This page has details of our therapeutic workshops (personal development) for adult ex-boarders.

For Continuous Professional Development or specialist training for therapists who want to work with boarding issues, see here

See below for dates and how to apply

  • We have two highly experienced facilitators on each workshop, and staff in training may sometimes be in assistant roles on the workshops.
  • Please apply early as these courses are very popular.
  • When courses are full we have a waiting list as people do drop-out sometimes.

To apply for a Boarding School Survivors workshop please download the following documents:

1. A Guide to the Workshops (this is a PDF file), and

2. Confidential Application Form (this is a Microsoft Word file) your answers should typed in – printed out and handwritten answers aren’t accepted.

N.B. On some devices or browsers you might have to right click or go ‘save link as’ to download the files.

Booking now open open for all courses

Men’s Course – Spring 2024

Dates:

  • Part One: Saturday 09/03/24 – Sunday 10/03/24
  • Part Two: Saturday 18/05/24 – Sunday 19/05/24

The 4-day workshop is spread over two weekends, several weeks apart, and participants are expected to commit to attend each day. N.B. These courses are very popular, so early booking is strongly advised.

Venue: North central London, Hampstead, with good public transport links but difficult parking.

Times: 10am (arrive by 9.45) to 6pm each day.

Cost: £650 for both weekends payable in advance – £250 deposit to secure place.

 

Men’s Course – Autumn 2024

Dates:

  • Part One: Saturday 21/09/24 – Sunday 22/09/24
  • Part Two: Saturday 2/11/24 – Sunday 3/11/24

The 4-day workshop is spread over two weekends, several weeks apart, and participants are expected to commit to attend each day. N.B. These courses are very popular, so early booking is strongly advised.

Venue: North central London, Hampstead, with good public transport links but difficult parking.

Times: 10am (arrive by 9.45) to 6pm each day.

Cost: £650 for both weekends payable in advance – £250 deposit to secure place.

 

Women’s Course – Autumn 2024

Dates:

  • Part One: Saturday 05/10/24 – Sunday 06/10/24
  • Part Two: Saturday 16/11/24 – Sunday 17/11/24

The 4-day workshop is spread over two weekends, several weeks apart, and participants are expected to commit to attend each day. N.B. These courses are very popular, so early booking is strongly advised.

Venue: North central London, adjacent to Hampstead Heath with good public transport links.

Times: 10am (arrive by 9.45) to 6pm each day.

Cost: £650 for both weekends payable in advance – £250 deposit to secure place.

 

NEW Men’s Course in North America

Ingo Vauk and Marcus Gottlieb, two highly experienced facilitators from the Men’s Workshop programme, are offering, for the first time, a new, extensive residential programme, with an in depth 5-day intensive initial group workshop (June 6-10 2024), followed by a compact second workshop (October 5-6 2024) to provide participants with space for their individual work and processes. The venue is a beautiful seashore location in Nova Scotia. Further information and application form here.

 

Men’s Course – Spring 2025

Dates:

  • Part One: Saturday 08/03 – Sunday 09/03
  • Part Two: Saturday 10/05 – Sunday 11/05

The 4-day workshop is spread over two weekends, several weeks apart, and participants are expected to commit to attend each day. N.B. These courses are very popular, so early booking is strongly advised.

Venue: North central London, Hampstead, with good public transport links but difficult parking.

Times: 10am (arrive by 9.45) to 6pm each day.

Cost: £650 for both weekends payable in advance – £250 deposit to secure place.

 

Men’s Course – Autumn 2025

Dates:

  • Part One: Saturday 20/09 – Sunday 21/09
  • Part Two: Saturday 08/11 – Sunday 09/11

The 4-day workshop is spread over two weekends, several weeks apart, and participants are expected to commit to attend each day. N.B. These courses are very popular, so early booking is strongly advised.

Venue: North central London, Hampstead, with good public transport links but difficult parking.

Times: 10am (arrive by 9.45) to 6pm each day.

Cost: £650 for both weekends payable in advance – £250 deposit to secure place.

 

Women’s Course – Autumn 2025

Dates:

  • Part One: Saturday 4/10 – Sunday 5/10
  • Part Two: Saturday 15/11 – Sunday 16/11

The 4-day workshop is spread over two weekends, several weeks apart, and participants are expected to commit to attend each day. N.B. These courses are very popular, so early booking is strongly advised.

Venue: North central London, adjacent to Hampstead Heath with good public transport links.

Times: 10am (arrive by 9.45) to 6pm each day.

Cost: £650 for both weekends payable in advance – £250 deposit to secure place.