When Love Leads: A Therapist’s Guide to Working from the Heart

Can love — deep, attuned, and boundaried — be the most powerful force in the therapy room?

In this workshop, Malcolm Stern invites us to reflect on what it means to work from the heart. Not romantic or rescuing love, but a grounded, courageous presence that holds clients with honesty, care, and deep ethical commitment. Together, we’ll explore how love can disarm defences, restore dignity, and reawaken a sense of aliveness — especially in the wake of trauma, loss, or disconnection.

We’ll consider what it means to let love lead: how to stay emotionally available without becoming entangled, how to hold boundaries without closing down, and how to bring warmth and truth into the relationship in service of transformation.

This session is a chance to return to the heart of our practice — to honour love not as sentiment, but as a steady, relational force that can support healing, deepen connection, and create real change.

RECORDING 

This event will be recorded and you can use the ticket function to pre-purchase the recording before the event. This will be useful for colleagues who are not able to attend the event live and also for those who attend the event live and want to watch it again.

ZOOM 

This event will be hosted on the Zoom meeting platform where we will use our cameras and microphones to interact with each other as a group.

SELF-SELECT FEE

The self-select fee is a radical inclusion policy to open learning for all colleagues. The guide price for this event is £20.00, however, we appreciate that income varies greatly in different locations and circumstances. Please contribute what you can to help us maintain inclusive professional training.

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At Onlinevents, we and the presenters we collaborate with are committed to working in a way that aligns with the ethical codes and frameworks of our respective professional organisations. We expect all colleagues attending our events to uphold the ethical principles of their professional membership.

If you are not a member of a professional organisation, we ask that you participate in a way that is both authentic and respectful, fostering a space of mutual learning and professional engagement.

By registering for this event, you agree to be present and interact in a manner that reflects these principles.

Malcolm Stern