Exploring an Embodied, Relational and Wild therapeutic approach. How can working in these ways, enrich and support the decolonising of our therapy practice?
“To colonise is to capture, to take, to control, to disconnect, to disenfranchise, disidentify. To decolonise is to reclaim, to reconnect, to honour, to recognise our interconnectedness with all living things.” Dr Thema Bryant.

The themes of relationship, embodiment, wildness and decolonisation are interlinked. We’ll spend some time exploring each.

This is a basic introduction to Hakomi and how it supports recovery from trauma. The training will be experiential Hakomi practices, working as a whole group, in small groups, and individually.

You do not need any prior knowledge or experience of Hakomi and it is open to anyone willing to explore a mindful approach to self-understanding.

The times are 10am to 5:30pm.

The fee for the weekend is £95 (or £85 on/before 26/04/24)

Vicky and Jamie are taking bookings at hakomilancaster@gmail.com

As the human world wakes up to our relationship with nature, and therapists of many kinds become aware of the crucial connections and disconnections between therapists, clients and nature, this training offers you the opportunity to re-connect with the natural world and to re-wild your practice. To immerse yourself in nature both outdoors and indoors, in mind and body, in the connections you experience in community, in yourself and with your clients.
Cost: £2700 – early bird £2500 before 31st January 2024

The training will be two days of experiential Hakomi practices, working as a whole group, in small groups, and individually.

You do not need any prior knowledge or experience of Hakomi and it is open to anyone willing to explore a mindful approach to self-understanding.

The times for the two days are 10am to 5:30pm on the Saturday and 1:15pm to 6:45pm on the Sunday.

The fee for the weekend is £220 (or £190 on/before 12/04/24).

Vicky and Jamie are taking bookings at hakomilancaster@gmail.com

On this webinar we will study the complex and subtle skills of connecting to and utilising our embodiment as a relational resource. The starting place for working relationally, is being with our own experience in the moment. Working in this way requires us to develop a practice of moment to moment awareness of our multi-channelled experiences. Paying attention to our emotions, internal sensations, thoughts, dreams and fantasies as information about the unfolding process between us and our clients.

This is a basic introduction to Hakomi and how it supports recovery from trauma. The training will be experiential Hakomi practices, working as a whole group, in small groups, and individually.

You do not need any prior knowledge or experience of Hakomi and it is open to anyone willing to explore a mindful approach to self-understanding.

The times are 10am to 5:30pm.

The fee for the weekend is £110 (or £95 on/before 22/02/24)

Vicky and Jamie are taking bookings at hakomilancaster@gmail.com

The training will be two days of experiential Hakomi practices, working as a whole group, in small groups, and individually.

You do not need any prior knowledge or experience of Hakomi and it is open to anyone willing to explore a mindful approach to self-understanding.

The times for the two days are 10am to 5:30pm on the Saturday and 1:15pm to 6:45pm on the Sunday.

The fee for the weekend is £220 (or £190 on/before 16/02/24).

Vicky and Jamie are taking bookings at hakomilancaster@gmail.com

When the erotic enters the therapy room, we can be swept by strong emotions arousal, disgust, enchantment, love, hate. This is complex, often subtle work, demanding integrity and rigour.

I will be offering a theoretical framework to make sense of the embodied, relational complexity that can often unfold when the erotic emerges. I will be aiming to normalise the experience and support you to draw from your existing skill base.

To book, go to https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/working-with-erotic-charge-

A SERIES OF FOUR EXPERIENTIAL WORKSHOPS
Moving in & out of contact
Listening to the aliveness within us
Yield, orient, reach, grasp, explore
Rediscovering agency, magic and permission
Exploring wholeness through movement, play, energy work, voice, consent, and touch.

The training will be two days of experiential Hakomi practices, working as a whole group, in small groups, and individually.

You do not need any prior knowledge or experience of Hakomi and it is open to anyone willing to explore a mindful approach to self-understanding.

The times for the two days are 10am to 5:30pm on the Saturday and 1pm to 7pm on the Sunday.

The fee for the weekend is £220.

Vicky and Jamie are taking bookings and you can reach us at hakomilancaster@gmail.com

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The bear is ready to hibernate. She has a final dance in the moonlight and then buries herself deep into the dark cave of the Earth. What is hibernating in you? Where and how does your animal within want to hibernate? What do the dark cave places evoke in you? How can we be closer to the Earth and really honour ourselves in this season of rest?

We'll be exploring connections with nature, movement/dance with music, stillness/meditation/shamanic journeying, artwork. £75 (£65 early bird).

Join our non-sexual self-discovery workshop led by an experienced body psychotherapist. Explore hidden desires, release shadows, and gain a fresh perspective on intimacy and sexuality in a non-judgmental space. Engage in bodily exercises, authentic relating, consensual touch experiences, and more.

Discover your true self, build confidence, and tap into your unique identity. Uncover your hidden facets, connect with your deepest self, and unlock your true potential in life.

Bringing Therapy into The Wild and Wildness into Therapy
A weekend of ecopsychology for counsellors, psychotherapists, bodywork, shamanic practitioners and other interested people.

This weekend workshop offers you the opportunity to include the other-than-human in your work, and rewild your practice, both indoors and outdoors, in your mind and body, and in the connection you offer to those you work with.

Cost £295– early bird £265 by 31st Aug 2023

London Focusing is a community of teachers, students and fellow Focusers who are eager to make the practice and philosophy of Focusing available to professionals and the general public. Every few years we offer a new intake into our Certification Programme. We are pleased to announce that LFI plan to offer the 2-year Post-Graduate Focusing Oriented Therapy (FOT) Course, beginning Autumn/Winter 2023/4. This course will alternate workshops between online and in-person (central London).

The training will be two days of experiential Hakomi practices, working as a whole group, in small groups, and individually. Many modalities offer a way of considering our internal world as configurations of self, inner child, archetypes or a family system and Hakomi also supports the exploration of this idea.

The times for the two days are 10am to 5:30pm on the Saturday and 1pm to 7pm on the Sunday.

You can book by contacting Josh Gifford by email at: hakomiadmin@phonecoop.coop

Bringing Therapy into The Wild and Wildness into Therapy
A weekend of ecopsychology for counsellors, psychotherapists, bodywork, shamanic practitioners and other interested people.

This weekend workshop offers you the opportunity to include the other-than-human in your work, and rewild your practice, both indoors and outdoors, in your mind and body, and in the connection you offer to those you work with.

Cost £295– early bird £265 by 31st July 2023

1000-1200 offered online

In this workshop Susan will share observations from her experience of offering work around whiteness. Your own reflections will be invited in what is hoped to be a spacious and somewhat playful space.

Please note that this is an event for those who are seen as and identify as white. You will need to have your camera on to support a sense of trust and connection. Please keep some time after the workshop to digest and reflect on what has been shared.

Fee: £12.50.

Stephen Tame & Judith Salling-Ash are offering deep therapeutic process weekends drawing on Embodied-Relational Therapy and Radix.
These non-residential weekends invite you to work with your process, and are intended to be transformative. We invite you to work at your own pace and depth with the material you bring.You will have the opportunity to work therapeutically with both Judith and Stephen.
Please note that these are therapeutic rather than training weekends.

Equine Affective Touch Day

Explore the power of Affective Touch though the teachings of two individual gentle horses. Receiving clear to read non-verbal feedback to your spatial presence, intention, physical and non- physical touch and your trust in relationship. And in the words of past participant's,
MUCH MUCH MORE.....
Limited number to allow each participant plenty of hands on practice. £140.00
More dates and training available.
Norfolk based.
Contact susanjoan17@gmail.com

Working with the body, encouraging slow movement, and focusing gently on the breath, the body becomes deeply relaxed. From this space we work with the impulse to make sound. Once we connect and work with this, we create a body sound bridge. By working with this soft gentle sound again and again, it creates an emotional healing bridge resonating between our body and mind. This sound replenishes and revivifies our body’s whole system.

Stephen Tame & Judith Salling-Ash are offering deep therapeutic process weekend groups drawing on Reichian traditions: Embodied-Relational Therapy & Radix.
These non-residential weekends are intended to be transformative. You will have the opportunity to work therapeutically with both Judith and Stephen, at your own pace and depth with the material you bring.
Recent feedback: “The level of safety created enabled me to go deeper into my experience than I’ve done in the past"

The training is designed for anyone wishing to develop their skills working in non-verbal group settings – particularly movement work, group process, non-verbal interpersonal communication, & conscious dance. We also welcome therapists who are looking to incorporate movement and body awareness more fully into their one-to-one client work. We explore the use of character structure, mindful body awareness, somatic attunement, attachment bonding & empathic reflection in ways which can assist transformation.

As the human world wakes up to our relationship with nature, and therapists of many kinds become aware of the crucial connections and disconnections between therapists, clients and nature, this training offers you the opportunity to re-connect with the natural world and to re-wild your practice. To immerse yourself in nature both outdoors and indoors, in mind and body, in the connections you experience in community, in yourself and with your clients. With Jayne Johnson & Leonie Guest.

We attract participants looking for a robust training in working with embodiment and relationship, and are passionate about supporting you to become more deeply the therapist you already are.
ERT encourages spontaneity, creativity, and deep trust of our own inherent competence, and the trustworthiness of our clients and their unfolding process. A central theme is working with our embodied relationship with our clients.

Is our work as counsellors and psychotherapist about to become more complex and demanding? It’s unknown how the turbulence from Covid-19, an approaching economic depression, the climate and biodiversity crisis etc will impact ourselves, our client’s, and our culture. This webinar seeks to resource practitioners in their work; specifically exploring how we might relax into our demanding role.

As relational body psychotherapists, we see our core task as being alongside our clients, supporting them in their becoming more authentically themselves – more mobile, relaxed and empowered…less frozen, stuck and disempowered.
Embodied-Relational Therapy offers a clear and robust frame to contain and support this process. This workshop offers the opportunity to explore an innovative body psychotherapy modality.

Like in life, therapy relationships can at times be messy - we make mistakes. On this webinar we are interested to explore how we can creatively make use of ourselves as therapists. Can we own and utilise our inevitable clumsiness and mistakes?
Our aim is for this to be a resourcing experience - offering support for you to survive and make good use of turbulent relational times.

Intimacy is right at the heart of the therapeutic project. Therapy could be defined as the study of what happens when we offer our clients intimacy- our availability, our openness to relationship. Intimacy is supported by and supports honesty, openness and spontaneity. It can be shut down by defensiveness and avoidance.

We aim to dive into some of the complexity and richness of embodied relating, in both theory and practice.

First Monday of every month I offer an 'in person' evening (7-9pm) dance/movement session with a space to bring yourself however you are, to move, sit, roll around on the floor, listen, connect with yourself and others with an eclectic mix of musical genres. The space is completely free style to ‘dance and move’ in your own way and no previous experience is needed. Contact Jayne: mail@jaynejohnson.co.uk for more details.

​This training starts from the position that we are all embodied, relational animals and explores what kind of therapy is needed to meet that reality. What does an Embodied, Relational and Wild therapeutic approach look like? Working in this way requires us to turn up, to be available - emotionally, physically, intellectually. This course aims to support robust and non-defensive practice. Resourcing practitioners for the reality of working in a demanding profession, in a taxing medium.

The Bodylistening training is being offered in 4 weekend workshops. The programme is designed to introduce modern body-centred therapy, with a mixture of theory, demonstration and experiential work. Designed for​ anyone working in (or towards) psychological, body and movement disciplines.

Second only to money in the embarrassment stakes, power and privilege are not discussed in therapy nearly as much as they should be. In this webinar, the latest in our occasional series 'How To Be A Bad Therapist', we intend to grasp the nettle and explore how silence about these issues can be a strong obstruction to therapy, while discussing them frankly can be a tremendous boost, allowing the client (and us) to revisit painful and taboo material.

DoA is based on psychoanalytic theory and developmental psychology.

The story is of the ego individuating as I differentiate into who I am. Its also the story of the evolution of consciousness, the story of ‘becoming’. I am becoming more than my ego as we move from instinctual through egoic to transcendent.

The journey is of discovery. As I rediscover parts of myself that have been lost or forgotten, it makes space for freedom connection and creativity. Consciousness speaks as the body tells its story.

On this webinar we will study the complex and subtle skills of connecting to and utilising our embodiment as a relational resource. The starting place for working relationally, is being with our own experience in the moment. Working in this way requires us to develop a practice of moment to moment awareness of our multi-channelled experiences. Paying attention to our emotions, internal sensations, thoughts, dreams and fantasies as information about the unfolding process between us and our clients.

An opportunity to gain confidence in working with clients outside.

On the workshop my aim is to find our path between:-
The practical – contracting, reconsidering the frame, the scope and possibility of client work outside.
The personal – supporting our own and our clients wildness. Exploring how to develop wild mind, or ecological consciousness.
The political – What hope can eco-systemic thinking offer us and our world at this time of turbulence?

This workshop is a creative safe space to explore the body in movement with vocal sound. Being with the body, encouraging slow movement, and focusing gently on the breath, the body becomes relaxed. Taking time to tune to your own rhythm, the body's system slows into moving stillness. From a deep quiet space, we tune to the impulse to make sound. Working from this soft space, gently we begin to resonate the sound of our own emotional healing bridge. Please go to my website to read more and register.

I will be offering a theoretical framework to make sense of the relational complexity that can often unfold when the erotic emerges. I will be aiming to normalise the experience and support you to draw from your existing skill base. The morning webinar will combine theoretical input, group discussion, explorations in breakout rooms and supervision.

A weekend workshop - Mind the Gap is a psychotherapy and personal development group with roots in Authentic Movement. It is a new adaptation of the Free/Form structure, responding to the need for a safe space where movement can still be explored. We will use the familiar format of opening circle, movement phase, integration circle.

We attract participants looking for a robust training in working with embodiment and relationship, and are passionate about supporting you to become more deeply the therapist you already are.
ERT encourages spontaneity, creativity, and deep trust of our own inherent competence, and the trustworthiness of our clients and their unfolding process. A central theme is working with our embodied relationship with our clients.

Play, like therapy, is a very serious business when done properly. What the two centrally have in common is the quality of ‘as-if” that things both are and aren’t as they seem. Entering this as-if space together, client and therapist are able to explore feelings and impulses that would otherwise be too dangerous and/or mysterious to entertain. We will explore how we can usefully bring in playfulness to help explore the spontaneous and creative aspects of living, enabling us to relax and let things happen

Embodied Presence offers you a different way of being with yourself. It is a body-centred mindfulness practice and a process of cultivating a deeper, more wholesome relationship with body and mind. This course will nourish you with a unique combination of embodied meditation practices and imaginative open sharing opportunities. Carefully tailored guided practice between sessions will enhance your learning experience. The fee includes post-course check-in; access to practice recordings; and a course book.

In connecting to Wild Mind we step into our wildness, stepping into our ecological consciousness, connecting to the other-than-human.
Wild Mind is a meta skill, a way of being, an active meditation. When in Wild Mind we are resting in our embodiment, being aware of the whole of our experience. Paying attention to our clients facial expressions, the intonation of their voice, to the light dancing in the room, the cat at the window, and the tension in our stomach.

We will study the complex and subtle skills of connecting to and utilising our embodiment as a relational resource. The starting place for working relationally, is being with our own experience in the moment. Working in this way requires us to develop a practice of moment to moment awareness of our multi-channelled experiences. Paying attention to our emotions, internal sensations, thoughts, dreams and fantasies as information about the unfolding process between us and our clients.
10am-1pm

Everyone is talking embodiment these days. But is some of it just that, talk? Is there a danger of embodiment becoming commodified – and identified with a comfortable white, Western, able-bodied, heteronormal experience? Whose embodiment is this anyway? Is it possible to find some solid ground?

The day will be structured around interaction rather than passive reception, with no invited speakers. In the morning there will be space for anyone to speak for a limited time, on any topic relevant to the conference theme or to BPN; this includes advertising workshops, which will take place in the afternoon. Anyone is welcome to propose a one hour workshop.

This webinar will present a view of therapy as a practical study of truth and its consequences, untruth and its consequences, and how to distinguish the two. The truth which therapy studies is not just rational but emotional. Exploring it teaches us that no truth is absolute – that truth is not singular but plural and contingent, and therefore subject to negotiation.
26th March 2021 - 10:30am-1pm

This online one day workshop, will support you to explore working relationally with body experience. We will explore, through experiential and theoretical practice, the 4-stage model of Embodied-Relational Therapy (ERT): contact, information gathering, amplification and integration.

How can we work with embodiment online? How can we maintain good contact, an alive relationship, depth and creativity in the work, while online? Huge cultural trauma, translocation and change is unfolding around us, disembodiment is often part and parcel of such experiences. Consequently, finding ways to support our own and our clients embodiment feel central at this time.
Minimum booking donation £18

​This training starts from the position that we are all embodied, relational animals and explores what kind of therapy is needed to meet that reality. What does an Embodied, Relational and Wild therapeutic approach look like? Working in this way requires us to turn up, to be available - emotionally, physically, intellectually. Aiming s to support robust and non-defensive practice. Resourcing practitioners for the reality of working in a demanding profession, in a taxing medium.
Friday mornings fortnightly

Re-conceptualising therapy as play, offers the possibility of relaxing and being lighter with the demands of our role. It also gives us theoretical ground to support more-than-rational and non-expert approaches.

On this experiential workshop we will explore ways that you may currently play in your work and ways to develop and expand playing as a resource. Getting curious about the play of words, sensations, movements, images, fantasies and contact.
Minimum booking donation £15.

Around the world Hakomi has gone on line and we are all grateful that we can deliver our courses on this platform in these times of change, uncertainty, confusion as well as creativity and even innovation.
You can join our multilevel training at whatever stage. This weekend will offer many opportunities for self study in small groups. There will be frequent breaks as well as time for deep immersion. For more info contact Josh hakomiadmin@phonecoop.coop

Erotic desire is a universal impulse and an essential ingredient of life. Without the fire, the playfulness and the energy of the erotic our lives can become deadened. Yet when the erotic enters the therapy room it can become deeply challenging for both client and therapist.

When clients become attracted to us, or we become attracted to them, our capacity to think and feel creatively and clinically can become compromised. This workshop seeks to resource practitioners to work with the erotic .

Grief Tending Stroud is offering this ceremony, adapted to the time of physical distancing and protection from Covid-19. We welcome you to join us by way of Zoom and connection over geographical distance to share the grief that burdens our hearts.

Within the time allocated we will take an hour away from zoom to resource, either by going into Nature or resting in our connection to whatever resources we have access, and afterward enter a ceremonial process with gratitude, grief and invocation of new light.

In these times when we are not able to meet our clients in person, how do we still work with their embodiment and our own? Huge cultural trauma, translocation and change is unfolding around us, disembodiment is often part and parcel of such experiences.
Consequently, finding ways to support our own and our clients embodiment feel central at this time.

I hope we will talk, think, look, touch, move, breath and explore together.