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Some testimonials from workshop participants

‘Your work brings clarity to the male/female issue; it should be a requirement before anyone gets a divorce!'

‘For the first time in my life I feel like a grown-up man.'

‘I have a new feeling of connectedness to men and an acceptance of the differences between us.'

‘I feel like a kid with a new toy and want to put this new awareness into practice. Both have benefited, our relationship has changed positively.'

‘I've gained so much and am blown away by the shift in our relationship.'

‘Unlike some courses I have done, this was generally relaxed, never boring, nor too confrontative, but very powerful.'

‘I feel that I gained as much from the experiences of others as I did from my own experience.'

'Gender Psychology has provided me with some powerful, transformative and valuable experiences; as a headteacher, I've needed this kind of deeply nourishing support.'

'Thank you for a superb and life-changing event. I hadn't come with a conscious intention of doing any very deep work, but I was aware that I had issues from the past and in the present that were hanging around waiting to be dealt with. In regard to those from the past, I got what I expect would have taken months of individual therapy. I went away with a feeling of having internalised a construct of OK parenting to replace my sense of resentment and deprivation about what I had lacked from my real parents. This made me feel both more loveable and more courageous. Along with other insights you provoked, I used these new feelings to be open and speak from the heart to my semi-detached and mutually likewarm partner about all that had happened during the week. This resulted in a wonderful chaos, grief, passion and aliveness, and an exhilarating new way of communication.'

'Every time I set out to go to London and the men's group, I wonder why. As soon as I am there I know.'

'Being a member of the group has transformed my sense of myself as a man. Paradoxically it has also much improved my ease and confidence in relationship to women.'

'I wish I'd had the opportunity for such a growthful experience many years earlier.'

'Men often don't have the opportunity to discuss issues such as relationships, sex, passions, problems etc. on a deep level with other men. It is sometimes painful and moving, though humour is often part of the group therapy.'

Some testimonials from Creative CoupleWork graduates

"I cannot recommend the Creative Couple Counselling training highly enough. It has provided a clear theoretical framework which allows me to manage couple sessions with greatly increased confidence and authority, and as a by product has given me the best personal therapy I have ever had, giving me insights into my own patterns, that has allowed me to deal with myself and my relationship in a different and more constructive way"

Alison Grant, Scotland, 2007

Helena and Nick are incredible trainers as they bring themselves fully with so much humanity, humour and creativity. They get a great balance between teaching theory and practice, always enabling deep experiential learning as they integrate participants own personal and professional experience. Their Creative Relationship Training gave me the framework, understanding and theory alongside the skills, practical experience. As importantly, it gave me the safety and space to reflect, explore, relate and

integrate all the learning to my own life and relationships, and probably saved my own marriage! The ongoing supervision has taken me from being a total novice to having genuine confidence and a sense of solidity in front of couples, as I have so much to trust in and fall back on. This course showed me the enormous difference between coaching an individual and a relationship, as well as the importance of understanding gender differences, and why in depth understanding and training is so essential for working with couples.

Caroline Burr, September 2007

“For me the training has been a transformative experience - alive, insightful and engaging. There were Plenty of 'Ahh-ha!' moments, where I felt the truth of what was being said resonate in my body. Nick and Helena teach a fantastic grounded framework of the thresholds and potential in relationships. They provided the support, skills and perspective to help me manage the transition from one-one to working with the energies of couples in crisis. There was room for my mess, learning, mistakes and questions. I valued the time we had to practice and ground our skills. Nick and Helena teach with a lightness of touch and fluidity that at the same time is real and grounded. I really enjoyed the course - a potent training package!”

Richard Cole, London, 2007