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This two-day Intensive is dedicated to exploring a wide range of relationship models taking into account culture, sexuality, gender rather than assuming that one size fits all.
Also scroll to the bottom to find out about our exciting BRAND NEW CERTIFICATE IN DIVERSITY WITHIN CONTEMPORARY RELATIONSHIP THERAPY.
OTHER LOVES: POLYAMORY, POLYGAMY AND ARRANGED MARRIAGES
Dates: Tues 24th & Wed 25th January 2023
Alternative Dates: Sat 24th & Sun 25th June 2023 To book the June 2023 date please email [email protected]
Timing: 10am – 4pm (BST – UK time)
CPD: A Certificate of Attendance form for Continuous Professional Development for 10 hours will be sent by email once you have filled in the feedback form.
Where: The course is offered on-zoom only. Participants need a high speed broadband connection as well as private space.
Cost: £140 if booked by 24 Nov, £160 if booked by 24 Dec, £180 full price
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“I felt completely blessed to be in the company of
Bernd and those drawn to develop more
safety, skill, vulnerability,
tolerance of uncertainty, and
openness to working with Other Loves.
I learned and grew in this
inclusive, diverse and creative environment.”
Couples and Family therapist, Somatic practitioner,
Open Dialogue practitioner and trainer, Interfaith minister
We recognise that few of us had the training, the supervision or the experience to work with more than two in the consulting room and yet we are meant to work within our competence. Our view of relationships as always based on romantic or sexual attraction might not serve all client populations. Most therapists will recognise that individual therapy skills are inappropriate to working with dual intimate systems, often referred to as “couples”.
This two-day Intensive is dedicated to exploring a wide range of relationship models taking into account culture, sexuality, gender rather than assuming that one size fits all.
The role of the therapist is different when the client is a couple (rather than two individuals) and the skills are fundamentally different. Many therapists will find the step from individual to couples therapy daunting in itself. This course is suitable for therapists who work one-to-one as well as those who are established as couple therapists.
Furthermore, our clients who identify as culturally different may challenge our way of thinking. Some clients may identify as polyamorous and consider themselves as “multiple partnered”. Others consider polygamy as the norm, and others may have met their partner through an arranged marriage. Each of these require a different skills set.
During the two days, we will explore and learn specific skills for welcoming and working with:
- couples (an intimate dual system)
- multiple partner relationships
- non-eurocentric relationships
- including arranged marriages and
- polygamous ones
- clients from collectivist cultures rather than individualist culture
- erotically marginalised client groups
Participants will be supported in:
- recognising and adjusting our communication which may sound
- discriminatory,
- hostile,
- including micro aggressions and
- overt prejudice
- exploring (counter)transference in this work.
“UNMISSABLE.
Thank you so much for a wonderful two days,
for sharing all your personal information and your knowledge.
It turned out to be a much better course
than I could ever have imagined.
Bernd you were an amazing leader.
It was fun, relaxed and very informative.”
Maggie Davies, Relationship and Psychosexual therapist
Learning outcomes
By the end of the training participants will have
- Learnt to differentiate skill sets appropriate to working with two-person intimate systems, multiple intimate systems and “arranged marriages”
- Enhanced therapeutic skills in working with multiple partner relationships
- Critically examined a wide range of relationships styles
- Learned how to adjust couples therapy skills when working with arranged marriages
- Appreciated the difference between individualist and collectivist cultures
The workshop will lean into what we can learn from those cultures to expand our own understanding of conventional notions of coupledom.
This training includes theoretical presentations, working in pairs and triads, case studies and live supervision.
“The ‘Other Loves’ workshop was very rewarding for me
on multiple levels . The content of the workshop widened my knowledge in the field of psycho-sexual diversity.
I enjoyed the Bernd’s balance of seriousness and humour.
And found great value in the richness and
openness of our group discussions.
Thank you!”
Dr. Irina Aron
Intercultural Communication Consultant and Psychotherapist
Tutor: Bernd Leygraf
Consultant Psychotherapist co-founded a number of organisations (London Men’s Forum, UK Standing Conference on Sexual Abuse of Men, the Centre for Personal and Professional Development, the Whittington Hospital
Psychotherapy Clinic, the Hungarian Gestalt Association, NAOS Institute). He co-authored with Judi Keshet-Orr the first MSc in Humanistic Psychotherapy and the first Masters programme in Psychosexual & Relationship Therapy in the UK. He also authored or co-authored, as well as led, several masters programmes in the UK, primarily at South Bank University, Middlesex University, Westminster and the University of Surrey. He was external examiner to various universities in the UK.
A former Chair of the Professional Standards and Accreditation Board at the European Association for Counselling, and Ethics Committee of COSRT, Bernd works currently with trainees, from over 40 countries. He is familiar with and interested in working with issues of cultural difference. His principal influences in sexological and couples work are David Schnarch, Joseph Zinker, Ellen Bader, Judith Hemming, Joan Lachkar, Judi Keshet-Orr and, as ever, his clients.
Bernd is proud to have supported – alongside Judi – a significant number of sex and couples therapists in shaping their own professional identities and careers – both in the UK and further afield; some even have moved into offering specialist sex addiction clinics; others are now trainers in this field in their own right.
Bernd is delighted to be (founder and) Honorary Member of the Hungarian Gestalt Association. Clinically speaking Bernd focuses on working with celebrity clients, and on men in leadership, both nationally and globally.
CANCELLATIONS: Any request to change (eg defer to alternative dates) or cancel your place at a workshop, that is made at less than 21 days before the course start date will be charged in full. Any cancellation / amendments / requests to defer before 21 days, will be subject to a 12.5% handling charge.
THIS COURSE FORMS PART OF OUR BRAND NEW
CERTIFICATE IN DIVERSITY WITHIN
CONTEMPORARY RELATIONSHIP THERAPY
This is made up of four modules and held over 5 days Each module may be taken is a stand-alone workshop, or can be taken as a series. Throughout the series we will thread information about neurodiversity.
The 4 workshops are:
· Other Loves: Polyamory, Polygamy and Arranged Marriages (2 days).
· Kink (1 day).
· Working Alongside Trans, Non-Binary and Questioning Clients (1 day).
· Sexual Fluidity and Bisexuality (1 day).
Details and dates of the other modules will be published on www.therapyandcounselling.co.uk by mid November.
To be kept informed of dates for this certificate please email [email protected]
For more information on our award winning courses please visit: therapyandcounselling.co.uk
Organised through Sleeping Mountain Ltd
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