Courses for Human Relations Practitioners
Developing an ecological sensibility in organisations, education, & the wider psychological professions
Becoming an Ecological Practitioner
On this page you will find innovative new programmes, building on broad ecological philosophy and incorporating contemporary ecological thinking and approaches to practice.
This is work that is urgently needed if our human relationship with the earth is to radically change. The courses here are designed to support the development of an ecological mind (Marshall 2020), whereby human relations practices affect an ontological stretch into an ecocentric frame.
Introducing Eco-TA
This is an innovative introductory programme into ecotherapy and holistic education practice and theory for TA practitioners. Led by Hayley Marshall, PTSTA (P) and Giles Barrow TSTA (E), participants will be given opportunities to explore how nature, landscape and environment can provide powerful agency into clinical, organisational, and educational practices.
Whilst ecotherapy and holistic education have been around for some years, they have, so far, remained outside of mainstream TA theory and practice. We see this programme being at the growing edge in terms of integrating these timely, earth-spirit based themes into the work of the TA practitioner. Whether it’s with a view to healing trauma with clients, building connection to natural agency, or promoting holistic development through learning, this programme will engage the practitioner with the outdoors, as classroom or therapy space, or perhaps something quite new entirely.
at Mill House Farm, Suffolk
Fee £300
(NB: We will be adjusting the fee for those attending from TAlent countries as identified by the ITAA)
Places are limited to 20
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Becoming Ecological
A Seasonal Series of Workshops
2025 - 26
Mill House Farm Suffolk
Facilitated by Hayley Marshall and Giles Barrow
A programme of four standalone 3-day workshops tracking the seasons aimed at human relations practitioners seeking to develop their work with clients across all fields of application and theoretical modalities. The purpose of the programme is to deepen personal and collective ecological conversations, thereby building confidence for working within the ecological domain. The workshops will follow the general direction of our previous year long groups but this time participants will be able to book individual workshops instead of committing to the whole year. We will be based at Mill House Farm, Suffolk and venture out into other varied terrain (including ancient wood land, coastal and urban spaces). We aim to work exclusively outdoors listening to and incorporating the wisdom of our more-than-human kin.
In each of the 4 workshops we will focus on how to listen convivially, opening and holding the vital space, then how to help our 'clients' work with the ensuing ecological process.
Each workshop will focus on an important practice theme
• Workshop 1 - Receiving – the ecological body
• Workshop 2 - Holding – tending the hygiene of the work
• Workshop 3 - Story & Symbol– a taste of the mythic realm
• Workshop 4 - Ecological Process – entering the flow
We aim to unpack these topics in nuanced detail and offer skills for personal and professional practice. The format will involve extensive outdoor immersion linked with fireside teachings, and discussion.
Workshop 1 Monday 1st - Wednesday 3rd September 2025
Workshop 2 Wednesday 17th - Friday 19th Dec 2025
Workshop 3 Wednesday 4th - Friday 6th March 2026
Workshop 4 Wednesday 3rd - Friday 5th June 2026
£320
£1,125 if all four workshops booked together
We are now taking bookings for this 2025-26 series. Individual workshops can be booked or of course, the whole series!
