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Familiar Ground

Your earliest relationships with your parents or caregivers set the tone for how you connect with
the significant people in your life.
 how others were there consistently or not for you from the beginning, shaped what you learnt to expect from close relationships and how you started showing up for others.
The emotional foundation built in early care is critical for future success in intimate relationships.
This workshop is about working with our foundations to overcome self-sabotaging relationships.

 you grew up in your particular home and experiece  silences,  warmth,  disappointments, 
moments of real connection. You saw the aldults modelling adult relationships and like a sponge absorbed it all. st to,es you can still hear in your mind your mothers words, your sisters remarks and sometimes with your partner you seem to be  walking again in familisr grounds .ad.
Can it be different 

✦ All workshops online ·

For women and men

· Three Saturdays

· Therapist-led · Starting September 2026

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Do you keep repeating the same patterns in your relationships — giving too much, pulling away,  pursueing and gettinf avoidance or avoiding and getting pursued
Does this sound familiar?

You may recognise yourself in some of these:

You give everything in relationships — and still end up feeling empty or unappreciated
You long for real closeness — but pull away when someone gets too near
You choose partners who cannot fully meet you, and wonder why
You feel anxious when someone doesn't respond, or suffocated when they do
You over-explain, over-apologize, or make yourself smaller to keep the peace
You keep your independence fiercely — and feel lonely inside it
You fall fast and hard, and it always seems to end the same way
You want commitment but find reasons to avoid it
You feel more comfortable caring for others than being cared for

They are patterns — and every pattern has a beginning.s earlier than we think. It is not in our last relationship, or our first one.
It is in the very first bonds we ever formed — with  our parents or those who raised us

The way you show up and ehat you expect  in realtionships  as an adult started to be shaped  before you could walk and talk, by how
your mother did or did not show up consitentely  for you. Was your first attachemtn with mother secure, or insecure?

As children, we are entirely dependent on our parents or caregivers. We need them — not just for
food and shelter, but for emotional safety and to learn how to regulate our emotions, for a sense that we are loveable, that the world is
safe place, that we are not alone, hopeless and helpless .

When that need is consistently met, we develop what in psychology is called  a secure attachment — an
inner confidence that relationships are safe, that we are worthy of love, and that we can ask for what
we need without fear of losing the people we love.

But many of us grew up in families where that was not always possible, and sometimes it was not possible for our parents and maybe grandparents and older generations. The wound might have eeing carried from generation to generation up to us

as children to stay connected with our car— to feel loved, to avoid abandonment, to manage the anxiety of an
unequal relationship where all the power sat with them — we adapted. We learned to be good, or
invisible, or very loud. We learned to give more than we had, or to need less than we felt. We learned
that relatioships  sometimes meant walking on eggshells, or that being cared for always came with conditions.

Those adaptations were necessary and helped us to hav. e a sense that we can manage re;ationships and survvive even in difficult dymanics and parents that might behae in way that made us feel scared and undsafe  These adaptations worked. They kept us conected to those e we needed mo

Unconsciously we brought them silently into adulthood. And in adult relationships — where the other person is our equal,
not our parent — those same strategies quietly created the very distance and pain we were trying to
avoid.

Discovering this is not about bad news. It is not either about reopening old wounds. It is about finally making
sense of something  that we couldnt see, and as we do that these patterns begin to lose their grip pm us.

This is not a new idea. It is one of the most well-established findings in modern psychology.

Attachment theory — developed by John Bowlby and expanded by Mary Ainsworth and many
researchers since — has shown consistently that the quality of our earliest emotional bonds shapes
our capacity for trust, intimacy, and security throughout our lives.
Understanding the theory alone isn’t enough to affect change. In this workshop you will be guided
through experiential exercises with other participants to understand yourself and your family
dynamics from the inside, giving yourself the opportunity to make the inner shifts and transformations
that are required to make real change instead of just “trying to be better.” and stppong into the same stone and keep damaging oneself and realtionships

Research shows that adults with unresolved early attachment experiences are significantly more likely
to experience anxiety, avoidance, or conflict in their romantic relationships — not because of who they
are choosing, but because of the internal model of relationships they carry from childhood.
beccause they are human and  have their own wounds, their own unmet needs, their own limitations that will be projected inevitabl y into the partner or ocse realtionship 
 The parents and caregivers gave what they could but alos  what they couldn give left a mark.

How the series works

Three Saturdays. One journey.

The series is built around a simple but profound idea: that to understand how we do relatioships , we need to
understand the parents or caregivers who first showed us what relationships looked like.
On the first two Saturdays, women work together in one group and men in another, each with their
own therapist. Both groups follow the same structure and do the same exercises — which means that
by the time we all come together on the third Saturday, we share a common language and a common
ground.
All workshops take place online.

The relationship with our mother is the first relationship we ever have. It shapes, more than any other,
our basic sense of whether we are loveable, whether our needs matter, whether the world is a safe
place to be fully ourselves.
In this workshop, women explore that relationship — not to judge or to blame, but to understand. We
look at what was given and what was missing. We begin to see our mother not only as the woman
who raised us, but as a person in her own right — with her own history, her own wounds, her own
story.
In doing so, we begin to understand something essential about the patterns we have carried from that
first bond into all our other relationships.
The most powerful thing you can do for your relationships is to understand the your first bond with your mother 

 

The Familiar Ground workshop series

SATURDAY ONE

F O R W O M E N — W I T H A N A E R I B E
Mother and Daughter

 

 

 

Father and Son
A man's relationship with his father is the primary place where he learns what it means to be a man —
how to handle emotion, conflict, vulnerability, and love. Whether that father was present or absent,
warm or distant, a source of strength or pain, the impact of that relationship runs deep.
In this workshop, men explore that relationship with honesty and curiosity. We look at what was
modelled, what was missing, and what was silently passed on. We begin to see the father not only as
the man he appeared to be, but as a human being shaped by his own history.
In understanding that, men begin to understand something fundamental about how they show up in
their own relationships today.

SATURDAY TWO — 15 DAYS LATER

F O R W O M E N — W I T H A N A E R I B E
Father and Daughter
If the mother relationship shapes a woman's fundamental sense of self, the father relationship shapes
— perhaps more than any other — her sense of what to expect from men. How safe it is to trust. How
much she is worth. What love from a man feels like, and what she will accept in its name.
In this workshop, women explore that relationship with the same depth and care as the first. We look
at what the father gave, what he couldn't, and who he was beyond his role as parent. We explore how
his presence — or his absence, or his limitations — shaped the way women relate to the men in their
lives today.
This is some of the most significant work many women will ever do.
F O R M E N — W I T H [ C O L L E A G U E ' S N A M E ]
Mother and Son
A man's relationship with his mother is one of the most complex and least spoken-about dynamics in
psychology. It shapes, in ways that are often invisible, how men relate to the women they love — what
they expect, what they fear, how close they allow themselves to get, and what they do when love feels
overwhelming or threatening.
In this workshop, men explore that relationship — its warmth, its difficulties, its silences, its lasting
influence. We look at the mother as a full person: her own history, her own needs, the pressures she
was under. And in seeing her more fully, men begin to see their own patterns with women more
clearly.
For many men, this is the workshop that changes the most.

SATURDAY THREE — 15 DAYS LATER · EVERYONE TOGETHER

L E D J O I N T L Y B Y A N A E R I B E A N D [ C O L L E A G U E ' S N A M E ]

Men and Women Together — From Understanding to Change
This is where the work comes together.
The women arrive having explored their relationships with both parents. The men arrive having done
the same. Because both groups have followed the same structure and done the same exercises
across the first two Saturdays, something remarkable becomes possible: genuine mutual
understanding.
This final Saturday is led by both therapists together — a woman and a man. The two groups meet,
and what unfolds is a shared exploration of what each person has discovered about themselves,
about the patterns they carry, and about how those patterns play out in their relationships with the
other.
Women hear from men what it has been like to carry what they carry. Men hear from women the
same. Both discover that the painful moments between men and women in relationships are rarely
about bad intentions — they are about two people, each shaped by their own history, trying to reach
each other across a distance they don't yet understand.
In this workshop, that distance begins to close.
Participants leave with a deeper understanding of themselves, a clearer sense of where their patterns
come from, and — perhaps most importantly — the beginning of a confidence that things can be
genuinely different. Not by changing their partner. By understanding themselves.
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What you will gain
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C A R D 1
Clarity about your patterns
You will understand — perhaps for the first time — why you respond the way you do in close
relationships. Not as a theory, but as a lived recognition. That clarity alone changes something.
C A R D 2
A new understanding of your parents
You will begin to see the people who raised you not only as parents, but as full human beings —
shaped by their own histories. That shift in perspective is one of the most freeing experiences
available to us as adults.

C A R D 3
Freedom from self-blame
When you understand that your patterns were adaptations — intelligent responses to an unequal
relationship — you stop blaming yourself for them. That is not an excuse. It is the beginning of
genuine change.

C A R D 4
Greater confidence in relationships
Whether you are single or in a relationship, you will leave with a stronger sense of yourself — what
you need, what you can offer, and what you no longer need to carry. That confidence shows up
differently in every relationship you have.
C A R D 5
The ability to interrupt self-sabotage
Awareness is the first step to change. Once you can see a pattern activating — feel it beginning —
you have a choice you didn't have before. These workshops give you that moment of recognition, and
practical tools to use it.

C A R D 6
A shared language with the other
In the final workshop, men and women discover what the other has been carrying — and something
shifts. Understanding each other's history does not solve everything. But it makes reaching each other
significantly more possible.
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Who these workshops are for
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For women
• You find yourself repeating the same painful
patterns in love — with different people, but
the same ending
• You over-give, lose yourself, or exhaust
yourself trying to keep relationships alive
• You choose partners who can't fully meet
you, and struggle to understand why
• You feel anxious in relationships, or you
keep people at a distance to protect yourself
• You are single and want to understand
yourself before you enter your next
relationship
• You are in a relationship and want to show
up differently — more fully, more freely
• You have a sense that your relationship with
your mother or father has shaped you in
ways you haven't fully understood
• You are ready not just to understand, but to
begin to change

For men
• You struggle with vulnerability, emotional
closeness, or commitment — and want to
understand why
• You pull away when things get close, or become
anxious when they don't
• You find yourself in the same dynamics with
different partners
• You are single and want to enter your next
relationship with more self-awareness and less
repetition
• You are in a relationship and want to be more
present, more open, more connected
• You want to understand the role your father and
mother have played in shaping how you relate
to others
• You are ready to do this work — not for
someone else, but for yourself
• You are open to an honest, structured,
professionally-held exploration of some of this

W H O T H I S I S N O T F O R — A D D A S A S E P A R A T E S M A L L T E X T B L O C K
These workshops are not individual therapy, and are not a substitute for it. They are not suitable for
people who are currently in acute mental health crisis, or who are seeking support for severe trauma
without additional therapeutic support. If you are unsure whether they are right for you, please get in
touch before registering — we are always happy to talk it through.
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What the experience is like
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H E A D I N G
You will not be asked to perform.
B O D Y T E X T
These workshops are not lectures. They are not group therapy in the clinical sense. And they are not
spaces where you will be asked to share things before you are ready.
Each workshop is structured and therapist-led. You will be guided through a series of carefully
designed exercises — some reflective, some creative, some experiential — that help you explore your
relationship with each parent in ways that go beyond conversation alone.
You will have time to work alone with your thoughts. You will share in small pairs, and in the larger
group, at your own pace. The space is held carefully by an experienced therapist who understands
that this territory can be tender, and who will ensure that the group remains safe, confidential, and
genuinely supportive throughout.
You do not need any prior experience of therapy or personal development work to participate. You
only need to be curious, and willing.
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Your facilitators
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Y O U R N A M E
Ana Eribe
[Your qualifications — e.g. BACP Registered
Psychotherapist, MA/MSc, any specialist
training]
[Write 3–5 sentences here about yourself.

Y O U R C O L L E A G U E
[Colleague's full name]
[Colleague's qualifications]
[Write 3–5 sentences about your colleague.
Include: their background, what they bring to the
men's workshops, and something about why the

Include: what brought you to this work, what
you care most about as a therapist, and why
this particular workshop series matters to
you. This is the part where people decide
whether they trust you — be honest and
personal rather than formal.]
Registered member of the British Association
for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP)

two of you decided to create this series together.
The collaboration between a female and male
therapist is itself part of what makes this series
unique — say something about that.]

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Practicalities
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H E A D I N G
Everything you need to know
Format
Live online sessions via secure video call. You
join from wherever you are — no travel
required.
Schedule
Three Saturdays, each 15 days apart. The first
is in September 2026.
Hours
Each Saturday runs from 10am to 5pm or 6pm,
with breaks throughout.
Group size
Small and intentionally intimate. Places are
limited to ensure the space remains safe and
meaningful.

Who attends
Women and men attend separately for the first two
Saturdays. Everyone comes together for the third.
Languages
Workshops are conducted in English. [Add Spanish
if applicable.]
Investment
The full three-Saturday series is £420 per person.
Early bird price: £350 — available until [add your
early bird deadline date].
A small number of concession places may be
available — please enquire.
What to bring
A notebook and pen. An open mind. Nothing else is
required.

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Questions people often ask
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F A Q 1 — Q U E S T I O N
Do I need to be in a relationship to take part?
F A Q 1 — A N S W E R
Not at all. These workshops are for anyone who wants to understand themselves better in the context
of relationships — whether you are single and want to enter your next relationship with more clarity
and self-awareness, or you are in a relationship and want to show up differently. The work is about
you, not your partner.
F A Q 2 — Q U E S T I O N
I had a very difficult or painful relationship with one or both of my parents. Is this safe for me?
F A Q 2 — A N S W E R
Yes. These workshops are designed and led by experienced psychotherapists who understand that
this territory can be deeply sensitive. The space is held with great care, and you are never required to
share more than you choose to. The exercises are structured to allow you to go as deeply as feels
right for you on the day.
If you have specific concerns about your history — for example, if you experienced significant trauma
or abuse — we encourage you to get in touch before registering so we can talk through whether this
is the right space for you at this time.

F A Q 3 — Q U E S T I O N
What actually happens in the workshops? What kind of experience is it?
F A Q 3 — A N S W E R
Each workshop is a structured, experiential day — meaning it goes beyond talking and discussion.
You will be guided through a series of carefully designed exercises that allow you to explore your
relationship with each parent in a deeper way than conversation alone can reach. Some exercises are
reflective, some creative, some experiential.
The day combines time to work alone with your thoughts, time to share in small pairs, and time to
explore in the larger group. You are never required to share anything you are not ready to share. The
space is held by a trained therapist throughout.
You do not need any prior experience of therapy or personal development to participate.
F A Q 4 — Q U E S T I O N
Do I need to attend all three workshops?
F A Q 4 — A N S W E R
We strongly recommend attending all three, as the series is designed as a connected journey — each
workshop builds on the previous one. The third Saturday, where women and men come together, is
particularly meaningful for those who have completed the first two, as it is built on a shared foundation
of exercises and exploration.
If attending all three is difficult for any reason, please get in touch and we can talk through your
options.

F A Q 5 — Q U E S T I O N
Why do women and men work separately for the first two workshops?
F A Q 5 — A N S W E R
The first two workshops explore very personal territory — each person's relationship with their mother
and their father. Working in a same-gender group creates a particular quality of safety and honesty
that makes deep exploration possible in a way that a mixed group sometimes cannot.
Then, having done that inner work separately, men and women come together in the third workshop

to share what they have discovered. The separation in the first two workshops makes the coming-
together in the third far more powerful — because everyone arrives having already done significant

work on themselves.

F A Q 6 — Q U E S T I O N
How is this different from individual therapy?
F A Q 6 — A N S W E R

These workshops are not a replacement for individual therapy, and they are not therapy in the one-to-
one sense. They are a complement to it — or, for many people, a meaningful starting point.

The group setting creates something that individual therapy cannot replicate: the experience of
discovering that others carry similar patterns. That recognition is itself deeply healing. Participants
frequently find that the workshops open up questions and insights that they then take deeper in their
own time — whether in individual therapy, through reading, or through their own reflection.
These workshops are a foundation. A way to gain clarity, awareness, and confidence that you can
then build on in whatever way feels right for you.
F A Q 7 — Q U E S T I O N
What if I never knew one of my parents, or had no contact with them?
F A Q 7 — A N S W E R
The absence of a parent — or having a parent who was emotionally unavailable, or with whom
contact was lost — is itself one of the most profound shaping experiences a person can have. The
workshops hold space for this. You do not need to have had an active relationship with a parent to
explore the impact of that parent on your life. Often, it is precisely the absence that most needs to be
understood.

F A Q 8 — Q U E S T I O N
I am already in individual therapy. Can I still attend?
F A Q 8 — A N S W E R
Yes — and many therapists actively encourage their clients to do exactly this kind of group work
alongside individual sessions. If you are currently in therapy, you may find it helpful to let your
therapist know you are attending, so that anything that comes up in the workshops can be explored
further in your sessions.
F A Q 9 — Q U E S T I O N
Can my partner and I both attend?
F A Q 9 — A N S W E R

Yes. Partners can absolutely attend the same series — each doing their own work in their respective
groups for the first two workshops, and coming together with everyone else in the third. Many couples
find this a powerful and connecting experience: doing parallel inner work and then meeting each other
in the shared space of the final Saturday.
Please note that the first two workshops are not joint sessions — your partner will be in a separate
group. The work is individual.

F A Q 1 0 — Q U E S T I O N
What if I have more questions before I register?
F A Q 1 0 — A N S W E R
Please reach out. You can email us at [your email address] and we will get back to you within two
working days. There is no pressure and no commitment involved in asking a question — we want you
to feel fully informed and genuinely confident before you join.
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What participants say
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Final call to action — register
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H E A D I N G — L A R G E , W H I T E T E X T
The relationship that changes everything is the one with yourself.
B O D Y T E X T — W H I T E
Places are kept small so that every participant has the space they need. If this work speaks to you,
we would love to have you with us.

S M A L L T E X T — W H I T E , B E L O W T H E B O D Y
September 2026 · Three Saturdays online · Early bird £350 · Standard £420

B U T T O N 1 — M A I N A C T I O N
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B U T T O N 2 — S E C O N D A R Y
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F O O T N O T E — V E R Y S M A L L T E X T
A small number of concession places are available. Please get in touch if price is a barrier.

Familiar Ground

F O R M E N 

A man relationship with his father is the primary place where he learns what it means to be a man —
how to handle emotion, conflict, vulnerability, and love. Whether that father was present or absent,
warm or distant, a source of strength or pain, the impact of that relationship runs deep.
In this workshop, men explore that relationship with honesty and curiosity. We look at what was
modelled, what was missing, and what was silently passed on. We begin to see the father not only as
the man he appeared to be, but as a human being shaped by his own history.
In understanding that, men begin to understand something fundamental about how they show up in
their own relationships today.

FOR WOMEN

If the mother relationship shapes a woman fundamental sense of self, the father relationship shapes
— perhaps more than any other — her sense of what to expect from men. How safe it is to trust. How
much she is worth. What love from a man feels like, and what she will accept in its name.
In this workshop, women explore that relationship with the same depth and care as their realtioship with their mothers. We look
at what the father gave, what he couldnt, give and who he was beyond his role as parent. We explore how
his presence — or his absence, or his limitations — shaped the way women relate to the men in their
lives today.
This is some of the most significant work many women will ever do to imporve their romantic realtionhips.

 

MOTHER SON 

A mans relationship with his mother is one of the most complex and least spoken-about dynamics in
psychology. It shapes, in ways that are often invisible, how men relate to the women they love — what
they expect, what they fear, how close they allow themselves to get, and what they do when love feels
overwhelming or threatening.
In this workshop, men explore that relationship — its warmth, its difficulties, its silences, its lasting
influence. We look at the mother as a full person: her own history, her own needs, the pressures she
was under. And in seeing her more fully, men begin to see their own patterns with women more
clearly.
For many men, this is the workshop that changes the most.
Father and Son

SATURDAY TWO — 15 DAYS LATER

F O R W O M E N — W I T H A N A E R I B E
Father and Daughter

F O R M E N — W I T H [ C O L L E A G U E ' S N A M E ]
Mother and Son

SATURDAY THREE — 15 DAYS LATER · EVERYONE TOGETHER

L E D J O I N T L Y B Y A N A E R I B E A N D [ C O L L E A G U E ' S N A M E ]

This is where the work comes together.
The women arrive having explored their relationships with both parents. The men arrive having done
the same. Because both groups have followed the same structure and done the same exercises
across the first two Saturdays, something remarkable becomes possible: genuine mutual
understanding.
This final Saturday is led by both therapists together — a woman and a man. The two groups meet,
and what unfolds is a shared exploration of what each person has discovered about themselves,
about the patterns they carry, and about how those patterns play out in their relationships with the
other.
Women hear from men what it has been like to carry what they carry. Men hear from women the
same. Both discover that the painful moments between men and women in relationships are rarely
about bad intentions — they are about two people, each shaped by their own history, trying to reach
each other across a distance they don't yet understand.
In this workshop, that distance begins to close.
Participants leave with a deeper understanding of themselves, a clearer sense of where their patterns
come from, and — perhaps most importantly — the beginning of a confidence that things can be
genuinely different. Not by changing their partner. By understanding themselves.

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You will understand — perhaps for the first time — why you respond the way you do in close
relationships. Not as a theory, but as a lived recognition. That clarity alone changes something.

You will begin to see the people who raised you not only as parents, but as full human beings —
shaped by their own histories. That shift in perspective is one of the most freeing experiences
available to us as adults.

When you understand that your patterns were adaptations — intelligent responses to an unequal
relationship — you stop blaming yourself for them. That is not an excuse. It is the beginning of
genuine change.
Men and Women Together — From Understanding to Change

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What you will gain

C A R D 1
Clarity about your patterns

C A R D 2
A new understanding of your parents

C A R D 3
Freedom from self-blame

Whether you are single or in a relationship, you will leave with a stronger sense of yourself — what
you need, what you can offer, and what you no longer need to carry. That confidence shows up
differently in every relationship you have.

Awareness is the first step to change. Once you can see a pattern activating — feel it beginning —
you have a choice you didn't have before. These workshops give you that moment of recognition, and
practical tools to use it.

In the final workshop, men and women discover what the other has been carrying — and something
shifts. Understanding each other's history does not solve everything. But it makes reaching each other
significantly more possible.

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C A R D 4
Greater confidence in relationships

C A R D 5
The ability to interrupt self-sabotage

C A R D 6
A shared language with the other

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Who these workshops are for

For women
• You find yourself repeating the same painful
patterns in love — with different people, but
the same ending
• You over-give, lose yourself, or exhaust
yourself trying to keep relationships alive
• You choose partners who can't fully meet
you, and struggle to understand why
• You feel anxious in relationships, or you
keep people at a distance to protect yourself
• You are single and want to understand
yourself before you enter your next
relationship
• You are in a relationship and want to show
up differently — more fully, more freely
• You have a sense that your relationship with
your mother or father has shaped you in
ways you haven't fully understood
• You are ready not just to understand, but to
begin to change

For men
• You struggle with vulnerability, emotional
closeness, or commitment — and want to
understand why
• You pull away when things get close, or become
anxious when they don't
• You find yourself in the same dynamics with
different partners
• You are single and want to enter your next
relationship with more self-awareness and less
repetition
• You are in a relationship and want to be more
present, more open, more connected
• You want to understand the role your father and
mother have played in shaping how you relate
to others
• You are ready to do this work — not for
someone else, but for yourself
• You are open to an honest, structured,
professionally-held exploration of some of this

These workshops are not individual therapy, and are not a substitute for it. They are not suitable for
people who are currently in acute mental health crisis, or who are seeking support for severe trauma
without additional therapeutic support. If you are unsure whether they are right for you, please get in
touch before registering — we are always happy to talk it through.

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You will not be asked to perform.

These workshops are not lectures. They are not group therapy in the clinical sense. And they are not
spaces where you will be asked to share things before you are ready.
Each workshop is structured and therapist-led. You will be guided through a series of carefully
designed exercises — some reflective, some creative, some experiential — that help you explore your
relationship with each parent in ways that go beyond conversation alone.
You will have time to work alone with your thoughts. You will share in small pairs, and in the larger
group, at your own pace. The space is held carefully by an experienced therapist who understands
that this territory can be tender, and who will ensure that the group remains safe, confidential, and
genuinely supportive throughout.
You do not need any prior experience of therapy or personal development work to participate. You
only need to be curious, and willing.

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What the experience is like

H E A D I N G

B O D Y T E X T

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Your facilitators

Y O U R N A M E
Ana Eribe
[Your qualifications — e.g. BACP Registered
Psychotherapist, MA/MSc, any specialist
training]

Y O U R C O L L E A G U E
[Colleague's full name]
[Colleague's qualifications]

[Write 3–5 sentences here about yourself.

[Write 3–5 sentences about your colleague.
Include: their background, what they bring to the
men's workshops, and something about why the

Everything you need to know

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whether they trust you — be honest and
personal rather than formal.]

two of you decided to create this series together.
The collaboration between a female and male
therapist is itself part of what makes this series
unique — say something about that.]

Registered member of the British Association
for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP)
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Practicalities
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H E A D I N G

Format
Live online sessions via secure video call. You
join from wherever you are — no travel
required.
Schedule
Three Saturdays, each 15 days apart. The first
is in September 2026.
Hours
Each Saturday runs from 10am to 5pm or 6pm,
with breaks throughout.
Group size
Small and intentionally intimate. Places are
limited to ensure the space remains safe and
meaningful.

Who attends
Women and men attend separately for the first two
Saturdays. Everyone comes together for the third.
Languages
Workshops are conducted in English. [Add Spanish
if applicable.]
Investment
The full three-Saturday series is £420 per person.
Early bird price: £350 — available until [add your
early bird deadline date].
A small number of concession places may be
available — please enquire.
What to bring
A notebook and pen. An open mind. Nothing else is
required.

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Questions people often ask

Do I need to be in a relationship to take part?
Not at all. These workshops are for anyone who wants to understand themselves better in the context
of relationships — whether you are single and want to enter your next relationship with more clarity
and self-awareness, or you are in a relationship and want to show up differently. The work is about
you, not your partner.

I had a very difficult or painful relationship with one or both of my parents. Is this safe for me?
Yes. These workshops are designed and led by experienced psychotherapists who understand that
this territory can be deeply sensitive. The space is held with great care, and you are never required to
share more than you choose to. The exercises are structured to allow you to go as deeply as feels
right for you on the day.
If you have specific concerns about your history — for example, if you experienced significant trauma
or abuse — we encourage you to get in touch before registering so we can talk through whether this
is the right space for you at this time.

What actually happens in the workshops? What kind of experience is it?
Each workshop is a structured, experiential day — meaning it goes beyond talking and discussion.
You will be guided through a series of carefully designed exercises that allow you to explore your
relationship with each parent in a deeper way than conversation alone can reach. Some exercises are
reflective, some creative, some experiential.
The day combines time to work alone with your thoughts, time to share in small pairs, and time to
explore in the larger group. You are never required to share anything you are not ready to share. The
space is held by a trained therapist throughout.
You do not need any prior experience of therapy or personal development to participate.

Do I need to attend all three workshops?
We strongly recommend attending all three, as the series is designed as a connected journey — each
workshop builds on the previous one. The third Saturday, where women and men come together, is
particularly meaningful for those who have completed the first two, as it is built on a shared foundation
of exercises and exploration.
If attending all three is difficult for any reason, please get in touch and we can talk through your
options.
F A Q 1 — Q U E S T I O N
F A Q 1 — A N S W E R

F A Q 2 — Q U E S T I O N
F A Q 2 — A N S W E R

F A Q 3 — Q U E S T I O N
F A Q 3 — A N S W E R

F A Q 4 — Q U E S T I O N
F A Q 4 — A N S W E R

Why do women and men work separately for the first two workshops?
The first two workshops explore very personal territory — each person's relationship with their mother
and their father. Working in a same-gender group creates a particular quality of safety and honesty
that makes deep exploration possible in a way that a mixed group sometimes cannot.
Then, having done that inner work separately, men and women come together in the third workshop
to share what they have discovered. The separation in the first two workshops makes the coming-
together in the third far more powerful — because everyone arrives having already done significant
work on themselves.

How is this different from individual therapy?
These workshops are not a replacement for individual therapy, and they are not therapy in the one-to-
one sense. They are a complement to it — or, for many people, a meaningful starting point.
The group setting creates something that individual therapy cannot replicate: the experience of
discovering that others carry similar patterns. That recognition is itself deeply healing. Participants
frequently find that the workshops open up questions and insights that they then take deeper in their
own time — whether in individual therapy, through reading, or through their own reflection.
These workshops are a foundation. A way to gain clarity, awareness, and confidence that you can
then build on in whatever way feels right for you.

What if I never knew one of my parents, or had no contact with them?
The absence of a parent — or having a parent who was emotionally unavailable, or with whom
contact was lost — is itself one of the most profound shaping experiences a person can have. The
workshops hold space for this. You do not need to have had an active relationship with a parent to
explore the impact of that parent on your life. Often, it is precisely the absence that most needs to be
understood.

I am already in individual therapy. Can I still attend?
Yes — and many therapists actively encourage their clients to do exactly this kind of group work
alongside individual sessions. If you are currently in therapy, you may find it helpful to let your
therapist know you are attending, so that anything that comes up in the workshops can be explored
further in your sessions.

Can my partner and I both attend?
F A Q 5 — Q U E S T I O N
F A Q 5 — A N S W E R

F A Q 6 — Q U E S T I O N
F A Q 6 — A N S W E R

F A Q 7 — Q U E S T I O N
F A Q 7 — A N S W E R

F A Q 8 — Q U E S T I O N
F A Q 8 — A N S W E R

F A Q 9 — Q U E S T I O N
F A Q 9 — A N S W E R

What if I have more questions before I register?
Please reach out. You can email us at [your email address] and we will get back to you within two
working days. There is no pressure and no commitment involved in asking a question — we want you
to feel fully informed and genuinely confident before you join.
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The relationship that changes everything is the one with yourself.

Places are kept small so that every participant has the space they need. If this work speaks to you,
we would love to have you with us.

September 2026 · Three Saturdays online · Early bird £350 · Standard £420
Yes. Partners can absolutely attend the same series — each doing their own work in their respective
groups for the first two workshops, and coming together with everyone else in the third. Many couples
find this a powerful and connecting experience: doing parallel inner work and then meeting each other
in the shared space of the final Saturday.
Please note that the first two workshops are not joint sessions — your partner will be in a separate
group. The work is individual.
F A Q 1 0 — Q U E S T I O N
F A Q 1 0 — A N S W E R

What participants say

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Final call to action — register

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B O D Y T E X T — W H I T E

S M A L L T E X T — W H I T E , B E L O W T H E B O D Y

Reserve your place

Ask a question first

A small number of concession places are available. Please get in touch if price is a barrier.
B U T T O N 1 — M A I N A C T I O N

B U T T O N 2 — S E C O N D A R Y

F O O T N O T E — V E R Y S M A L L T E X T

Familiar Ground Workshops · Ana Eribe & [Colleague] ·

A workshop series · psychotherapyanaeribe.co.uk

Towards Trust, Vulnerability and Commitment

Does this sound familiar?

• You give everything in relationships — and still end up feeling empty or unappreciated
• You long for real closeness — but pull away when someone gets too near
• You feel anxious when someone doesn't respond, or suffocated when they do
• You choose partners who cannot fully meet you, and wonder why
• You make yourself smaller to keep the peace, or keep people at a distance to protect yourself
• You want commitment but find reasons to avoid it

These are not character flaws. They are patterns — and every pattern has a beginning. For most of us, that beginning is in the very first bonds we ever formed: with the people who raised us.

This series of workshops traces those roots — and helps you begin to grow in a new direction.

How the series works

Three Saturdays. One journey.

Women and men work separately in the first two workshops — each exploring their relationships with mother and father — then come together on the third Saturday to share what they have discovered.

What you will gain

Awareness that goes beneath the surface.1

Who these workshops are for

For anyone ready to understand themselves in relationships.

Practicalities

Everything you need to know.

Questions people often ask

Before you get in touch.

Reserve your place

Join us in September.

Places are kept small. If this work speaks to you, we'd love to have you with us.

Familiar Ground · September 2026

The relationship that changes everything is the one with yourself.

September 2026 · Three Saturdays online · Early bird £350 · Standard £420

Reserve your placeAsk a question first

A small number of concession places are available. Please get in touch if price is a barrier.

Familiar Ground Workshops · Ana Eribe Psychotherapy

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Familiar Ground

M A I N H E A D L I N E — M A K E T H I S T H E L A R G E S T T E X T O N T H E P A G E
Before you loved anyone, you learned what love felt like.

S U B H E A D L I N E
You learned it in the home you grew up in. In the silences, the warmth, the disappointments, the
moments of real connection. Without knowing it, you carried all of that into every relationship you have
ever had.
In these workshops, we trace those roots — and begin to grow in a new direction.
S M A L L B A D G E S / L A B E L S — A D D A S S M A L L T E X T O R C O L O U R E D T A G S
✦ All workshops online · For women and men · Three Saturdays · Therapist-led · Starting
September 2026

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Does this sound familiar?
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O P E N I N G P U L L Q U O T E — M A K E T H I S L A R G E A N D I T A L I C
"Do you keep repeating the same patterns in your relationships — giving too much, pulling
away, feeling unseen, or never quite letting anyone fully in?"

B O D Y T E X T — P A R A G R A P H 1
You may recognise yourself in some of these:

L I S T — A D D A S B U L L E T P O I N T S I N W E B A D O R
You give everything in relationships — and still end up feeling empty or unappreciated
You long for real closeness — but pull away when someone gets too near
You choose partners who cannot fully meet you, and wonder why
You feel anxious when someone doesn't respond, or suffocated when they do
You over-explain, over-apologise, or make yourself smaller to keep the peace
You keep your independence fiercely — and feel lonely inside it
You fall fast and hard, and it always seems to end the same way
You want commitment but find reasons to avoid it
You feel more comfortable caring for others than being cared for

B O D Y T E X T — P A R A G R A P H 2
These are not character flaws. They are not signs that something is fundamentally wrong with you.
They are patterns — and every pattern has a beginning.

B O D Y T E X T — P A R A G R A P H 3
The beginning, for most of us, is earlier than we think. It is not in our last relationship, or our first one.
It is in the very first bonds we ever formed — with the people who raised us.
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Where your patterns really come from
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P U L L Q U O T E — L A R G E , C E N T R E D O R L E F T - A L I G N E D
"The way you love as an adult was shaped before you knew what love was."
B O D Y T E X T — P A R A G R A P H 1
As children, we are entirely dependent on our parents or caregivers. We need them — not just for
food and shelter, but for emotional safety, for a sense that we are loveable, that the world is
manageable, that we are not alone.
B O D Y T E X T — P A R A G R A P H 2
When that need is consistently met, we develop what psychologists call a secure attachment — an
inner confidence that relationships are safe, that we are worthy of love, and that we can ask for what
we need without fear of losing the people we love.

B O D Y T E X T — P A R A G R A P H 3
But most of us grew up in families where that was not always possible. Not because our parents were

bad people — but because they were human. They had their own wounds, their own unmet needs,
their own limitations. They gave what they could. And what they couldn't give left a mark.
B O D Y T E X T — P A R A G R A P H 4
To stay connected to them — to feel loved, to avoid abandonment, to manage the anxiety of an
unequal relationship where all the power sat with them — we adapted. We learned to be good, or
invisible, or very loud. We learned to give more than we had, or to need less than we felt. We learned
that love sometimes meant walking on eggshells, or that being cared for always came with conditions.
B O D Y T E X T — P A R A G R A P H 5
Those adaptations were extraordinary acts of intelligence. They worked. They kept us connected to
the people we needed most.

B O D Y T E X T — P A R A G R A P H 6
But we carried them into adulthood. And in adult relationships — where the other person is our equal,
not our parent — those same strategies can quietly create the very distance and pain we are trying to
avoid.

B O D Y T E X T — P A R A G R A P H 7 — M A K E T H I S B O L D O R A D I F F E R E N T C O L O U R
Understanding this is not about blame. It is not about reopening old wounds. It is about finally making
sense of something — and discovering that when patterns make sense, they begin to lose their grip.
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What research tells us
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H E A D I N G — W H I T E T E X T O N D A R K B A C K G R O U N D
This is not a new idea. It is one of the most well-established findings in modern psychology.
B O D Y T E X T — W H I T E T E X T
Attachment theory — developed by John Bowlby and expanded by Mary Ainsworth and many
researchers since — has shown consistently that the quality of our earliest emotional bonds shapes
our capacity for trust, intimacy, and security throughout our lives.

B O D Y T E X T C O N T I N U E D
Research shows that adults with unresolved early attachment experiences are significantly more likely
to experience anxiety, avoidance, or conflict in their romantic relationships — not because of who they
are choosing, but because of the internal model of relationships they carry from childhood.
P U L L Q U O T E — L A R G E I T A L I C , C E N T R E D

"The most powerful thing you can do for your relationships is to understand the first ones."
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The Familiar Ground workshop series
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How the series works

S E C T I O N H E A D I N G
Three Saturdays. One journey.

I N T R O P A R A G R A P H
The series is built around a simple but profound idea: that to understand how we love, we need to
understand both of the people who first showed us what love looked like — our mother and our father.
On the first two Saturdays, women work together in one group and men in another, each with their
own therapist. Both groups follow the same structure and do the same exercises — which means that
by the time we all come together on the third Saturday, we share a common language and a common
ground.
All workshops take place online.

SATURDAY ONE

F O R W O M E N — W I T H A N A E R I B E
Mother and Daughter
The relationship with our mother is the first relationship we ever have. It shapes, more than any other,
our basic sense of whether we are loveable, whether our needs matter, whether the world is a safe
place to be fully ourselves.
In this workshop, women explore that relationship — not to judge or to blame, but to understand. We
look at what was given and what was missing. We begin to see our mother not only as the woman
who raised us, but as a person in her own right — with her own history, her own wounds, her own
story.
In doing so, we begin to understand something essential about the patterns we have carried from that
first bond into all our other relationships.
F O R M E N — W I T H [ C O L L E A G U E ' S N A M E ]

Father and Son
A man's relationship with his father is the primary place where he learns what it means to be a man —
how to handle emotion, conflict, vulnerability, and love. Whether that father was present or absent,
warm or distant, a source of strength or pain, the impact of that relationship runs deep.
In this workshop, men explore that relationship with honesty and curiosity. We look at what was
modelled, what was missing, and what was silently passed on. We begin to see the father not only as
the man he appeared to be, but as a human being shaped by his own history.
In understanding that, men begin to understand something fundamental about how they show up in
their own relationships today.

SATURDAY TWO — 15 DAYS LATER

F O R W O M E N — W I T H A N A E R I B E
Father and Daughter
If the mother relationship shapes a woman's fundamental sense of self, the father relationship shapes
— perhaps more than any other — her sense of what to expect from men. How safe it is to trust. How
much she is worth. What love from a man feels like, and what she will accept in its name.
In this workshop, women explore that relationship with the same depth and care as the first. We look
at what the father gave, what he couldn't, and who he was beyond his role as parent. We explore how
his presence — or his absence, or his limitations — shaped the way women relate to the men in their
lives today.
This is some of the most significant work many women will ever do.
F O R M E N — W I T H [ C O L L E A G U E ' S N A M E ]
Mother and Son
A man's relationship with his mother is one of the most complex and least spoken-about dynamics in
psychology. It shapes, in ways that are often invisible, how men relate to the women they love — what
they expect, what they fear, how close they allow themselves to get, and what they do when love feels
overwhelming or threatening.
In this workshop, men explore that relationship — its warmth, its difficulties, its silences, its lasting
influence. We look at the mother as a full person: her own history, her own needs, the pressures she
was under. And in seeing her more fully, men begin to see their own patterns with women more
clearly.
For many men, this is the workshop that changes the most.

SATURDAY THREE — 15 DAYS LATER · EVERYONE TOGETHER

L E D J O I N T L Y B Y A N A E R I B E A N D [ C O L L E A G U E ' S N A M E ]

Men and Women Together — From Understanding to Change
This is where the work comes together.
The women arrive having explored their relationships with both parents. The men arrive having done
the same. Because both groups have followed the same structure and done the same exercises
across the first two Saturdays, something remarkable becomes possible: genuine mutual
understanding.
This final Saturday is led by both therapists together — a woman and a man. The two groups meet,
and what unfolds is a shared exploration of what each person has discovered about themselves,
about the patterns they carry, and about how those patterns play out in their relationships with the
other.
Women hear from men what it has been like to carry what they carry. Men hear from women the
same. Both discover that the painful moments between men and women in relationships are rarely
about bad intentions — they are about two people, each shaped by their own history, trying to reach
each other across a distance they don't yet understand.
In this workshop, that distance begins to close.
Participants leave with a deeper understanding of themselves, a clearer sense of where their patterns
come from, and — perhaps most importantly — the beginning of a confidence that things can be
genuinely different. Not by changing their partner. By understanding themselves.
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What you will gain
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C A R D 1
Clarity about your patterns
You will understand — perhaps for the first time — why you respond the way you do in close
relationships. Not as a theory, but as a lived recognition. That clarity alone changes something.
C A R D 2
A new understanding of your parents
You will begin to see the people who raised you not only as parents, but as full human beings —
shaped by their own histories. That shift in perspective is one of the most freeing experiences
available to us as adults.

C A R D 3
Freedom from self-blame
When you understand that your patterns were adaptations — intelligent responses to an unequal
relationship — you stop blaming yourself for them. That is not an excuse. It is the beginning of
genuine change.

C A R D 4
Greater confidence in relationships
Whether you are single or in a relationship, you will leave with a stronger sense of yourself — what
you need, what you can offer, and what you no longer need to carry. That confidence shows up
differently in every relationship you have.
C A R D 5
The ability to interrupt self-sabotage
Awareness is the first step to change. Once you can see a pattern activating — feel it beginning —
you have a choice you didn't have before. These workshops give you that moment of recognition, and
practical tools to use it.

C A R D 6
A shared language with the other
In the final workshop, men and women discover what the other has been carrying — and something
shifts. Understanding each other's history does not solve everything. But it makes reaching each other
significantly more possible.
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Who these workshops are for
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For women
• You find yourself repeating the same painful
patterns in love — with different people, but
the same ending
• You over-give, lose yourself, or exhaust
yourself trying to keep relationships alive
• You choose partners who can't fully meet
you, and struggle to understand why
• You feel anxious in relationships, or you
keep people at a distance to protect yourself
• You are single and want to understand
yourself before you enter your next
relationship
• You are in a relationship and want to show
up differently — more fully, more freely
• You have a sense that your relationship with
your mother or father has shaped you in
ways you haven't fully understood
• You are ready not just to understand, but to
begin to change

For men
• You struggle with vulnerability, emotional
closeness, or commitment — and want to
understand why
• You pull away when things get close, or become
anxious when they don't
• You find yourself in the same dynamics with
different partners
• You are single and want to enter your next
relationship with more self-awareness and less
repetition
• You are in a relationship and want to be more
present, more open, more connected
• You want to understand the role your father and
mother have played in shaping how you relate
to others
• You are ready to do this work — not for
someone else, but for yourself
• You are open to an honest, structured,
professionally-held exploration of some of this

W H O T H I S I S N O T F O R — A D D A S A S E P A R A T E S M A L L T E X T B L O C K
These workshops are not individual therapy, and are not a substitute for it. They are not suitable for
people who are currently in acute mental health crisis, or who are seeking support for severe trauma
without additional therapeutic support. If you are unsure whether they are right for you, please get in
touch before registering — we are always happy to talk it through.
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What the experience is like
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H E A D I N G
You will not be asked to perform.
B O D Y T E X T
These workshops are not lectures. They are not group therapy in the clinical sense. And they are not
spaces where you will be asked to share things before you are ready.
Each workshop is structured and therapist-led. You will be guided through a series of carefully
designed exercises — some reflective, some creative, some experiential — that help you explore your
relationship with each parent in ways that go beyond conversation alone.
You will have time to work alone with your thoughts. You will share in small pairs, and in the larger
group, at your own pace. The space is held carefully by an experienced therapist who understands
that this territory can be tender, and who will ensure that the group remains safe, confidential, and
genuinely supportive throughout.
You do not need any prior experience of therapy or personal development work to participate. You
only need to be curious, and willing.
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Your facilitators
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Y O U R N A M E
Ana Eribe
[Your qualifications — e.g. BACP Registered
Psychotherapist, MA/MSc, any specialist
training]
[Write 3–5 sentences here about yourself.

Y O U R C O L L E A G U E
[Colleague's full name]
[Colleague's qualifications]
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Include: their background, what they bring to the
men's workshops, and something about why the

Include: what brought you to this work, what
you care most about as a therapist, and why
this particular workshop series matters to
you. This is the part where people decide
whether they trust you — be honest and
personal rather than formal.]
Registered member of the British Association
for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP)

two of you decided to create this series together.
The collaboration between a female and male
therapist is itself part of what makes this series
unique — say something about that.]

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Practicalities
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H E A D I N G
Everything you need to know
Format
Live online sessions via secure video call. You
join from wherever you are — no travel
required.
Schedule
Three Saturdays, each 15 days apart. The first
is in September 2026.
Hours
Each Saturday runs from 10am to 5pm or 6pm,
with breaks throughout.
Group size
Small and intentionally intimate. Places are
limited to ensure the space remains safe and
meaningful.

Who attends
Women and men attend separately for the first two
Saturdays. Everyone comes together for the third.
Languages
Workshops are conducted in English. [Add Spanish
if applicable.]
Investment
The full three-Saturday series is £420 per person.
Early bird price: £350 — available until [add your
early bird deadline date].
A small number of concession places may be
available — please enquire.
What to bring
A notebook and pen. An open mind. Nothing else is
required.

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Questions people often ask
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F A Q 1 — Q U E S T I O N
Do I need to be in a relationship to take part?
F A Q 1 — A N S W E R
Not at all. These workshops are for anyone who wants to understand themselves better in the context
of relationships — whether you are single and want to enter your next relationship with more clarity
and self-awareness, or you are in a relationship and want to show up differently. The work is about
you, not your partner.
F A Q 2 — Q U E S T I O N
I had a very difficult or painful relationship with one or both of my parents. Is this safe for me?
F A Q 2 — A N S W E R
Yes. These workshops are designed and led by experienced psychotherapists who understand that
this territory can be deeply sensitive. The space is held with great care, and you are never required to
share more than you choose to. The exercises are structured to allow you to go as deeply as feels
right for you on the day.
If you have specific concerns about your history — for example, if you experienced significant trauma
or abuse — we encourage you to get in touch before registering so we can talk through whether this
is the right space for you at this time.

F A Q 3 — Q U E S T I O N
What actually happens in the workshops? What kind of experience is it?
F A Q 3 — A N S W E R
Each workshop is a structured, experiential day — meaning it goes beyond talking and discussion.
You will be guided through a series of carefully designed exercises that allow you to explore your
relationship with each parent in a deeper way than conversation alone can reach. Some exercises are
reflective, some creative, some experiential.
The day combines time to work alone with your thoughts, time to share in small pairs, and time to
explore in the larger group. You are never required to share anything you are not ready to share. The
space is held by a trained therapist throughout.
You do not need any prior experience of therapy or personal development to participate.
F A Q 4 — Q U E S T I O N
Do I need to attend all three workshops?
F A Q 4 — A N S W E R
We strongly recommend attending all three, as the series is designed as a connected journey — each
workshop builds on the previous one. The third Saturday, where women and men come together, is
particularly meaningful for those who have completed the first two, as it is built on a shared foundation
of exercises and exploration.
If attending all three is difficult for any reason, please get in touch and we can talk through your
options.

F A Q 5 — Q U E S T I O N
Why do women and men work separately for the first two workshops?
F A Q 5 — A N S W E R
The first two workshops explore very personal territory — each person's relationship with their mother
and their father. Working in a same-gender group creates a particular quality of safety and honesty
that makes deep exploration possible in a way that a mixed group sometimes cannot.
Then, having done that inner work separately, men and women come together in the third workshop

to share what they have discovered. The separation in the first two workshops makes the coming-
together in the third far more powerful — because everyone arrives having already done significant

work on themselves.

F A Q 6 — Q U E S T I O N
How is this different from individual therapy?
F A Q 6 — A N S W E R

These workshops are not a replacement for individual therapy, and they are not therapy in the one-to-
one sense. They are a complement to it — or, for many people, a meaningful starting point.

The group setting creates something that individual therapy cannot replicate: the experience of
discovering that others carry similar patterns. That recognition is itself deeply healing. Participants
frequently find that the workshops open up questions and insights that they then take deeper in their
own time — whether in individual therapy, through reading, or through their own reflection.
These workshops are a foundation. A way to gain clarity, awareness, and confidence that you can
then build on in whatever way feels right for you.
F A Q 7 — Q U E S T I O N
What if I never knew one of my parents, or had no contact with them?
F A Q 7 — A N S W E R
The absence of a parent — or having a parent who was emotionally unavailable, or with whom
contact was lost — is itself one of the most profound shaping experiences a person can have. The
workshops hold space for this. You do not need to have had an active relationship with a parent to
explore the impact of that parent on your life. Often, it is precisely the absence that most needs to be
understood.

F A Q 8 — Q U E S T I O N
I am already in individual therapy. Can I still attend?
F A Q 8 — A N S W E R
Yes — and many therapists actively encourage their clients to do exactly this kind of group work
alongside individual sessions. If you are currently in therapy, you may find it helpful to let your
therapist know you are attending, so that anything that comes up in the workshops can be explored
further in your sessions.
F A Q 9 — Q U E S T I O N
Can my partner and I both attend?
F A Q 9 — A N S W E R

Yes. Partners can absolutely attend the same series — each doing their own work in their respective
groups for the first two workshops, and coming together with everyone else in the third. Many couples
find this a powerful and connecting experience: doing parallel inner work and then meeting each other
in the shared space of the final Saturday.
Please note that the first two workshops are not joint sessions — your partner will be in a separate
group. The work is individual.

F A Q 1 0 — Q U E S T I O N
What if I have more questions before I register?
F A Q 1 0 — A N S W E R
Please reach out. You can email us at [your email address] and we will get back to you within two
working days. There is no pressure and no commitment involved in asking a question — we want you
to feel fully informed and genuinely confident before you join.
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What participants say
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Final call to action — register
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H E A D I N G — L A R G E , W H I T E T E X T
The relationship that changes everything is the one with yourself.
B O D Y T E X T — W H I T E
Places are kept small so that every participant has the space they need. If this work speaks to you,
we would love to have you with us.

S M A L L T E X T — W H I T E , B E L O W T H E B O D Y
September 2026 · Three Saturdays online · Early bird £350 · Standard £420

B U T T O N 1 — M A I N A C T I O N
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B U T T O N 2 — S E C O N D A R Y
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F O O T N O T E — V E R Y S M A L L T E X T
A small number of concession places are available. Please get in touch if price is a barrier.

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