For many years I became increasingly aware that my psychotherapy journey excluded the spiritual dimension. For the last ten years or so I have immersed myself in learning about ancient and modern wisdom traditions and developing a spiritual practice culminating in my ordination as an interfaith minister. I am also a Teaching and Supervising Transactional Analyst, a psychoanalytically trained psychotherapist with a training in Jungian Supervision.
Are you interested to explore the transpersonal dimension to the human condition and on our mental health?
Do you want to connect with other people who share this longing?
Come and join us for the day. We will explore the following themes and also leave space for what emerges in the group.
- The nature of longing and its role in the spiritual journey.
- The concept of home and what it may mean for us.
- Dualistic thinking and Non-Duality.
- Inter connectivity, individualism and individuation.
- Do you have a soul what does it tell you about your life’s purpose?
- The nature and purpose of practice, devotional and contemplative.
Group Participation
Each member of the group is invited to think about the most important question that they have in relation to the topic. What is it that you want to come away having explored? We also will have a session entitled ‘Bring it to the altar’ where each participant will be invited to bring an item, reading, photograph or poem that symbolises their spiritual selves.
Tutor: Geoff Hopping, M.Sc. in TA Psych., TSTA, Psychoanalytic Psychotherapist, Ordained Interfaith Minister.
Geoff is a partner of the Link Centre and a well-regarded and highly qualified Psychotherapist (TA and Psychoanalytic), Supervisor and Trainer with decades of experience working in mental health and psychotherapy settings. Latterly he has worked in a high security prison as a Consultant Psychotherapist specialising in group work. He is reconnecting to a passionate interest in spirituality and has completed a training with One Spirit Interfaith Foundation. Geoff was also a primary tutor at the Metanoia institute for over 20 years.
His other professional interests include working with bereavement and loss and all that this entails, and it was his training in the Elizabeth Kubler-Ross foundation that started his interest in psychotherapy. He has found TA to be a highly accessible theory, which can used in a wide variety of settings. He has also found TA have the warmest of professional communities.
Participant numbers: Spaces are limited to 20 participants.
Date: 31st May 2025, 9.30am-4.30pm
Pre-course requirements: Participants should be qualified counsellors or psychotherapists or trainees working with clients.
Pre-course work: Details set out above.
Course delivery: In-person at Ropetackle Arts Centre, Shoreham-by-Sea.
Recognition: A Link Centre CPD Certificate will be presented and the hours can be counted as advanced TA training.
Refunds: 50% refund given for cancellations with seven days’ ahead of the course start date.
