Don Lavender

Workshops

Equine-Utilised Therapy

This unique one-day workshop utilizes horses to measure relationship issues for individuals, couples and families as well as management teams. Don has been on the forefront of this relatively new methodology, having facilitated such workshops since 1990.

Psychotherapy which utilizes horses is designed to help define boundaries in relationships. Horses have the ability to reflect physical as well as emotional states in individuals due to the fact that they are herd animals. These social animals relate from specific roles and status from their herd. What is instinctual to a horse becomes the teaching tool to a human.

'Its not about the horse' states Wyatt Webb who pioneered and helped to mould equine utilised therapy as it exists today.

This statement may seem obvious but workshop participants will be invited to keep in mind the focus of boundary and relationship issues.

To define horses as consistent is an understatement. Compared to human communication, horses leave little question to their interactive expectations once you speak their language. Here, horsenalities and personalities meet to open new lines of communication you may have thought never existed.

The workshop will be held at a venue in Reading, Berkshire. For more information and/or to book your place on the next workshop please contact Don Lavender via e-mail: workshops@donlavender.com

Healing the Family

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A three day 'Healing the Family Workshop' provides experience to individuals, couples and families in the UK and Europe. Healing within a family is one of the most important elements of maintaining a healthy family.

This programme is specifically designed to learn about dysfunctional, compulsive behaviours. The work is sometimes difficult, often emotional, and always filled with the opportunity for growth and healing.

Healing the Family Workshop is about the systems, messages and role modeling that we all received or did not receive in our lives. The overall goal is to overcome the pain and disillusionment of harmful experiences from the past and prepare for the positive future.

As you investigate your own history it is important to remember that our parents were influenced by their family of origin, so blame is to be avoided. Family work is a pivotal part within a system, which allows insight into the dynamics that may have plagued them. Without blame, the family will have the opportunity to open lines of communication that may have been damaged or closed for years.

These objectives will be achieved through communication exercises, group interaction, educational components and lectures. It allows each individual to process specific and unique issues.

A large part of the week is spent focusing on feelings. With the tools we offer, family members have permission to allow feelings to show, helping to enable healing, relief and resolution.

At the end of this week, if you trust the process and are willing to try another way, you will have a greater understanding of yourself, your feelings, and the human experience that we all walk through together.

The workshop will be held at Renewal Centre in Swallowfield near Reading, Berkshire. For more information and/or to book your place on the next workshop please contact Don Lavender via e-mail: workshops@donlavender.com

Quality of Life

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The purpose of this four and a half day 'Quality of Life Workshop' provides experience to individuals and couples in the UK and Europe who are working towards intimacy and fulfillment in a relationship.

Moving through life knowing we do not utilise what we need in order to be healthy can be emotionally debilitating.

Investigating, without blame or judgment, the things that contribute to self-sabotage can be vital in having the life and relationships we want.

Family of Origin experiences provides love and support for us. It can also unintentionally engrain in us negative patterns that prompt a way of thinking that is less than healthy.

This workshop takes an opportunity to look at the messages and the meanings behind our attitudes and behaviors that get in the way of healthy living.

This workshop is limited to eight individuals and will be held at Renewal Centre in Swallowfield, near Reading, Berkshire. For more information and/or to book your place on the next workshop please contact Don Lavender via e-mail: workshops@donlavender.com

Couples Workshop

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Are you having difficulties being heard or understood? Are feelings as well as thoughts shared appropriately?

Couples Workshop is a three-day experiential time partners spend together. The best definition for you of what a coupleship is supposed to be is your definition.

Learn what passion and intimacy mean on their deepest levels. Learn the most important area in which to place trust. Give focus to boundaries, responsibility, respect and playfulness to find out what sort of 'risk-taking' creates a healthier partnership.

This workshop gives you the tools to overcome harmful experiences and negative messages from the past, which get in the way of your present relationship. Go beyond active listening to discover the most effective techniques of successful relationships.

Relationship success is about willingness not ability. Without blame or judgment learn to practice safe and respectful techniques proven to give you a solid relational foundation.