What if pain isn’t the end point—but the beginning of contact?
This immersive, experiential workshop is for therapists and mental health practitioners who want to deepen their felt-sense of working with chronic pain and illness—in their clients and themselves.

Grounded in Gestalt principles and body-centred awareness, the workshop invites you to explore suffering not as pathology to fix, but as an invitation to relational presence, existential meaning, and therapeutic aliveness. 

Whether you live with chronic pain or work with those who do, this weekend offers a shared field of exploration—where embodied experience, personal resonance, and professional curiosity meet.

What to Expect
This workshop offers a rich blend of experiential process, group dialogue, and embodied exercises, including:
- Relational presence with pain: being-with, not doing-to
- Somatic and phenomenological practices to listen to symptoms as meaningful
- Gestalt-based awareness of how chronic pain shapes contact, identity, and relational field
- Space for personal process—especially if you navigate pain or fatigue in your own life
- A co-created environment where professional and personal voices are equally valued

Who Is This For?
-  Therapists, counsellors, and mental health practitioners
-  Practitioners living with chronic illness or fatigue
-  Anyone curious about a Gestalt-informed, embodied, and process-oriented approach to long-term suffering
-  Gestalt informed Continuing Professional Development
This is not a lecture—it’s a live encounter. Expect to work experientially, to reflect, move, speak, and be moved.

DATE: 13 & 14  March 2026
TIME: 10.00am - 4.30pm (UK time)
LOCATION: Beaconsfield, Bucks.
COST:  £250
(Early bird £225 for booking before 31 January 2026)
Lunch, tea & coffee provided

About the Facilitator
Rachael Kellett is a UKCP psychotherapist, supervisor, and trainer with over 20 years’ experience. She developed Fibromyalgia during her Gestalt training, shaping a lifelong inquiry into pain, embodiment and presence. Rachael brings a warm, grounded and deeply personal approach to the intersection of chronic pain or illness and healing relationships.

For enquiries, contact: mandy@relationalchange.org

To secure your spot, complete the booking form on this page. You will immediately receive a confirmation email with payment instructions. If you don’t see it in your inbox, please check your spam folder.

Important: Your registration is not complete until payment has been received.