The Real Deal
Four Aspects of Relationship
A one day seminar about relationship issues…open to everyone
A healthy relationship requires a broad set of skills and attributes, some of which are innate, but many of which can be learned. We need flexibility, and the clarity to know our own mind, but we also need the willingness to speak our truth. In this one-day workshop, relationship therapist Juliet Grayson and poet William Ayot will look at four aspects of character and how they are affected when we interact in intimate relationships. We will explore the strengths we bring and some of the challenges we might face. Weaving together art and science, archetypal models and exercises, we will take steps towards a deeper self-awareness.
After the ideal comes the ordeal...and if we get through that stage then we reach the real deal. Weeks, months, even years after entering a relationship we can wake up to find ourselves next to a stranger. Is this the same person we fell in love with? Why are they irritating us? Why are we fighting over things that didn't matter before? This subtle shift calls for re-negotiation and a certain tolerance. It also calls for an understanding of the deeply embedded archetypal characters that can dictate our attitudes, behaviours and reactions.
Maybe we feel competitive towards our partner, maybe we feel smothered. Perhaps that airy quality that seemed so attractive now feels like uncaring flakiness. This workshop looks into the dynamics that come into play as our deeper characters are revealed to each other. Looking at the constant play of archetypes within us we can come to a new understanding of both our own approaches to relationship and our partner's reactions to our behaviour.
This will be an experiential day, that takes you into the territory of self discovery, and may help you to understand various relationships in your life, including the most intimate.
This workshop is open to all men and women of whatever status or preference - straight, gay, committed, seeking a relationship, or happily single.
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This is a non-Residential: One-day Course Open to All (individuals and/or couples)
Venue: Teddington Baptist Church, Church Road, Teddington, Middlesex, TW11 8PF
Date: Wednesday 29 February 2012 - 9.30 arrive for 10 am start - 5pm
Price: Individuals:£85 if booked by 30 January 2012: £100 full price per person
Couples: £150 for 2 people if booked by 30 January 2012: £180 full price
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Venue: The Vassall Centre, Gill Avenue, Fishponds, Bristol, BS16 2QQ
Date: Saturday 10 March 2012 - 9.30 arrive for 10 am start - 5pm
Price: Individuals:£85 if booked by 11 February 2012: £100 full price per person
Couples: £150 for 2 people if booked by 11 February 2012: £180 full price
Juliet Grayson is a psychotherapist (UKCP Registered, NLPtCA and BASRT Accredited) who, for the last 15 years, has specialised in relationship and sexual problems. She spends half her time at her private practice based in Chepstow. The rest of the time she travels the country running workshops - to both the corporate world and to therapists. She particularly enjoys running personal development workshops, and teaching counsellors and therapists how to work with couples and sexual issues. She is very excited to be presenting two programmes (one day in London in March, and a 3 day residential in October) with her husband William Ayot, looking at some of the issues and challenges that couples face.
William Ayot is a poet, playwright, international workshop leader and keynote speaker. He was a founding director of Olivier Mythodrama, using story and poetry to teach leadership, presentation and character development. For many years he led initiatory men's events, including Men's Rites of Passage retreats in Snowdonia. William's writing includes the play 'Bengal Lancer', and two collections of poetry. He is currently director of 'On The Border' a groundbreaking series of poetry readings in Chepstow, Monmouthshire. William gives a tithe of his time to working with those recovering from addiction. He is a speaker for the National Association of Children of Alcoholics and a patron of the SWAN project in Bristol.
TO BOOK: Please send a cheque payable to Juliet Grayson and post to Courtyard House, Moynes Court, Mathern, Chepstow, NP16 6HZ|
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