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Setting up for Drawing into Self

When facilitating either a group experiential (or a one-to-one session), it really helps me to stay attuned to what is happening, and get the pacing right for a group, if I can see both the participants and their paper. The

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Prerequisites for Drawing into Self Workshops

I get lots of questions about eligibility for attending Drawing into Self workshops, so this blog post aims to clarify things.  Please ask if you still have questions after reading it. Firstly, its important to say I don’t teach IFS,

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Missed an online workshop?

…Gosh yes, it can be SO frustrating to muddle international times and end up missing a workshop or event you’ve been looking forward to!  I’ve done it myself and am really sorry for you if this happened. I receive so

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What are IFS Constellations?

Photo: TRAUMA MATTERS Conference with Gabor Maté, London 2019 “IFS Constellations” is a way of working I’ve devised over the past few years that integrates the full IFS protocol with aspects of the Constellations process.  If offers a somatic group

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HOW ARE IFS INTERNAL CONSTELLATIONS DIFFERENT?

Family Constellations, IoPT Constellations and IFS Internal Constellations all use the ‘morphic field’ phenomenon of group somatic resonance, as utilised by Burt Hellenger in his original Family Constellations. I have participated in many Family Constellations and trained in IoPT Constellations.

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Starling’s World Podcast Episode 16 – Ruth Culver

Previous guests include Stormzy & John Lloyd (QI, Spitting Image, Blackadder) – and now me! I had a ball talking to Starling in my first podcast appearance – she’s not only a sparkling pop icon but also a warm, intelligent

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What are IFS Constellations?

Someone who is familiar with IoPT constellations asked me these questions, so I thought I’d post my replies to help others:   QUESTION: IoPT uses intention method, does the IFS do the same or is it more like the traditional

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Stress in Pregnancy

Of course the headline isn’t ideal of this BBC piece reporting on findings published in the British Journal of Psychiatry : – ‘personality disorder’ is more compassionately expressed as ‘mental health challenges’.  But its great to see this information in

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Love Your Nervous System!

What if you were to put the kind of attention you currently pay to diet, exercise, nutrients etc into to healing your nervous system?   My experience – both personal & professional – has been that paying attention to the

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Psychiatric diagnosis is “meaningless”…

“Arguably there is only one underlying mental health diagnosis :- complex/attachment trauma”. Discuss… In the 1940s a landmark study by the US military investigated why some veterans succumbed to PTSD, whilst others who experienced exactly the same events, or worse,

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