Events
Here are the upcoming events I'm facilitating or events at which I've been invited to speak. I tend to facilitate a range of events on diverse themes; ecopsychology and Wild therapy talks and workshops for fellow therapists, practice days for meditators and Buddhist-Dharma practising folx, as well as events for varied participants themed around the subjects of my books (ecodharma, meditation and Buddhism, childlessness and childfreedom, and psychotherapy, particularly somatic/body psychotherapy).
Learning's close to my heart and I count myself as blessed to have worked as a trainer, tutor, and facilitator since the early 1990s with a diverse range of fellow humans and other-than and more-than-human beings, whether that's holding a group, retreat, course, or taking part in one as a participant. I work and have worked with trainee counsellors and psychotherapists, activists, Buddhists, and MBA students to international post-graduate students, start-up social entrepreneurs in sub-Saharan Africa, meditators and cancer survivors.
I've been invited to design and facilitate workshops, talks, retreats and residentials for a variety of networks and organisations. These have included: Bristol Psychotherapy Association, Buddhafield's Green Earth Awakening, Counsellors and Psychotherapists in Private Practice (CAPPP), Ecodharma (in Catalunya, Spain), CONFER, Gaia House, Hampshire Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (HACP), Tariki Trust, Taunton Association for Psychotherapy (TAP), Taraloka retreat centre, Psychotherapists and Counsellors for Social Responsibility (PCSR), Stillpoint Spaces London, The Aashna Centre for counselling and psychotherapy, and the Edge of the Wild annual ecopsychology gathering.
You can read testimonials about my training and facilitation work.
2025 events
'Eldering during a time of collapse', part of the Gateway Elderwomen, 'Fireside Wisdom' session
29th March, 8pm GMT
I'm looking forward to returning as a panellist with Jody Day (founder of Gateway Women and Gateway Elderwomen) for the latest of Gateway Elderwomen's 'Fireside Wisdom' sessions. Mutami Imani, Sarah Roberts, Donna Ward, Suzan Muir, Maria Hill, Elizabeth Grambsch, Vicki robin, Stella Duffy and Carol Scott will also be panellists. This one will focus on 'eldering during a time of collapse', a subject close to my animist, ecodharma influenced heart. These fireside sessions are rich and lively and highly recommended - register here.
2024 events
'Holding the hope' conference - 8th March, 9am - 5pm
This one day conference follows the publication of the book, 'Holding the Hope: psychological & spiritual agency in a time of climate crisis' in 2023, to which I contributed the chapter, 'Holding to nothing whatever'. With 2 keynote interviews and 11 workshops over the day. Tickets and full agenda.
2023 events
Book launch! 29th March, 6pm
'Holding the hope: reviving psychological and spiritual agency in the face of climate change'. Join us as we launch...Holding the Hope: reviving psychological & spiritual agency in the face of climate change edited by Linda Aspey, Catherine Jackson & Diane Parker.