Upcoming Events

Relational Change Online Gathering 2022

• Working at the Edge of Supervision

  December 8th 2022, Online via Zoom. Cost £40

  How can we find support when faced with risk and uncertainty? This year’s Relational Change community gathering, is an opportunity to share your experiences working at the edge in relational supervision. What support is needed when faced with difficult and uncertain situations? What are our competences as well as our blind spots and growing edges?

  Whether you are a therapist, counsellor, organisational consultant, coach, supervisor, supervisee or simply interested in the work of Relational Change, we believe you will discover something useful in this day of exploration and discussion. This is a chance for us to gather as a community, share updates on our work and strengthen relationships. We look forward to welcoming you.

  For further information please download the Relational Change Gathering 2022 flyer.

  To book your ticket, please email Mandy at mandy@relationalchange.org

Workshops and Courses

• Mending the World One Song at a Time

  Saturday 23rd July 2022 10.00am to 12.00pm BST - ONLINE via Zoom.

  In a time of common anxiety about society and reintegrating ourselves into a world shared with others, this workshop is an invitation to use the sharing of songs and lyrics to remind us of the nourishment of human connection and the sense that other people’s existence is as fully felt as our own.

  The workshop will be led by Aline Giordano. Cost: £20 (or £15 with concession)

  For more details, or to book your place, please email Aline: aline4rl@gmail.com and download the Mending the World One Song at a Time flyer.

• Four Riders of the Apocalypse: Oppression, Trauma and the Body.

  Friday 18th to Saturday 19th November 2022 09.30am to 05.00pm GMT, Cambridge, UK.

  Most of the trauma we encounter involves an imbalance of power, creating a dynamic of the oppressor and the oppressed. In this two day workshop we will explore the four classes of trauma, and the structures that mirror the experience of trauma, to get underneath the dynamics that are often implicit in therapy. The workshop invites participants to examine their own relationship to power and oppression in order to better engage with them as they inevitably emerge in the consulting room.

  The workshop will be led by Miriam Taylor. Lunch will be provided. The workshop equals 14 hours CPD. Cost: £275 (or £250 with early bird discount if booked before 17th July 2022)

  For more details, please download the Four Riders of the Apocalypse flyer. To book your place, please email Martin Capps: martin@relationalchange.org.

• Certificate/Diploma in Contemporary Trauma Practice 2022-23: Mind, Body and Relationship:– Developing Competence in Applying Neuroscience to Therapy

  From October 2022 to July 2023. Starting 14th to 15th October 2022 ONLINE via Zoom.

  This successful Certificate/Diploma programme will run again from the autumn of 2022, online and with the addition of a module. This year, the programme will consist of seven, two day online workshops, with the aim of building participants confidence, skills and understanding in working with trauma, especially complex trauma. Grounded in a relational perspective, the programme will offer a safe, non-pathologising and accessible approach to working with trauma. It will offer a combination of relational, embodied and experiential perspectives on trauma, including pragmatic ideas on psycho-education and experimental interventions. The course will be creative and rigorous and have an emphasis on practice. It will be underpinned with input on, and discussion of, neuroscience, trauma theory, embodiment and developing resilience as a practitioner. This programme is suitable for counsellors, psychotherapists and other mental health practitioners. Certificate and Diploma options are available.

  The workshops will be led by Miriam Taylor, with guest trainers Martin Capps, Ed Fellows, Sonja Hookway, and Margaret Landale. Cost for individuals: £1,950 or £1,700 with early bird discount if booked by 30th April 2022. Cost for organisations: £2,100 or £1,850 with EBD.

  For more details, or to join the course please call Martin on 07941 647740 or email: martin@relationalchange.org and download the Trauma Certificate/Diploma 2022-23 flyer which includes details of the course requirements.

Post Graduate Certificate/Diploma in Supervision 2023: A Relational Change Process

Commencing January 2023, Kingston Upon Thames and ONLINE via Zoom. We are intending to run this as a hybrid course with two modules on-line (three for those taking the Diploma). Please contact Lynda Osborne if you would like to discuss this.

Supervision is a requirement for counsellors, psychotherapists as well as coaches and many others in the helping professions. Whether working clinically or in a coaching setting with clients, it is not unusual for practitioners to experience relational and practice difficulties. This translates into the need for a supervisor who can offer new models and a fresh perspective as well as supporting competent practice. Our approach to supervision practice is deeply relational. On this 10 day course over 9 months, we will consider the relationships between the self of the client, the therapist/coach and the supervisor, their specific contexts, and the wider field, based upon our new matrix model of a relational approach to supervision and supervisory practice. You can download the BGJ paper by Chidiac, Denham-Vaughan and Osborne The Relational Matrix Model of Supervision, which is also available on the Resources Page. This is what previous students have said about the course:

If you are looking for a professionally managed program that integrates and grounds theory with experiential learning in an inclusive and expertly facilitated environment, then this is the one for you.Jess Taylor: OD Practitioner

Thank you for a most fantastic course it has brought up so much and inspired me in so many ways. Debbie Greensill: Clinical Psychologist in NHS.

For these and other testimonials about the course, please click here.

This course is UKCP (HIPC) recognised, meets BACP standards, and is suitable for psychotherapists, counsellors and organisational practitioners with at least 2 years experience, wishing to be accredited to supervise others. Diploma track is also available. UKCP members who complete the supervision Diploma can go straight onto the HIPC Supervisors Directory. UKCP(HIPC) have said about the course:

The course had been written, staffed and run to a very high standard indeed. [...] The inclusion of the assessed clinical and theoretical presentations along with the skills practice gives a clear method of assessment and that coupled with the Supervision of Supervision gives a confidence that the graduates from this course will have been trained to become competent and trustworthy practitioners.

The workshops will be facilitated by Lynda Osborne, Sally Denham-Vaughan and Marie-Anne Chidiac. Cost:£1650 or £1430 with early bird discount if booked before 30th September 2022.

For further information please download our Post Graduate Certificate in Supervision: A Relational Change Process flyer and our FAQ leaflet. For more details please contact Lynda Osborne at lynda@relationalchange.org or to book your place please email: Mandy at mandy@relationalchange.org

• Ongoing Course: Post Graduate Certificate in Supervision 2022: A Relational Change Process

  Commenced January 2022, Kingston Upon Thames and online. We are running this as a hybrid course with, at least, one module on-line.

  Supervision is a requirement for counsellors, psychotherapists as well as coaches and many others in the helping professions. Whether working clinically or in a coaching setting with clients, it is not unusual for practitioners to experience relational and practice difficulties. This translates into the need for a supervisor who can offer new models and a fresh perspective as well as supporting competent practice. Our approach to supervision practice is deeply relational. On this 10 day course over 9 months, we will consider the relationships between the self of the client, the therapist/coach and the supervisor, their specific contexts, and the wider field, based upon our new matrix model of a relational approach to supervision and supervisory practice. You can download the BGJ paper by Chidiac, Denham-Vaughan and Osborne The Relational Matrix Model of Supervision, which is also available on the Resources Page. This is what previous students have said about the course:

  It was a beautiful learning experience of how to implement the relational stance into supervisory work. I could safely explore my strengths, as well as growing edges as a supervisor. I would recommend this course to everybody looking for the great teaching Team, supportive environment, and the true adventure of becoming a more self-aware supervisor!Daniel Bak, Therapist

  The Course to me was very well balanced with its theoretical and experiential parts. The different styles of teaching and leading added to the richness of my experience. The atmosphere of collegial diversity and acceptance supported my learning. Thank you!The Course to me is ( was) very well balanced with its theoretical and experiential parts. The different styles of teaching and leading added to the richness of my experience. The atmosphere of collegial diversity and acceptance supported my learning. Thank you! Elena Ilieva, Therapist and Trainer

  For these and other testimonials about the course, please click here.

  This course is UKCP (HIPC) recognised, meets BACP standards, and is suitable for psychotherapists, counsellors and organisational practitioners with at least 2 years experience, wishing to be accredited to supervise others. Diploma track is also available. UKCP members who complete the supervision Diploma can go straight onto the HIPC Supervisors Directory. UKCP(HIPC) have said about the course:

  The course had been written, staffed and run to a very high standard indeed. [...] The inclusion of the assessed clinical and theoretical presentations along with the skills practice gives a clear method of assessment and that coupled with the Supervision of Supervision gives a confidence that the graduates from this course will have been trained to become competent and trustworthy practitioners.

  The workshops will be facilitated by Lynda Osborne, Sally Denham-Vaughan and Marie-Anne Chidiac.

  For course dates or further information please download our Post Graduate Certificate in Supervision: A Relational Change Process flyer and our FAQ leaflet. For more details on future Supervision courses please contact Lynda Osborne at lynda@relationalchange.org.

Organisational Gestalt

• Relational Organisational Gestalt (ROG)

  At Relational Change we are passionate about the need for organisations, groups and communities to develop in ways that support and sustain better outcomes and healthier futures. We offer a UK-based two year training certificate/diploma in Relational Organisational Gestalt, (ROG), leading to European Accreditation as a Gestalt Practitioner in Organisations. Please follow this link for full information concerning programme, faculty, costs and dates.

  Email mac@relationalchange.org or sdv@relationalchange.org for booking.

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