The first time that Zena attended my Two Spirals training, severeal years ago, we talked about how useful it would be to work through the exercises together. We wanted to explore the different ways they could be integrated into our own modalities as well as having the opportunity for some experiential learning.

 

It's an idea we have come back to several times over the years and we're really excited to finally be able to offer this as a series of monthly workshops through 2027.

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Each workshop will be a stand alone session doesn't require you to have attended any other training or familiarity with the Two Spirals model. But will focus on a single exercise from A Therapeutic Workbook to Support the Wellbeing of Neurodivergent Clients.

 

During the workshop, we'll talk through the exercise together, with opportunities to try out different elements for yourself, reflect on what emerges and consider how you might use or adapt it in your therapeutic work.

 

There will be space for discussion and shared reflection, but no expectation to complete the exercise or share anything personal. You're welcome to participate in ways that feel comfortable and useful for you.​

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• Friday 5th February: Values and Guidepost

• Friday 5th March: Spiky Profile Mapper

• Friday 16th April: Spheres of Influence

• Friday 14th May: Triggers and Glimmers

• Friday 25th June: Sustainability Planning

• Friday 9th July: Calibration and Change

• August: No Workshop

• Friday 17th September: Basic Needs Support Kit

• Friday 1st October: Resourcing 

• Friday 5th November: Threads of Compassion

• Friday 3rd December: Dysregulation and Distress Plan

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All session takes place on Fridays, 12pm-2pm, online via Zoom. these are live sessions and there will be no recording.

Workshops cost £25 individually or you can purchase all 10 experiential workshops for £200 (saving £50) until 31 January 2027. To purchase the full series, please email: contact@zenanicholascounselling.co.uk

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Friday 5th February: Values and Guidepost

What matters to us, and how do we recognise when we're living according to our own values rather than the expectations of others?

This workshop explores the Values and Guideposts exercise from Louise's workbook, which supports clients to identify their core values and develop personal guideposts they can return to when navigating decisions, challenges and competing expectations.

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Friday 5th March: Spiky Profile Mapper

This workshop explores the Spikey Profile Mapper exercise, which supports clients to explore and make sense of their own unique experiences of neurodivergence.

It creates space to recognise different strengths, needs and challenges without reducing someone's experience to diagnostic labels or assumptions about how neurodivergence should look. The exercise can also support validation, affirmation and discussion of relevant psychoeducation.

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Friday 16th April: Spheres of Influence

This workshop explores the Spheres of Influence exercise, which supports clients to consider what is and isn't within their control in particular situations.

It offers a way of exploring possible responses to difficult experiences, while recognising the impact of environments, relationships, systems and barriers that individuals cannot simply change themselves.

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Friday 14th May: Triggers and Glimmers

This workshop explores the Triggers and Glimmers exercise, which supports clients to identify experiences that contribute to dysregulation alongside those that support regulation and wellbeing.

Recognising these patterns can be particularly useful when someone is dysregulated and executive functioning becomes more difficult. The exercise helps clients identify helpful choices in advance, making it easier to recognise what they need and access support when their capacity is reduced.

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Friday 25th June: Sustainability Planning

This workshop explores the Sustainability Planning exercise, which supports clients to consider what balance and sustainability might mean for them, taking account of their needs, circumstances and available resources.

Rather than approaching change as another set of demands or expectations, it creates space for clients to imagine what a more sustainable life might look like, without any expectation that they need to make changes or take action at this stage.

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Friday 9th July: Calibration and Change

This workshop explores the Calibration and Change exercise, which supports clients who find change difficult, including changes they have chosen or that may ultimately be positive.

Rather than interpreting these difficulties as failure or resistance, the exercise helps normalise the messy and sometimes unpredictable process of change, recognising that people may need time, adjustments and compassion as they find their way through it.

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August: No Workshop

 

Friday 17th September: Basic Needs Support Kit

This workshop explores the Basic Needs Support Kit exercise, which supports clients to find practical ways of meeting their basic needs when regulation, interoception or executive functioning make this more difficult.

The focus is on developing accessible, realistic support that reflects the individual's needs and circumstances, rather than expecting them to manage through strategies that may not work for them.

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Friday 1st October: Resourcing 

This workshop explores the Resourcing exercise, which supports clients to identify activities, experiences and resources that help them regulate and build capacity.

It connects with the upward spiral in Louise's model, exploring how opportunities for regulation, kindness and support can help sustain wellbeing alongside the demands and difficulties of everyday life.

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Friday 5th November: Threads of Compassion

This workshop explores the Threads of Compassion exercise, which supports clients to bring compassion and kindness into everyday life in ways that are meaningful and sustainable for them.

It offers an opportunity to consider how self-compassion can be developed in the context of shame, self-criticism and expectations that may have shaped someone's understanding of themselves.

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Friday 3rd December: Dysregulation and Distress Plan

This workshop explores the Dysregulation and Distress Plan exercise, which supports clients to develop a plan for managing periods of dysregulation or acute distress.

The exercise creates an opportunity to consider what might be helpful when capacity is reduced, including practical support, communication and the option of sharing the plan with trusted others.