I offer tailored courses for communities, grassroots groups, organisations and individuals.

We work with live scenarios and questions, creating a brave space for learning, reflection and practice. We focus on specific challenges that are holding us back from stepping into dialogue with more confidence and capacity.

Throughout the sessions, there will be chance to learn and practice tools and techniques from across a range of traditions. I weave in insights and practices from Nonviolent Communication (NVC), Restorative Circles, Deep Democracy, Conflict Coaching, Art of Hosting and over 10 years supporting organisations, communities and individuals to connect and collaborate.

Sessions can be tailored to specific needs and availability. Get in touch to discuss.

Skills for Navigating Conflict

Learn, experience and practice ways to move through conflict with more capacity and confidence…

• Part 1: Inner Process
  • Understanding our relationship to conflict, our patterns and strategies
  • Exploring what we can do before dialogue, or if dialogue is not possible
  • Tools and practice to transform judgements and enemy images
  • Working with inner conflicts, parts of us with competing strategies
• Part 2: Dialogue
  • Learning and using core principles and practices for stepping into dialogue
  • Introduction to NVC Mediation and Restorative Circles
  • Space for processing and problem solving current dilemmas
• Part 3: Conflict at the level of strategy
  • Introduction to Convergent Facilitation
  • Understanding the core needs that lie underneath competing strategies
  • Moving from competition to collaboration, creative solutions for shared dilemmas
  • Agreeing from a place of genuine willingness, weaving in objections
• Part 4: Conflict at the level of views
  • Introduction to Deep Democracy (LDD)
  • Supporting all views to be heard and understood
  • Moving beyond polarisation, exploring role fluidity
  • Uses for decision making and transforming conflict

4 sessions in person, or online. Sliding scale or exchange basis (e.g. for land based communities).

Skills for Dialogue

Learn and practice skills for more connecting, authentic and generative conversations…

• Awareness of our inner state and how that impacts interactions
• Seeing the learned patterns that keep us stuck and separated
• Skills for authentic expression and empathic listening
• Increasing capacity to dialogue across differences
• Moving through conflict with truth and love

2 days in person, or 4 * 2.5 hour online sessions. Sliding scale.

Skills for Holding Space

For people who feel ready to step into holding space for others…

• Holding complexity and multiple needs
• Awareness of our inner state, reactions and bias
• Making conscious choices in the moment
• Choices for holding space with intention
• Frameworks and tools for different scenarios

2 days in person, or 4 * 2.5 hour online sessions. Sliding scale.

Conflict Resilience

The conflict resilience course is focused on specific skills and capacities for groups, communities, movements and organisations. It can also be applied to personal and family relationships.

• Our relationship to conflict
• Bridging the gap between us
• Skills for hearing each other
• Introduction to restorative approaches
• Support for connecting across difference

1 day in person, or 3 * 2 hour online sessions. Sliding scale.

Find out more

If you are interested in any of these courses, or if you have a specific request related to an aspect of this work, please fill out this form, or get in touch.

• Courses within organisations and communities are tailored to your specific context and needs, so please get in touch to discuss in more detail.
• If you are an individual interested in any of these topics, please register your interest here.

All online courses are offered on a donation basis. There is generally a minimum cost for in person events, depending on the venue and format.

I also offer one to one sessions, including support related to any of the topics above.

NB: If you are looking for a self study course, i really recommend Ceri Buckmaster’s courses on moving through conflict, nvc and more.