During 2010, I will be running two workshops, either on scheduled dates, or as arranged specifically for clients.

The workshop “Finding your way forward” is a workshop I run regularly with my colleague, Dan Geoghegan. Please click on the link for details  

The workshop “Existential Coaching” is run on request. Again, please click on the link for further details.

Finding your way forward
- an exploration of meaningful living

A two day workshop which explores what it means for us to lead a meaningful life .This is an opportunity to take some time out for yourself and reflect on what it means to be you: where you have been in your life, where you are now, where are you trying to get to and what gives you a sense of a meaningful life.  What are we trying to create with this experience… Quite simply, an environment where people can explore their own challenges and dilemmas and widen their perspectives on themselves and their world. With this experience we hope to help you understand a bit more about you – and in particular to help you find a way forward in determining what can make life meaningful for you.

Who attends?

Simply put, this workshop is open to anyone who wants the time to take stock of themselves and what’s going on with their lives. We have found that this workshop really works for people who may be questioning where they are going in their personal and professional lives, either because they have come to some sort of crossroads in their lives, or they are coming to terms with a significant life change,- or simply because they most need just some time out to figure out what is important to them. This is an opportunity therefore to take stock, reflect on what is really important, and explore ways of moving forward.

During the weekend we will explore with you:

where you are, where you have been and where you are trying to get to, the beliefs , values and insights that you understand about yourself , where they came from, and how they are helping or hindering you now what brings you alive and makes you great about who you are and what you do what limits you and how to acknowledge and work with those limitations how to develop new insights and intentions in areas of your life that are important to you. 

This weekend experience is about you, and we work with where you are and what you most need. Our intention is to create an environment where you can work, in confidence and with trust, on those things in your life that matter most to you. We are limiting attendance to no more than six participants, and we work in small groups, trios and individually throughout the weekend. Time is given for reflection on your own as well as working with others in helping them make sense of their challenges as well as your own.

During the two days we will invite you not just to use this time for some mental reflection but to engage in some active reflection too – so we will take in a few walks (weather permitting) as well as some exercises, just as to bring both mind and body together in one go!

Dates (2010): 

12-13 June 16-17 June Further dates on request 

All workshops are held over a weekend, beginning at 9am on a Saturday and finishing around 5pm on both days. They are non-residential.

Location:

For these workshops, we will be working in residential premises in Dorking, Surrey. Whilst our venue is not set up as a setting for more traditional programmes, it is cosy, snug, in the middle of nowhere, and perfect for a bit of get-away-from-it-all reflection and planning. It is situated on the National Trust site of Holmwood Common, and has plenty of opportunity for a few gentle walks if weather – and intention- allows Fees: 
£170 plus VAT, inclusive of refreshments and catering during the two days. Your facilitators:

Paul Swift.

Paul is an experienced leadership development coach and consultant with a considerable number of years spent working with people in both private and public sector companies in the UK. For most of his career he has been interested in helping people understand themselves better and make more informed choices about what they want to realise for themselves, in their lives at work, and in their lives out of work. He is also a psychotherapist and works with clients privately in Dorking and in London. His way of working is influenced primarily by existential philosophy: he believes this to be the most honest way of working with people and it underpins how he operates as both a coach and a therapist.

Dan Geoghegan.

Dan is a qualified personal trainer working in Surrey whose primary role during these workshops is to help participants explore their own assumptions about their own health and fitness and support them in undertaking some active exercises that help bring mind and body together. Dan runs his own business in personal training, and works with clients not only in terms of improved physical fitness but also in terms of overall health and well being. His focus on these workshops will be on both providing exercises that help people connect with themselves physically as well as giving people a sense of what they might need to do to improve their approach to their own well being.

Contact: If you are interested in booking a place please contact Paul as follows:

Mobile: 0044(0)7774 192776

Email: pauldswift1@aol.com

www.paulswiftpsychotherapy.com

www.dmgpersonaltraining.co.uk

Existential Coaching:

An Introduction to Phenomenology

A 3-hour workshop for coaches “In this world the basic building blocks of life are relationships, not individuals. Nothing exists on its own, or has a fixed, final identity…we change as we meet different people or are in different circumstances” – Margaret Wheatley

What are we trying to create with this workshop?

We all have perceptions about what we make of the world around us - about our business, our profession, our leaders, our teams, ourselves, and what makes the world go round.

At any given point, these perceptions define our approach to how we live our lives, conduct our relationships, find meaning in what we do, and shape our response to change and complexity. Such perceptions are created from our own unique experience of the world, from our personal history and past experiences and assumptions.

Phenomenology is the study of perception. It is, simply put, an investigation into the means by which we make sense of our experience and explores the interaction between what exists and how we perceive it.

This workshop introduces the concept of phenomenology and its relevance to coaching. Specifically we will explore:

- what shapes our perceptions of others and of ourselves

- what implications our perceptions have on our own responses as coaches

We will work with Husserl’s phenomenological method as a way of practically grounding our exploration, and use participants own material during the workshop

Who attends?

Any one interested in expanding their own coaching practice who are interested in learning more about applying a phenomenological approach to their work.

Phenomenology is a primary methodology of an existential approach to coaching. This workshop will therefore be of interest not only to experienced coaches, but to anyone who is looking to learn more about how an approach, drawn from existential philosophy and psychology, can inform organizational perspectives on collaboration, relationships and leadership

Duration

3 hours

“Each of us experiences our own interpreted world…” – Ernesto Spinelli

Dates and Fees On Request