Workshops

Introduction to relational authentic movement

weekend and residential workshops with Professor Helen Payne

Authentic Movement as practised with Helen has a self directed, non -judgemental and empathic framework. It is founded on Jung’s concept of the active imagination and the collective unconscious, dance movement therapy, groupwork and spiritual practice where symbolic meaning is seen in physical expression. Participants learn to engage with a direct experience of the self beyond words and concepts. It can assist in developing body awareness, body-mind-spirit connections and kinetic meditation where mindfulness is crucial to practice. The roles of witness and mover are explored in dyadic, triadic and group formations. The weekends will provide both witnessing and movement experiences, verbal and symbolic reflective processes, as well as small teaching seminars.

Residential: Thurs 22- Mon 26 Nov 2007. weekends: Fridays 2.00pm - sundays 5.15pm. 25-27 Jan 2008; 14-16 Mar 2008; 9-11 May 2008;

Residentials: Buckden Towers, Claret centre, Cambridge. weekends: Letchworth Centre for healthy living, Hitchin Rd, Letchworth, Herts.

Living From The Heart

Using the wisdom of your heart to heal and empower your relationships

LFTH was created over many years integrating many approaches and practices for emotional and spiritual well being. Using energy-based transformational psychotherapy combining breath work, Drama, Art, Chi Kung, energy work, Yoga, Creative Art, and Meditation.

December 15th - 16th 2007 Embracing your Roots ~ Transforming Fear March 22nd - 23rd 2008 Blossom in the Spring ~ Celebrating Sexuality May 3rd - 4th 2008 Reclaiming your power ~ Manifesting your potential 29th May - 5th June Retreat in Italy Living From The Heart ~ Love and compassion 26th - 27th July Creativity and Communication ~ Truth and Lies 12th - 13th September Dreams, Symbols and Archetypes 29th - 30th November Awakening to consciousness ~ Integration

All weeekends are held in North London NW5 The week long retreat will be run in Italy

Dream Groups

"All night the dark buds of dreams open richly" Mary Oliver

This is an opportunity to consider your dreams in depth, using a range of creative methods including dream re-immersion. The priority of this highly experiential group will be given to discerning the possible meaning of the dream in relation to your life, rather than the theory of dreamwork; which will be kept to a minimum.

DATES: Friday 25th & Saturday 26th January and/or Friday 7th & Saturday 8th November 2008. TIMES: Fri 6.30pm to 9.30pm, Sat 10am to 5pm.

VENUE: Edinburgh, TBA on booking.

Group Dynamics

A model based on stepfamily situations

This CPD day for counsellors and psychotherapists on working with group dynamics. We will explore this experientially and use stepfamilies as a metaphor.

Sunday 18th May 2008 10.00 - 5.30 pm

Hampstead Heath Therapy Rooms Highgate London NW5

The Oracle Within: Longing, Discernment, Active Imagination

"Falling toward the centre of your longing" David Whyte

This weekend offers you an opportunity to discern more fully what longs to be realised in your life, what it might be that gets in the way of this, and what might be necessary to allow you to live more in keeping with who you are drawn to be. Through working with dreams, guided visualisations, facilitated explorations, exercises, and balanced with relevant theory and poetry, it is intended that these two days will deepen an attitude which will allow you to live more discerningly in relation to the Oracle Within.

DATES: Saturday 24th & Sunday 25th May 2008 TIMES: 10am to 5pm both days.

VENUE: Scottish Borders, TBA on booking.

Love and Loyalty in Stepfamilies

The influence of biology in stepfamily situations

Open to parents, stepparents and people who have grown up in stepfamily situations. No previous group experience is necessary. The content of the day will be designed around the concerns and issues that participants bring. Sharing in the group will form an important part of our exploration.

Sunday 29th June 2008

Hampstead Heath Therapy Rooms Highgate London NW5

The Association for Humanistic Psychology Summer Festival

A Weekend with Humanistic Psychology

Keynote Speakers: Andrew Samuels / Dina Glouberman
Workshops on: Politics and Imaginings, Dreamwork, Humanistic Psychology and State Intervention, Drumming, Intuition, Creative Writing, Singing, Sound Healing, Storytelling, Imagework, Shiatsu, Meditation and Chi Kung and much more.
Also: A Children's Festival within the Festival (max 20 children)
Seize the Day, a wonderful and well established 8 piece band will play live on Saturday night

Friday 18th - Sunday 20th July 2008

The Leela Centre, Gillingham, Dorset

Witches, Saints and Ordinary People

Roles and Relationships in Stepfamily Situations

This workshop is open to parents, stepparents, people who have grown up in stepfamilies and practitioners. It will be a day for exploration where we will learn from each other. No previous experience is necessary.

Sunday 26th October 2008 10.00 - 5.30

Hampstead Heath Therapy Rooms Highgate London NW5

Courses

Certificate & Diploma in Humanistic Integrative Counselling
(Three year part-time course)

&
Diploma in Humanistic Integrative Counselling
(One year full-time course)

We aim to offer comprehensive professional counselling training in Humanistic Integrative Counselling. This training has a vocational focus and provides a framework by which participants’ abilities to use counselling in a wide variety of work settings is nurtured. Our goal is to forge reflective practitioners unafraid to reflect upon their own processes and to engage in constant learning both personally and professionally.

If you are new to the field of counselling and are considering a professional training, or if you are already working with people using counselling skills and would like to develop these skills further, these courses will be of interest to you.

The Awareness Centre of Natural Health 41 Abbeville Road, Clapham, London, SW4 9JX

Certificate in Psychosexual Health - a one year training for therapists. CPD: 120 hours

An opportunity for personal and professional development for practitioners wishing to enhance their work with clients' psychosexual health.

The course will cover physiology and anatomy of sexuality, sensuality and body awareness.We will explore sexual identity, relationship issues,sacred sexuality and desires for a sexual future, including social and cultural aspects of sexuality.
Attendance is required for all 10 Saturday plus six hours minimum reflective practice per month.

This course runs for 10 Saturdays, once a month. February - December 2008.

Spiral Centre, Islington London N7 6DL

Diploma in Psychosexual Health - a one year training for therapist. CPD 120 hours

The Diploma is for those who have successfully completed the Certificate in Psychosexual Health or equivalent

The Diploma will expand on information and the model of psychosexual health taught on the certificate. It will focus on client work, working with individuals, couples and groups.
Attendance is required for all dates

One saturday a month, 10am - 5pm, plus a minimum of six hours per month homework. May 2008 - July 2009

Spiral Centre, Islington London N7 6DL www.spiralcentre.org

Certificate and Diploma in Psychosexual and Relationship Copunselling

An integrative practitioner training for those who are working in the filed of relationships and sexuality and who which to undertake a training in this dedicated area of work

Modular non residential training (Fri/Sat/Sun) Every 6 weeks. 10.00 -16.00 each day

Regents College, Inner Circle, Regents Park, London

Impact Premium Consulting Services, Greece

Diploma in Executive Coaching and Organisational Development Consulting

In April 2008, Impact will run its training program in executive coaching and OD consulting. The syllabus comprehensively covers a wide range of skills and theory and is delivered by an international team of established experts. At the end of the course, successful candidates will be in a position to support executives, organisations and themselves in the process of transformation and the pursuit of excellence.

April 2008-February 2009, 10 weekends (one per month) 10.30 to 17.30

Athens, Greece

Diploma in Organisational Development and Executive Coaching

September 2008 - May 2009, Central London

CPD 120 hours

Develop your skills in leadership development and business coaching through this experiential and practical programme. The course is delivered over 20 days at weekends in central London by an international tutor faculty of highly experienced consultants and coaches. Ideal for managers in commercial, HR, charity, health service and occupational roles, as well as counsellors, psychotherapists and independent coaches. The multi-disciplinary syllabus equips you with professional competencies if you wish to strengthen your skills as a change agent with individuals or organisations.

Weekends, usually one per month, spaced between September 2008 and May 2009

The Grove Practice Limited, 4 Wimpole Street, London W1G 9SH, 020 7637 7763, info@counselling.org

On-going Groups

Playback Performance

An evening of improvised theatre playing back your stories.
It is entertaining, magical and can be profound and healing.

Meets every 1st Wednesday of the month; 8pm to 9.30pm.

Candid Cafe, Islington ( behind Angel tube)

Gestalt Therapy On-going Group

Tuesday Group in Central London

"AWARENESS & EXPRESSION"

Next entry date: January 8th

Weekly ongoing Gestalt Psychotherapy group.

www.gestaltbodymind.co.uk

Time: Tuesday evenings 7.30pm - 10.0pm. Dates: January 8th to March 18th. April 14th to July 22nd . September 2nd. to Dec. 16th.

The Open Centre, 188 Old Street, London EC1., UK.

Mixed Psychotherapy Group

The group is offered to men and women who would like to take the opportunity to explore themselves and their relating to others in a group setting. It will have a maximum membership of ten and a minimum of six. The working style will reflect Tone Horwood's joint practice as a Psychotherapist & Dramatherapist but more importantly than that will be work towards establishing a safe enough working environment suitable for those who may not have had previous experience of groupwork.

Thursday evenings, 7.15 - 9.15, from September 20th.

Cotham, Bristol

Supervision Group

I am an experienced supervisor and groupworker and would like to offer an ongoing group to counsellors and therapists. My base orientation is Gestalt; I am open to working with people from all orientations who are interested in learning from and with each other in a group setting.

Fortnightly Mondays 10.30 - 12.30

Croftdown Road, NW5

Survivors of Sexual abuse

The group focuses on understanding the impact of abuse in childhood and adulthood..
Although no one can change events that have occurred, you will be encouraged to explore your relationship to experiences and change the way you relate to them in the present.
This work can help you live in the present with more congruence becoming free to relate to others in an authentic way.
This group will offer participants an arena for personal development in a safe environment where individuals can work on their healing in the context of their relationships with themselves and others.

Tuesday 1.30pm - 3.00pm

West Hampstead Womens Centre

Gestalt Group - Summer Term

Tuesday Evenings

This group is an opportunity to join with others in an ongoing therapy group. The group provides a supportive environment for personal exploration in many areas and is particularly valuable for learning about communication, developing new ways of relating and gaining feedback.

Tuesdays 7.30 - 9.30 8th April - 1st July (8 sessions)

Hampstead Heath Therapy Rooms Croftdown Road London NW5