 12 th February, at Bedford House, Buckhurst Hill. Bedford House (BH) is situated a 5-10 minute (uphill) walk from Buckhurst Hill underground station (Central Line). Buckhurst Hill is a 15- 20 minute drive from junction 26 on the M25, through Epping Forest. PCAN…

If you have completed an Introduction to Focusing with me or another teacher you can take this workshop, which makes up days five and six of the Focusing Skills Certificate. Course runs over two Saturdays. We will look at deepening your listening practice, making the Focusing process collaborative and how use of language can influence the Focusing process. We will also explore our connection with the body and utilising the wider space to suppor…

PCAN is pleased to offer a 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 reserve – with walks into t…

The writing workshops are formed from various prompts and activities, designed to invite us into more expansive spaces, where we can be curious to the parts of us that are present or calling. I encourage a receptivity to what we find, chance to honour that which we connect to, within ourselves and in others. The workshops are generally in small groups and focus on process . They may help us to hear parts of ourselves with less distinctive voices…

A person- centred group meeting on the second Thursday evening of each month 7-9

The story of the Ugly Duckling has particular relevance to those who feel the outcast in their family of origin. For individuals who grew up sensing that there was something wrong – some mismatch between themselves and other members of the family – this story can bring hope. For others, journeying through a life of exile can be so deeply painful that it eludes a language to describe it. This day is appropriate for anyone who feels drawn to the s…

The writing workshops are formed from various prompts and activities, designed to invite us into more expansive spaces, where we can be curious to the parts of us that are present or calling. I encourage a receptivity to what we find, chance to honour that which we connect to, within ourselves and in others. These are generally in small groups and focus on process and may help us to hear parts of ourselves with less distinctive voices. Spelling…

Traumatic grief is a term which combines trauma with bereavement or grief responses. Symptoms similar to PTSD, though specifically focussed on the lost person, including intrusive, distressing preoccupation with the deceased, hypervigilant scanning of the environment for the deceased, among other distressing symptoms, are seen in people who are suffering from traumatic grief. The nature of the loss is broad, including loss by murder, suicide…

10.00am-4.00pm This day will focus on how we may balance acceptance of diagnoses which are meaningful to our clients, at the same time as avoiding assumptions and pathologising attitudes. In essence, participants are invited to explore the idea that to be anti-diagnosis can be as disrespectful and directive, as being someone who labels. Furthermore, to learn more about a particular difficulty, way of being, syndrome, cluster of personality trait…

If you have wanted to explore working with couples, or working with them in new ways - this is an excellent introduction. A four day immersion in the theory and practise of Emotionally Focused Therapy - an internationally recognised model of therapy that blends both humanistic and systemic ways of working with its foundations in attachment theory . EFT is a collaborative way of working with people where we step into emotion whilst also having a…

Training Provider: Les Johns Les qualified as a social worker, then spent 20 years in the Probation Service before taking early retirement. He has since worked as a counsellor, supervisor and trainer for a further 20 years. His original training was psychodynamic and over the years he has evolved, via many of the major approaches, into the committed person-centred counsellor he now is. However, this CPD is, he believes, relevant to counsellor…

Focusing on Identity and Diversity – exploring embodied experience of whiteness Thursdays 6.30-9pm - 10th, 17th, 24th Nov & 1st Dec - £130 - on Zoom - 3-5 places max Do you have an interest in exploring your own cultural identity and how this might impact on your being in the world, your being with others? This is an opportunity for those identifying as white to engage with our own identity and our experiences around difference, power and prejud…

The writing workshops are formed from various prompts and activities, designed to invite us into more expansive spaces, where we can be curious to the parts of us that are present or calling. I encourage a receptivity to what we find, chance to honour that which we connect to, within ourselves and in others. These are generally in small groups and focus on process and may help us to hear parts of ourselves with less distinctive voices. Spelling…

Workshop - "Developing Relational Depth". The following questions will be addressed, with an emphasis on practical application in the counselling room:- • What is relational depth and how is it helpful? • If it is helpful, how can it be achieved? • What does the research say? • What about those clients with whom forming a relationship is not easy, be it for organic reasons (e.g. dementia, autism) or because of personality issues (e.g. narcissism…

The writing workshops are formed from various prompts and activities, designed to invite us into more expansive spaces, where we can be curious to the parts of us that are present or calling. I encourage a receptivity to what we find, chance to honour that which we connect to, within ourselves and in others. These are generally in small groups and focus on process and may help us to hear parts of ourselves with less distinctive voices. Spelling…

This is offered in collaboration with Jane Flotte, co-editor of ADPCA's Person-Centred Journal, "Women Mentors in the PCA" Sunday 23rd of October, 7-9 PM UK time A gathering to share experiences of PC women mentors. Maybe you were transformed by a teacher, a colleague or a supervisor. Maybe your mentor was never published or is not widely known in person-centered communities. We want to hear about them and to amplify voices that have gone uncele…

10.00am-4.00pm This is a personal development day for anyone interested in the how of how we learned as children in the classroom, and how this has affected the way we think about our learning abilities as adults. It has always surprised me, in teaching adults, how many are riddled with anxiety about the academic requirements of courses, and in my experience, there seems to be a disproportionate number of students on counselling courses who lack…

Blocks and the Inner Relationship - days 3 & 4 of Focusing Skills Certificate - 15th October 2022 , 26th November 2022 If you have completed an Introduction to Focusing with me or another teacher you can take this workshop, which makes up days three and four of the Focusing Skills Certificate. Course runs over two Saturdays. This two day course will explore: what are the reasons why you might get stuck when you’re Focusing? We will look at block…

The day will include: * What is relational depth and how is it helpful? * If it is helpful, how can it be achieved? * What does the research say? * What about those clients with whom forming a relationship is not easy? * The implications of remote working will be considered. Facilitated by Les Johns Les qualified as a social worker, then spent 20 years in the Probation Service before taking early retirement. He has since worked as a counsellor…

Earth Being of the earth and on the earth. Being earthed. Explorations of connectedness via a variety of writing prompts.

Earth Being of the earth and on the earth. Being earthed. Explorations of connectedness via various writing prompts.

This workshop follows on from my Introduction to Focusing day one. You may choose to attend this second day after having attended one of my day one workshops or if you have attended a one day Focusing Introduction with another teacher. This day two of the Introduction will provide further opportunity to consolidate your learning from day one, gain more practice with Focusing and learn about Clearing a Space. Clearing a Space is a process which c…

A person-centred view on self harming as survival: 10.00am-4.00pm Self-harming behaviours can attract negative, and sometimes hostile, responses. Probably the most commonly held view is that people who self-harm are either ‘attention seeking’ or ‘manipulating’. For many practitioners, feeling deskilled and/or helpless in hearing about their client’s self-harming can lead to a need to close off from the client for self-protection. This day will f…

Have you completed an Externship in EFT and want to do the second level of training? Core Skills Emotionally Focused Therapy training is a more intense and skills based course than the Externship. This one is offered as 2 modules of 4 days each - 12th - 15th September 2022 and December 5th - 8th 2022. Numbers are limited on this course to increase your engagement with the learning. Attendance is required as well as presentation about your work w…

Introduction to Focusing – 10th & 24th September - 10-5 - £140 - on Zoom What is Focusing? What is the felt sense? In this course you will be introduced to the Focusing process and the particular way of Focusing Listening. We will explore the Focusing attitude and the practice of ‘clearing a space’ (which can help with overwhelm). Learn the gentle yet empowering practice of Focusing for getting a better sense of how you feel and what you ne…

Focusing Refresher/Practice Group - 6.30-8.30pm 8th Sep - £25 Online Have you have done some Focusing in the past but feel a bit rusty and want to get back into the practice? Or maybe you've done a course more recently and want to keep your practice alive in preparation for joining a Focusing Skills Certificate course. Maybe you just love Focusing and would like to join with a small supportive group to share Focusing and Listening turns. This gr…

Introduction to Focusing – 9th & 10th July - 10-5 - £140 - on Zoom What is Focusing? What is the felt sense? In this course you will be introduced to the Focusing process and the particular way of Focusing Listening. We will explore the Focusing attitude and the practice of ‘clearing a space’ (which can help with overwhelm). Learn the gentle yet empowering practice of Focusing for getting a better sense of how you feel and what you need. Co…

Experiential workshops to develop personal growth and creativity. Suitable for CPD, based on Natalie Rogers’ mixed media approach. A playful, fun, but powerful introduction to our expressive arts model using an abundance of materials and creative approaches. £150 for the weekend (non-residential) in the beautiful South Lakes area. All materials provided. Completion of the Introduction Course enables participants to attend the Level One course w…

Join us and learn how to work with couples/partners on a course that is focused on LGBTQ+ relationships. This is the world’s first LGBTQ+ focused Emotionally Focused Therapy (EFT) 4-day Externship – the initial level of training in EFT (as developed by Sue Johnson) and endorsed by the International Centre for Excellence in Emotionally Focused Therapy (ICEEFT). EFT is a collaborative therapy model that has a clear and successful map for where we…

Focusing with a Life Issue: Four Week Personal Development Course Thursdays 13.00-15.30pm 19th, 26th May, 2nd, 9th June - £130 Online – maximum 6 people Take the opportunity to work on an issue in your life with the support of the Focusing process in a small regular online group. You might want to, for instance, improve your self-esteem, work on a relationship issue, break a habit or consider a life choice. The course will expand your knowledge…

Focusing Refresher/Practice Group - 6.30-8.30pm 9th May - £25 Online Have you have done some Focusing in the past but feel a bit rusty and want to get back into the practice? Or maybe you've done an Intro course more recently and want to keep your practice alive between now and the Autumn's Skills Certificate. Maybe you just love Focusing and would like to join with a small supportive group to share Focusing and Listening turns. This group will…

Developing Relational Depth Training Provider: Les Johns Les qualified as a social worker, then spent 20 years in the Probation Service before taking early retirement. He has since worked as a counsellor, supervisor and trainer for a further 20 years. His original training was psychodynamic and over the years he has evolved, via many of the major approaches, into the committed person-centred counsellor he now is. However, this CPD is, he bel…

Developing Relational Depth Training Provider: Les Johns Les qualified as a social worker, then spent 20 years in the Probation Service before taking early retirement. He has since worked as a counsellor, supervisor and trainer for a further 20 years. His original training was psychodynamic and over the years he has evolved, via many of the major approaches, into the committed person-centred counsellor he now is. However, this CPD is, he be…

“Our biological, neurological, developmental and social ‘settings’ are, if anything, relational, not individual, and the logic of being relational is to be in relationship with others (plural)” – Keith Tudor. This new online supervision group is for practitioners of all stages. Group supervision can be particularly enrichening in ways that are different from 1 to 1 interactions. In group supervision, practitioners can for example, reflect on…

Form and Freedom:person-centred supervision training April - September 2022 Facilitated by: Cathy Burton and Josephine Russell Designed at post-qualification certificate level, this training course offers you a supportive environment in which to develop the skills, knowledge, and confidence necessary to build or refresh a supervisory practice with emphases on growth, inclusion, collaborative working and ethical awareness. Course ethos and in…

“Our biological, neurological, developmental and social ‘settings’ are, if anything, relational, not individual, and the logic of being relational is to be in relationship with others (plural)” – Keith Tudor. This new online supervision group is for practitioners of all stages. Group supervision can be particularly enrichening in ways that are different from 1 to 1 interactions. In group supervision, practitioners can for example, reflect on…

Introduction to Focusing Part one: 10th, 17th, 24th, 31st March 1-2.30pm Places for parts one and two separately may be possible (£65) What is Focusing? What is the felt sense? You will be introduced to the Focusing process and the particular way of Focusing Listening. This highly experiential workshop will help you learn to listen to your body and trust the wisdom it can share with you. After this series you can go on to do a second part of the…

Introduction to Focusing – 10-5 - 5th & 6th March 2022 - £130 - on Zoom 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…

Dear colleagues and friends, Last year we were thrilled by the turnout to our core competence training on Race, Culture, and Anti-Discrimination Practice. Since that time, we have listened, learnt, and refined the training to produce a compact 30-hour Live Workshop and OnDemand foundational course we can be proud of. This course has been designed for individual psychological practitioners – such as psychologists, IAPT therapists, counsellors, an…

For decades now, the hostile takeover of NHS counselling and psychotherapy by a narrow range of “evidence-based” psychological therapies has been eroding real therapeutic relationships, which have now been all but stripped out of NHS and third sector mental health services.

A 4-day immersion in the theory and practice of Emotionally Focused Therapy - as developed by Sue Johnson. This course is the first formal step in EFT training and is ideal for those who are interested in moving into working with couples or who are working with couples and want to explore this collaborative structured approach that offers a clear map to work with. Emotionally Focused Therapy developed primarily as a couples therapy approach an…

The practice of Focusing enables both counsellors and clients to become more connected with the wider realm of our embodied experience and gives us access to rich layers of inner knowing about what we feel and what we need. This simple process can assist us to become more attuned to ourselves and our clients; deepen our empathy and compassion; create the conditions for clients to get in touch with their felt experience and invite Focusing moment…

If you have completed an Introduction to Focusing with me or another teacher you can take this weekend, which makes up days three and four of the Focusing Skills Certificate. Course runs over two Saturdays. What are the reasons why you might get stuck when you’re Focusing? We will look at blocks to the Focusing process - particularly the Inner Critic - and how to work with them. We will also look at the Inner Relationship, working with the diff…

If you have already done a one day Introduction to Focusing with me or another teacher (or have equivalent Focusing experience) you can gain more experience and a deeper understanding of the practice on this second Introductory day. Get more practice of both the Focusing and Listening role and learn about the different ways we process our experience and how we may approach Focusing differently depending on our ‘processing style’. You will also…

This course is designed to introduce you to Natalie Rogers' person-centred expressive arts creative connection approach whereby you will be invited to use a range of different expressive media, including visual art or mark-making using pastels, creative/expressive writing, clay modelling, gentle movement, music, and guided visualisation in order to gain personal insight and self-awareness. It is a playful yet powerful approach as each consequent…

Focusing is a process that can enrich all areas of our lives, as it is about the very way that we attend to our experiencing. It can help us to step out of our habitual ways of relating to ourselves, others, situations and into a way of experiencing that is more nuanced, rich and alive. Focusing is a natural skill that anyone can develop and Focusing-listening partnerships are a brilliant resource for supporting our wellbeing and ongoing self ex…

A free training course for humanistic or person-centred counsellors based in the North East who are interested in working with Heart Wood. This is a three weekend residential course designed and delivered by Rab Erskine. Heart Wood is a mental health charity based in Northumberland founded in 2019. We offer person-centred group therapy in a natural environment. We have a current focus on working with men including those with complex and enduring…

A DJ Saved My Life – BAATN Online Dance Event This is Closed Practitioner Event Hosted by Dennis L Carney Fri 30th Jul 2021 7pm - 9pm London/ UK Time Online via Zoom Are your dancing shoes covered in cobwebs? Missing fun times on the dance floor? Is your social life in the doldrums? Then this monthly BAATN Zoom event is for you. So, dust off your dancing shoes, get ready to boogie and shake your hips to some classic dance floor tunes and wi…

Do you feel ready to become a supervisor? Are you interested in and value the PCA? Do you have a minimum of 400 hours of post qualifying client work? Are you looking for affordable training ? If so this course might be for you . Please email or phone Mike Trier to get more details This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.. Telephone 0787 0346661

We are living through very significant times, where history is bearing down on us. BAATN is excited to be collaborating with The National Archives again, to present a one-day workshop on Indian Indentureship where we will explore themes of departure, journey and settlement using records from the archives, personal reflections and oral testimony. The one-day workshop will be structured around three sessions looking in-depth at each of the theme…

Online Training Event The Challenge of Racism in Therapeutic Practice Engaging with oppression in practice and supervision based on Dr Isha Mckenzie-Mavinga's books* 10th & 11th July 2021 - Online via zoom  Workshops are presented by BIPOC Masters trained in a black empathic, approach to therapy, by Dr Isha Mckenzie-Mavinga.   This is an open event for practitioners of all racial backgrounds and heritages This workshop will be split into fo…

Focusing on Relating and Relationships – Sat 10th July 10.30-12.30 - £25 Our embodied experience plays a crucial part in our way of being in the world, and our way of being in relationships. Explore your own experience of the relationships in your life and the role your body plays in the way you relate to others. Experience how a Focusing approach may enrich your way of relating and open new possibilities.

Focusing with a Life Issue: Four Week Personal Development Course Thursdays 12.00-2.30pm 24th June, 1st, 8th, 15th July - on Zoom - £120 – maximum 6 people Take the opportunity to work on an issue in your life with the support of the Focusing process in a small regular online group. You might want to, for instance, improve your self-esteem, work on a relationship issue, break a habit or consider a life choice. The course will expand your knowle…

Focusing with our Inner Critic – Thurs 17th June 6.30-8.30pm - £25 Our critical voices can have a huge impact on us, making us feel bad and preventing us from doing what we want to do. Explore the presence of inner criticism in your life and through a Focusing approach learn how to work with your critic to feel better, move forward and enlist the support of your critic.

The ways gender roles are understood and experienced has changed radically over the last century.  While a simple, fixed masculine-feminine binary was once taken for granted, gender is now widely agreed to be a more complex and diverse experience for many.  We have seen traditional, orthodox ways of being masculine in Western cultures being challenged by feminism and gay and civil rights movements.  And just as more inclusive, emotionally sensit…

The ways gender roles are understood and experienced has changed radically over the last century. While a simple, fixed masculine-feminine binary was once taken for granted, gender is now widely agreed to be a more complex and diverse experience for many. We have seen traditional, orthodox ways of being masculine in Western cultures being challenged by feminism and gay and civil rights movements. And just as more inclusive, emotionally sensitive…

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 respond differently…

This session will consider person-centred theories of severe mental distress and how we might work with someone who is experiencing severe mental distress and/or has a psychiatric diagnosis. A basic knowledge of person-centred theory will be useful for this workshop. This workshop will be hosted on the Zoom meeting platform where we will use our camera and microphones to interact with each other as a group. To support practitioners in this tim…

“The reason for evil in the world is that people are not able to tell their stories” – Carl Jung, Freud Letters, Vol. 2 How do we understand and work with evil? Dr Gwen Adshead has spent thirty years providing therapy inside secure hospitals and prisons. Whatever her patient / client’s crime, from serial homicide to stalking, arson to child-abuse, her aim is to help them to better know – and change – their minds. Now in a pathbreaking new book…

Resilience, the capacity to cope quickly, skillfully and effectively with any stress or adversity is especially needed in times of sudden transition and upheaval – when what we thought was solid ground turns to quicksand under our feet. At this stage especially, helping clients bounce back from the challenges and crises of their lives may also require helping them bounce forward to a new normal. At this online webinar with Linda Graham, we cons…

Resilience, the capacity to cope quickly, skillfully and effectively with any stress or adversity is especially needed in times of sudden transition and upheaval – when what we thought was solid ground turns to quicksand under our feet. At this stage especially, helping clients bounce back from the challenges and crises of their lives may also require helping them bounce forward to a new normal. At this online webinar with Linda Graham, we cons…

Focusing with our Dreams – Friday 21st May 12.30-2.30 - £25 Explore how Focusing can open up different aspects of your dreams and help you utilise the growth potential within them. You will have the opportunity to bring actual dreams and see them through the ‘lens’ of your embodied experience as well as looking at what we have to learn from parts and opposites in our dreams.

Microaggressions – indirect, subtle or unintentional discrimination can be present in all walks of life, at our workplaces, in our day-to-day interactions and in our clinical settings. These consist of verbal, behavioural actions or environmental affronts that convey hostile, derogatory, humiliating communication and insults to marginalised individuals and marginalised groups – even when these do not necessarily reflect malicious inten…

Finally, after a year of lockdowns and intense anxiety, we can start looking ahead to life beyond the pandemic.But while the prospect of returning to “normal” brings excitement and relief, it also brings about new mental health challenges that we’ll have to face together. That’s why we’ve put together a LIVE and absolutely FREE gathering of the best and brightest minds working in the field of mental health today to help answer the question:How d…

The current global pandemic, which can well qualify as mass trauma, has not only brought unpredictability and loss of control but has also resulted in a wide range of losses: death of loved ones, loss of physical and mental health, loss of social interaction, loss of employment and a loss of self-agency. This is manifest in a range of mental health problems including depression, anxiety disorder, trauma and stress-related disorders as well as su…

My sub title for this is "All we ever wanted to know about Person-Centred Theory, but were afraid to ask". You might be a beginning student in person-centred counselling/therapy/psychotherapy or a seasoned hand who wants to check back in with theory. Wherever we might put ourselves on this spectrum, there are usually aspects of theory we think we should know or understand and we are not sure if we really do get it. This event will be an opport…

Focusing with Stress and Overwhelm – Friday 30th April 12.30-2.30pm - £25 Get a taste of the Focusing process and experience how this practice can assist us living with difficult experiences. Learn how you can support yourself through developing your inner relationship. Cultivate an approach of embodied inner listening and empower yourself to get the space you need around your feelings. This workshop can apply to Focusing for personal use or wo…

Day 1 – 24th April 2021:  Introduction to Autism Awareness Day 2 – 22nd May 2021:  Autism in the Counselling Room Bookings being taken now! Allan Turner and Kate Stubbings have extensive experience of both working with Autistic/Aspergers clients and training counsellors in this field. These workshops will include innovative teaching techniques which will bring this to life.    Cost £50 per day or £90 when booked together*  *If paid for by yo…

Introduction to Focusing – 12.30-2 Thursdays 22nd & 29th Apr, 6th & 13th May - £65 What is Focusing? What is the felt sense? You will be introduced to the Focusing process and the particular way of Focusing Listening. This highly experiential workshop series will help you learn to listen to your body and trust the wisdom it can share with you. After this series you can go on to do a second part of the Intro and/or the BFA Skills certifi…

Focusing in Client Work – Friday 26th Mar 12.30-2.30 – £25 Get a personal taste of Focusing and an insight into how we can assist clients to deepen their experience in therapy using this practice. A Focusing approach can help to create an enhanced connection and sense of safety when working online. Explore when and when not to invite clients to work with the body. Learn about a of range of ways to take an embodied approach to therapy.

Domestic Abuse Supporting clients who are living in abusive relationships can be painful and frustrating. Unless the DA is flagrantly physically violent, many clients do not recognise that what they are living with is domestic violence. Verbal, emotional, financial and sexual abuse chip away at the target’s confidence such that it becomes almost impossible to see a way out. Women and men who are on the receiving end of domestic abuse may pre…

What happens to our clients in the event of our sudden death or illness? - Saturday 13th February 2021 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 s…

"Refresh and Review of Person-Centred Couples Work" Two online workshop days: 12th & 13th February 2021 Day 1:  09.30  - 16.30hrs Day 2:  09.30  - 16.30hrs with Allan Turner MBACP (Snr Accred) & Kate Stubbings MBACP (Snr Accred) Cost £150 * Cost £150 per place.  *If paid for by your employers please add an additional £35 to cover administration costs. You will need to provide a purchase order number.50% refund up to one month before the date &…

Participant Information Sheet for Counsellors Name of department: School of Psychological Sciences and Health Title of the study: Experiences of relational depth in online therapy during covid-19. Introduction My name is Sarah- Louise Watson and I am a final year psychology and counselling BSc (Hons) student at the University of Strathclyde. As part of my degree, I am undertaking research for my dissertation, supervised by Dr Steve Kelly, whi…

Without Conscience: understanding psychopathy - Friday 29th January 2021 Much research has gone into attempts to define and understand ‘psychopathic personality disorder’ (sometimes alternatively known as ‘sociopathic personality disorder’). There tends to be an assumption that psychopathy always leads to violence and/or murder. We hear about serial killers being ‘psychopaths’. Yet these are only a few of the 4% of the population’s psychopat…

PCAN PERSON-CENTRED APPROACH NETWORK New Year 2021 ENCOUNTER/S:At Holy Rood House, Sowerby, Thirsk, Yorkshire (NB: limit of 7 people per Encounter to meet social distancing requirements) 22nd to 25th January 2021 and/or 26th-29th January 2021 Cost per 3-day Encounter:£305 [en-suite: £325] Early Bird (before end December 2020) £285 [en-suite: £300] Application forms will be available from the PCAN website…

An Introductory Course in Embodied Authentic Confidence in your career On Zoom with Dr Anna Kane and Suzi Mackenzie 12.30-2.30 Thursdays 21st & 28th Jan, 4th & 11th Feb Early bird rate £150 (Regular price £200 from 1st Jan) Want to feel more confident in your work? Want to be clearer on what’s in the way and what can support your personal growth? Want to grow your business and weather these challenging times? This course will give you…

Why Love Matters – Saturday 9th January 2021 This day is based on the book by Sue Gerhardt: Why Love Matters. By understanding the neurology of early attachment and in particular the damage done to the brain by lack of nurturing or worse, of early trauma, we can help our clients to understand better some of the gaps they experience in their social lives. Recognizing difficulties which the client may always have blamed him/herself for as actua…

Focusing with our Dreams – 21st Nov 2-4pm - £25 Explore how Focusing can open up different aspects of your dreams and help you utilise the growth potential within them. You will have the opportunity to bring actual dreams and see them through the ‘lens’ of your embodied experience as well as looking at what we have to learn from parts and opposites in our dreams.

Focusing with Stress and Overwhelm – 13th Nov 12.30-2.30pm - £25 Get a taste of the Focusing process and experience how this practice can assist us living with difficult experiences. Learn how you can support yourself through developing your inner relationship. Cultivate an approach of embodied inner listening and empower yourself to get the space you need around your feelings. This workshop can apply to Focusing for personal use or work with cl…

Going Global Workshop   A residential opportunity to explore our personal and collective creative potential for acting globally   If the time comes… when our culture tires of endless homicidal feuds, despairs of the use of force and war as a means of bringing peace, discontent with the half lives that it’s members are living, only then will our culture seriously look for alternatives... When that time comes they will not find a void...They will…

Thursdays 12.30-2.30pm 5th, 12th, 19th, 26th Nov on Zoom - £100 - space for 4-6 people Take the opportunity to work on an issue in your life with the support of the Focusing process in a small regular online group. You might want to, for instance, improve your self-esteem, work on a relationship issue, break a habit or consider a life choice. The course will expand your knowledge of Focusing, enrich your Focusing practice and deepen your connect…

If you have completed an Introduction to Focusing with me or another Focusing teacher you can book on to the following workshops which make up the remainder of the Focusing Skills Certificate Blocks and the Inner Relationship - day three 17th October, day four 28th November 2020 What are the reasons why you might get stuck when you’re Focusing? We will look at blocks to the Focusing process - particularly the Inner Critic - and how to work with…

We are starting a new person centred supervision group in Central Manchester for qualified and practising counsellors and psychotherapists, meeting 4 or 6 weekly for 2 hours on sundays. First meeting Sunday 4th October, get in touch for future dates. Please contact Kate or Emily for more information. Kate Morrissey- This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. Emily Adams - This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

In this two hour workshop get a personal taste of Focusing and an insight into how we can assist clients to deepen their experience in therapy using this practice. A Focusing approach can help to create an enhanced connection and sense of safety when working online. Explore when and when not to invite clients to work with the body. Learn about a of range of ways to take an embodied approach to therapy. 25th Sep 12.30-2.30 – £25

Introduction to Focusing – Improving our relationship with ourselves (one/two Saturdays) 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 wit…

Due to the COVID Pandemic, all the summer study days went ahead on Zoom, with positive feedback. Winnie the Pooh and the Inner Landscape serving 28 people on Zoom!! Being a technophobe, I could not have imagined ever managing Zoom for groups, but it has gone well – I attended a training myself in America because of this! As life continues to be somewhat precarious with the virus, I am planning to offer all of the Autumn’s study days on Zoom to…

Focusing – a tool for self-care, resourcing and growth - Offerings over summer You may be restricted in doing the things you’d usually enjoy over summer, so why not use the time to learn something new and enriching? Through Focusing you can explore how the information your body holds can help you grow and feel supported. Focusing can help with easing difficult feelings and helps us counter our tendency to be mind dominant. Focusing helps us list…

Counselling and the Autistic Spectrum – Saturday, 4th July 2020 The autistic spectrum is a broad umbrella incorporating such terms as ‘Asperger’s Syndrome’, ‘Autism’, ‘High Functioning Autism’ and ‘Autistic spectrum disorder’. Many children and adults who have diagnoses within the spectrum are able to attend mainstream schools, colleges and workplaces, yet they can experience a great deal of confusion and anxiety in any social setting. This s…

The Healing Power of Story: The Tale of the Ugly Duckling – Friday, 26th June 2020 The story of the ugly duckling has particular relevance to those who feel the outcast in their family of origin. For individuals who grew up sensing that there was something wrong – some mismatch between themselves and other members of the family – this story can bring hope. This day is appropriate for anyone who feels drawn to the story, whether because you id…

Without Conscience, Understanding Psychopathy and its Effects – Sunday 14th June Much research has gone into attempts to define and understand ‘psychopathic personality disorder’ (sometimes alternatively known as ‘sociopathic personality disorder’). There tends to be an assumption that psychopathy always leads to violence and/or murder. We hear about serial killers being ‘psychopaths’. Yet these are only a few of the 4% of the population’s p…

Developing Authentic Confidence in your Career using Focusing – with Dr Anna Kane and Suzi Mackenzie - 12.30-2.30pm Thursday 4th June - early bird rate £30* (regular price £50) Want to feel more confident in your work? Want to get clearer what’s in the way and what can support your career growth? Want to grow your business and weather challenging times? Learn from Dr Anna Kane’s research, how tuning in to an embodied sense of key areas such as…

Inspire Counselling & Training is delighted to offer a workshop on HEALING POWER OF LOVE (within the Therapeutic Relationship) Thursday 28 May 2020 Cost includes tea and coffee - please bring a packed lunch £70 per person At Colchester Road Baptist Church, Ipswich (entrance on Sidegate Lane, IP4 3DL) 10am to 4pm Led by Les Johns We are very excited to be offering this fascinating subject delivered by Les Johns. Les’s original training…

For The FDP: Racism in counselling, with Suzanne Keys - Friday, 15th May 2020 This workshop will provide an opportunity to articulate and explore our experiences of racism as counsellors and clients and what we can do to improve our anti-oppressive practice to ensure that people of colour are not harmed by the experience of counselling. We will look at racial identity development models, double consciousness, colour blindness, internalised ra…

As this period of restrictions continues you may be feeling isolated or frustrated and finding it difficult living with the unknown. Focusing can help with easing difficult feelings and provides an opportunity to connect with others. Focusing helps us listen to the body’s knowing about how we are and what we need. This practice can be hugely resourcing and could be a regular practice to get you through this period of isolation and something you…

ONLINE Spring/Summer 2020 programme of Person-Centred discussion and learning. Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, we have moved the ‘Dining Room Dialogues’ ONLINE. These are an established programme of themed experiential discussion groups for therapists, counselling trainees and people who work in health, education and social care who have an interest in the Person-Centred Approach. Once the restrictions are lifted, we will meet again in our home…

Sexual Feelings in the therapeutic relationship – Friday, 1st May 2020 It is rare for counselling and psychotherapy courses to include time for exploring sexual feelings in relating to clients, or which clients express towards their counsellors/therapists. For some practitioners, this can lead to a sense that there is something wrong if sexual feelings emerge in themselves in their work, or in clients who have sexual feelings towards them. In…

A 10-day course covering aspects of supervision from a person-centred perspective. The course is led by Mike Worrall, Catherine Date and Ruth Lyne. We expect to develop the precise content of the course in collaboration with you. These are some of the issues which we are likely to explore: What is supervision? - How does it differ from therapy? - Contracts - Responsibilities and boundaries in supervision - Different models of supervisi…

ONLINE Spring/Summer 2020 programme of Person-Centred discussion and learning. Due to the Coronavirus pandemic, we have moved the ‘Dining Room Dialogues’ ONLINE. These are an established programme of themed experiential discussion groups for therapists, counselling trainees and people who work in health, education and social care who have an interest in the Person-Centred Approach. Once the restrictions are lifted, we will meet again in our home…

Understanding addiction and how to help, with George Hood – Saturday, 18th April 2020 George Hood has worked in drugs and alcohol treatment centres in London & Essex for over 10 years. He has experience of treating people both individually and in group settings and is passionate about helping others find a way through and beyond addictive and compulsive patterns of behaviour. In this day workshop, George will share information relevant to…

Basic Skills in Counselling and Listening  An introductory level course with a person-centred focus  Ever thought about a career in counselling or want to improve your listening skills?  In work, relationships and everyday interactions we speak to one another and communicate easily. When listening however, we can become distracted, thinking about what comes after the conversation, worrying about how to provide an answer or trying to think up…

PCAN’s Spring Encounter, from 4.30pm Friday 3rd April to 4pm Sunday 5th April, offers a weekend to experience encounter, and will again be at Cliff College in the Peak District, near Baslow, and not far from Chesterfield, Sheffield and Manchester. delegate cost, £205 (EB £185) covers full board; all rooms en-suite. The encounter space is in the same block as accommodation, with meals provided in the refectory, a short walk down the hill. For…

This workshop is open to anyone - whether new student or experienced practitioner. There will be opportunities to ask questions, to contribute to discussion and to interact with others as we pause for coffee and lunch. Insights are offered from a variety of rich sources but the person-centred approach will shine through to underpin and bind these elements together.

Person Centred Couples Training Course  6 Days:  19th - 21st March & 2nd - 4th April 2020 in Milton Keynes MK11 1AH  Bookings being taken now! Cost £600 (If paid for by your employers please add an additional £35 to cover administration costs). You will need to provide a purchase order number    The 34th time of running this successful, popular course  Tutors Allan Turner & Kate Stubbings both Senior Accredited members of BACPWith 50+ years…

Person-Centred Theory and Practice: Four Seminars Facilitator: Ivan Ellingham, PhD There is nothing so practical as good theory. Kurt Lewin I believe that there is only one statement which can accurately apply to all theories from the theory I will present to the one which I hope will replace it in a decade—and that is that at the time of its formulation every theory contains an unknown (and perhaps at that point an unknowab…

Study Day Cert for 6 hours CPD One of the issues facing therapists supporting Survivors of childhood trauma with dissociative identity disorder (DID) and other dissociative experiencing, is how to respond to the younger selves in their clients. We may be meeting with an adult who has a self who functions well in the world of work, yet who suffers from isolation in their personal life. That same person may be experiencing flashbacks, losing ti…

Study day: CPD Cert for 6 hours Worry and anxiety can absorb vast amounts of energy every day, and can sometimes lead to panic attacks. These can be terrifying, bringing feelings of ‘out of control-ness’, powerlessness and sometimes even the feeling of going mad. Feelings of anxiety and panic can lead to isolation, as individuals either need to stay within the safety of a known environment, or hide the fact that anxiety and panic overwhelm t…

Study day Cert for 6 hours CPD This day will focus on the effects of listening to traumatic experiences, and how we may be vulnerable to taking that trauma within ourselves in our work. Sometimes known as ‘compassion fatigue’, "empathic strain," "secondary victimization," (Lindy, 1988; Figley, 1983), bearing witness to another’s trauma will affect us. We will explore the variety of ways in which our accompanying of another as they work with…

CORONAVIRUS, COVID-19 UPDATE: All workshops are temporarily on hold. Please contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. with any queries. Stay safe, be well. A unique space to immerse, explore and express yourself using a variety of media - learning through Creative Connection, regardless of artistic ability. · Designed for Counsellors and Mental Health Practitioners in training and practice based on Natalie Rogers Creative Connection Theory. · A therapeutical…

    We are pleased to announce that the 2019 Person-Centred Encounter Event will run from Wednesday 3rd to Sunday 7th July, 2018. Once again, the event will take place in the beautiful and highly accessible, Gregynog Hall, near Newtown, Powys. The hall is surrounded by 750 acres of grounds, giving a perfect, tranquil setting for encounter. The event will begin with dinner at 6 pm on Wednesday and end following afternoon tea (around 4 pm) on…

PCAN SUMMER ENCOUNTER Friday 28th - Sunday 30th june 2019 PCAN’s summer encounter group has been booked again, at Holy Rood House, which is a therapeutic centre in Sowerby, Thirsk (not far from the town centre and close to the A1; railway station about a mile away). We are always made very welcome at Holy Rood House, which has become an established venue for PCAN. The atmosphere is nurturing and relaxed, the staff very willing to accommodate…

            Person Centred Encounter Weekend 14th – 16th June 2019 The 2019 Person Centred Encounter Weekend will take place from 6.00pm on Friday 14th June to Sunday 16th June 2019. Our venue will be Purley Chase Centre, Purley Chase Lane, Mancetter, Atherstone, Warwickshire,CV9 2RQ, www.purleychasecentre.org.uk. This is a great opportunity to experience giving and receiving the Rogerian conditions and to observe their effects.  There are no m…

CPD Cert for 6 Hours Were you ever ridiculed, humiliated, or bullied? Have those taunts hurt you? Do you find yourself, even today, nervous or shy, almost anticipating the same from people in your life? At some level, did you believe bad things others said about you? Were you the scapegoat, used as the butt of someone else’s jokes, insecurities and/or rage? It is time to move on! This is a workshop for anyone who has ever been called names…

Focusing is a practice which restores our innate and natural ability to draw on our body's wisdom in living our life. As well as self-development Focusing can enhance therapeutic work with clients. Focusing is a gentle way of paying ourselves attention. We listen to our inner self with attitudes of acceptance and empathy. This makes it safe for more of our exprriencing to emerge, increasing self-awareness and congruence. The introduction is t…

Sat 10th 10am – 5pm Sun 11th 9am - 4pm Weekend workshop and training for counsellors who wish to gain knowledge and experience of counselling young people informed by the BACP Competencies. This experiential course is about engagement and context and will explore the differences between counselling young people and adults, looking at neuroscience, physical and social development, and the impact of the modern world. Each day will have a balance…

        Saturday 10th November 2018 1Oam - 4pm Woodvale Community Centre, Ainsdale, PR8 3RS Personal development in a unique and connective space. Immerse, explore and express yourself using a variety of media - learning through creative connection, regardless of artistic ability.  

Going Global Workshop              A residential opportunity to explore our personal and collective creative potential for acting globally    "If the time comes… when our culture tires of endless homicidal feuds, despairs of the use of force and war as a means of bringing peace, discontent with the half lives that it’s members are living, only then will our culture seriously look for alternatives... When that time comes they will not f…

It is estimated that more than 1 in 100 people have some form of Autism. They are likely to present for counselling because of their difficulty in social communication. Maybe as many as 4 in 10 who present for couples counselling have this condition. It is very rare for information about this syndrome to be included in counsellor training, therefore it is missed and we consequently fail to adequately help our clients. Kate Stubbings and Allan Tu…

Come along to celebrate 25 years of PCCS Books and join in the discussion on the future of counselling and staying person-centred in a neoliberal world.   

  PCAN AUTUMN ENCOUNTER  AT ST RITA’S CENTRE, HONITON Friday 26th OCTOBER - Sunday 28th OCTOBER 2018  PCAN’s autumn encounter group has been booked for what will be the first at St Rita’s Centre, although I know many of our friends in PCA community have been to St Rita’s before, and speak warmly of the Centre, and the caring staff.  Delegate price:  £150 (EB £130 - early bird price until the end of August); deposit to secure a place £60…

BME Voices Talk Mental Health Conference 2018‘ Identity and Belonging: It’s not so Black and White’ Saturday, 20th October 2018 DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel, London We are delighted to announce that the 1st BME Voices Talk Mental Health Conference will take place on Saturday 20th October 2018 at DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel, Islington, London. The theme for the conference is ‘Identity and Belonging: It’s not so Black and White’ and BME Voices…

Centre for Counselling and Psychotherapy Training   DIPLOMA IN THERAPEUTIC COUNSELLING SUPERVISION Trainers: Graham Molyneux and Sue Creenan   The Diploma in Therapeutic Counselling Supervision is a process model which draws on the most influential theories of supervision as well as the wide supervision experience and knowledge of the course trainers. The course is divided into to six weekend blocks between October 2018 and April 2019. The date…

A course on Group Facilitation: Working with autonomy and homonomy. With Dot Clark, Colin Lago and John Wilson. Location: Sheffield. (Venue to be finalised.) Duration: This course will be held over 10 study days, (5 modules of 2 days each) and successful completion will lead to the award of a Temenos Certificate in Group Facilitation. 18-19 October, 2018 15-16th November, 2018. 13-14th December, 2018. 14-15th March, 2019. 16-17th May…

Given sufficient willingness to connect, we believe we can: explore the diversity and difference represented in our group deepen our level of relationship with each other and our own selves foster a quality of acceptance based on knowing who we really are offer an opportunity to learn and grow not easily available in other contexts Only when encountering fully the fact of our fundamental difference and uniqueness does a deeply accepting commun…

There is a potency for healing available in fairy tales, myths and stories. Certain stories grip us, whilst others leave us cold. The story of Winnie the Pooh can be rediscovered in many ways, one of which is reflecting on our own inner landscapes, and aspects of ourselves. During this day we will reflect on the relevance of this story to people who live with dissociative identities and will allow personal reflection on inner states and charac…

Certificate in ‘Spiritual Dimensions in Therapeutic Relationships’: A five-day course from Sept 2018- Jan 2019 leading to a Certificate of 30 hours CPD For program and application form please either contact This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or see website www.janhawkins.co.uk

This is Day 1 of the three-day training* 'Cultural Competency in Counselling People with Gender, Sex and Relationship diversities' with Tina Clark, Client Centred Counsellor and Sex and Gender Diversities Therapist. Each day focuses on one area – Gender, Sexual Orientation or Relationship – and is devised as a standalone, whilst relating to common themes running across the series. Workshops will comprise information giving, discussion, individua…

Without Conscience – Saturday, 21st July 2018  Much research has gone into attempts to define and understand ‘psychopathic personality disorder’ (sometimes alternatively known as ‘sociopathic personality disorder’).  There tends to be an assumption that psychopathy always leads to violence and/or murder.  We hear about serial killers being ‘psychopaths’.  Yet these are only a few of the 4% of the population’s psychopathic personalities.  For ma…

ADPCA UK from 18-22 July 2018 in Leeds at Devonshire Hall . This is a conference for people interested in the development of the person centred approach, founded by Carl Rogers in the 1940's. The theme is 'Pride and Prejudice'. We invite participants to register for the whole conference or just a day, by completing a booking form and then offer a workshop if you are interested in exploring any particular subject with a group of interested others…

“Facilitating Hope – Personal and Societal Challenges“ With this theme we invite you to attend the 13th World Conference for Person-Centered and Experiential Psychotherapy and Counselling (PCE 2018), after New York and Buenos Aires for the first time taking place in Vienna, the heart of Europe! This important event takes place every two years under the patronage of the World Association WAPCEPC (World Association for Person Centered & Experient…

The person-centred basic encounter group provides an opportunity for both person-centred meeting and developing person-centred being. “In such a group the individual comes to know himself and each of the others more completely than is possible in the usual social or working relationships.” (Rogers, C. 1969, Encounter Groups, p16). This experiential event offers a self-structured, self-facilitated space where learning relating to encounter can b…

Understanding addiction and how to help – Friday 29th June 2018  George Hood has worked in drugs and alcohol treatment centres in London & Essex for over 10 years. He has experience of treating people both individually and in group settings and is passionate about helping others find a way through and beyond addictive and compulsive patterns of behaviour.  In this day workshop, George will share information relevant to practitioners in private…

Sexual Feelings in the therapeutic relationship (in Theydon Bois)– Saturday 23rd June 2018 It is rare for counselling and psychotherapy courses to include time for exploring sexual feelings in relating to clients, or which clients express towards their counsellors/therapists.  For some practitioners, this can lead to a sense that there is something wrong if sexual feelings emerge in themselves in their work, or in clients who have sexual feeli…

The Person-Centred Approach around the World Human Universals and Cultural Particularities Colin Lago, D. Litt, was Director of the Counselling Service at the University of Sheffield, UK, from 1987-2003.  He now works as an independent counsellor/psychotherapist, trainer and supervisor.  Trained initially as an engineer, Colin went on to become a full time youth worker in London and a teacher in Jamaica before becoming a counselling practition…

Course Aims. To train experienced counsellors and psychologists to confidently contract to offer Person Centred couples counselling. This is an important area of training which is constantly in demand from EAP's and couples themselves. A counsellor spending her/his training budget in this area is therefore likely to enjoy good returns on investment. This training is unashamedly person-centred, which means that it will use person-centred theory…

Advanced Empathy skills and more in FOT More about the course. This course builds on the theory and skills already explored in FOT courses Level 1 & 2. This course is suitable for people who have completed my Focusing-Oriented therapy courses Level 1 &2. May also be suitable for therapists who have completed other Focusing training.

Domestic Abuse: Friday, 8th June 2018  Supporting clients who are living in abusive relationships can be painful and frustrating.  Unless the DV is flagrantly physically violent, many clients do not recognise that what they are living with is domestic violence.  Verbal, emotional, financial and sexual abuse chip away at the target’s confidence such that it becomes almost impossible to see a way out.  Women and men who are on the receiving end o…

PCT Scotland Forth Valley invites you to come along to its first person-centred community meet-up being held in Falkirk. The meeting is open to person-centred practitioners - whether PCT Scotland members or non-members - who are passionate about the person-centred approach and who would like to be part of a community based on the core conditions. This meeting will be facilitated by Tonia Higgins and Tina Clark and we hope to introduce our own t…

Course Outline Who is the course suitable for? This is an entry level course on somatic focusing. This course does not assume any knowledge of Focusing. Anyone interested in Focusing is welcome to join. Therapists interested in Focusing for personal and professional development, as well as Focusing-Oriented Therapy are also welcome to join the course and will gain from this, and we are happy to award a 14 Hour CPD certificate on attendance. Th…

Therapy with children and young people with Sarah Mills – Friday, 18th May 2018  Previously a secondary school and college teacher for about 15 years, Sarah is a person centred counsellor, working as a secondary school counsellor for nearly 10 years, and more recently working with this age group in private practice. She also supervises other counsellors who work in schools.  This day will allow participants to explore:  BACP competencies for…

National Hoarding Conference 2018 – Improving Person-Centred Outcomes is an event for people, nationwide, who are affected by hoarding behaviour and the professional services who support them. This conference is being held as a precursor to an International Conference in UK in 2019.  Our theme in 2018 is ‘Partnership Working’. Using expert-led, structured workshops and interactive discussion panels, the conference – organised by HoardingUK – ha…

Dissociation – Creative Survival – Saturday 12th May 2018  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 proce…