April 2008 Clean news: Improve your relationships with Clean Language
Excitement is building about the world’s first Clean Conference, on 21 and 22 June in London. The programme of presentations has just been published and includes most of the top names in the field – pioneers, developers and trainers of Clean Language, metaphor, Symbolic Modelling and Emergent Knowledge. Whether you’re an experienced facilitator, a relative beginner, or completely new to the field, this event offers a unique opportunity for a weekend of discussion, debate, action, exploration, education and fun.
You’ll get to ask questions, experience new techniques, and discuss the work of leaders in the field with other members of the Clean community, whilst learning about how and where Clean is making a difference. Basically, this is one event that nobody wants to miss! Read the full programme and book
now at www.cleanconference.co.uk. Judy Rees
In this issue:
How they’re using Clean
Oo-La-La! – France
Summer School preparation hots up
Cleaning tip: Improve your relationships
‘Powers of Six’ website emerges
Book: Neurolinguistic Psychotherapy: A Postmodern
Perspective
How they’re using Clean
“I’ve got a good way of using Clean Language as the set-up for a hypnotherapy session. When they come and see me for an initial assessment, I do a Clean Language session with them. Then, when they come back for the second session I take them into a nice deep trance using their own
material, their own metaphors and their own language. It seems to be working really well – I’m
seeing results really quickly.” Eddie Miller, Hypnotherapist www.notar.co.uk, Leicester
How do you use Clean Language? Why not email us
Oo-La-La! – France (Normandy) – June 29-July 5
The French and English will meet to create two unique events in one week. The first will explore ‘The
Patterns that Connect all of David Grove’s Thinking’. The second is an entirely new ‘bottom-up’ approach to community learning — each participant gets to choose a part of the programme. Lots of personal attention from Penny Tompkins, James Lawley, Jennifer de Gandt and Phil Swallow. For more details, visit the website www.cleanlanguage.co.uk/articles/pages/Normandy-France-2008.html.
Summer School preparation hots up
Bright sunshine in the UK this weekend set many people dreaming of summer holidays. Fancy a seriously intense and unusual break this year? You could spend a fortnight learning Clean Language with a multinational group in historic Cambridge – and emerge as a fully-fledged Certified Clean Facilitator. You might find you have an experience like Julie McCracken, teacher and coach, who attended in 2007. She said: “I loved every single minute of the Clean Summer School. I am reaping benefits professionally and personally.”
Summer School runs from 16 – 29 August and is led by Wendy Sullivan. It covers the content of Modules 1 to 4, plus two days of assessment and certification with Penny Tompkins and James Lawley. And participants booked on the event can join a private online community to get to know each other in advance. You can check out the details
here http://www.cleanchange.co.uk/store/courses-c-5.html.
Cleaning tip: Improve your relationships
Relationships are the key to unlocking the metaphors which underpin a person’s thinking. They really matter – there’s a world of difference between ‘Dog bites man’ and ‘Man bites dog’! So when you’ve done a little exploring, using Clean Language questions, of the things in a person’s thoughts, it’s time to ask the relationship question: “And is there a relationship between X and Y?” There usually will be – even if it’s just a spatial relationship.
‘Powers of Six’ website emerges
Philip Harland and Matthew Hudson, who both worked closely with David Grove during the last year of his life, have launched a joint website dedicated to his ‘Powers of Six’ work, at www.powersofsix.com
Philip said: “The Powers of Six developed from applications of Emergent Knowledge in the worlds of therapy and self-discovery. They take the principles of Clean Language and Clean Space into another
dimension.”
Book: Neurolinguistic Psychotherapy: A Postmodern Perspective
Lisa Wake has published her first book, Neurolinguistic Psychotherapy: A Postmodern Perspective.
It’s the first comprehensive overview of NLP in relation to the whole field of psychotherapy. Lisa
acknowledges the constructivist tradition of NLP and describes a vision that “builds on the work of Lawley and Tompkins.” Penny Tompkins says: “It’s an important contribution to the field for serious students of NLP”.
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