LIVES OF QUIET DESPERATION 23RD AND 24TH MARCH 2023

Last chance to book a place at a discounted price

Lives of Quiet Desperation

Therapeutic work with men

with Simon Roe and Lee Stagles

An online workshop for men and women who are

therapists, counsellors, social / health care workers and interested individuals.

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Date : Thursday 23rd and Friday 24th March 2023 Click here for all information

Alternative dates : Thursday 1st and Friday 2nd June 2023, ... Thursday 14th and Friday 15th September 2023,... Thursday 14th and Friday 15th December 2023

Times : 9am – 1pm (GMT) on both days.

COST : £115 if booked by 23rd February 2023 Please note this price will show at the final check out

        Full price £135

‘Most men lead lives of quiet desperation (& go to the grave with the song still in them) ‘

The above quote, paraphrased from Henry Thoreau, seems as distressingly apt today as it did when it was written over 150 years ago. Despite the advances made by feminism, the ‘new age’ & the ‘men’s movement’ men are still notoriously reluctant to present for any kind of therapeutic support. Yet levels of depression, violence & suicide in men, particularly young men, are worryingly high. What is it that leads to this state of affairs? How, as practitioners, can we engage effectively with men? What unconscious biases or prejudices might we be holding that will interfere with or sabotage our work?

This training will provide participants with hands-on experience of a range of methods & approaches, which they can take away and add to their to add to their tool kits, including personal reflection, group and pair work, creativity, poetry & story.

Some of the topics we will explore include:-

·       Not measuring up’ – men and shame

·       ‘Boys don’t cry’ – men and grief

·       The dangers of ‘nice’ men

·       The ‘boy code’ – breaking the silence

·       Working with men’s anger & violence

·       Men and sex

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Feedback from previous ‘Lives of Quiet Desperation’ participants

‘Simon’s depth of experience in running workshops for and about men was clearly evident. I recommend his course.’

‘This is the first time I have been able to grieve for my father – thank you.’

‘Simon’s workshop is very apposite; much needed at this time. He invites us to look very squarely and honestly at the male and masculine archetypes and find value and integrity. A challenging workshop for therapists and the therapy culture.’

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Simon Roe originally trained as a body psychotherapist with Nick Totton & Em Edmondson and has nearly 30 years’ experience of working with individuals and groups. For the last 25 years’ he has worked almost exclusively with men & teenage boys in a variety of settings including 1-1 psychotherapy, domestic violence work and Rites of Passage events.

He is a Respect approved trainer & supervisor www.respect.uk.net for domestic violence practitioners and is the director of Two Wolves Consultancy and Training www.twowolvesconsultancy.co.uk. Simon has recently completed a foundation course in Process Oriented Psychology

www.processworkuk.org – an approach which increasingly informs his practice.

Simon is a fully accredited member of the Association of Facilitators www.associationoffacilitators.co.uk

Lee Stagles is an embodiment coach, event manager, men’s work leader and facilitator working freelance mainly with men. Using story, nature and movement, he supports his clients to a better understanding of themselves and then equip them with the tools and practices to support achieving their goals.

MAXIMUM NUMBERS: This workshop will have a maximum of 23 participants

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.

CPD FORM: A Certificate of Attendance form for Continuous Professional Development for 7 hours will be sent by email once you have filled in the feedback form. 

FOR MORE INFORMATION:  If you have further questions please email: [email protected] or call Juliet Grayson on 01291 638805

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