More to Explore:
Working with Outcomes
Boost Your Skills in Clean Language
& Symbolic Modelling
- Already have some basic Clean Language skills?
- Ready for the next level of complexity?
- Want to increase your comfort and overall confidence?
This course is for facilitators, consultants, coaches and therapists (and anyone else who helps other people to think) who want to take their Clean Language and Symbolic Modelling skills to the next level. You will need to have attended Less is More: An Introduction to Clean Language (or it’s equivalent).
"I can honestly say it was one of the best training events I have attended - the energy and pace were superb, we worked hard and it was so very rewarding on several levels."
Viv Bolton, Executive Coach
This 3-day course includes:
- How to help your clients to focus on what they really want, and discover what needs to happen to achieve their outcomes
- More Clean Language questions and when to ask them
- How to differentiate between different kinds of information presented by clients and determine what question to ask next
- Basic modelling: begin to spot patterns in a client’s metaphor landscape
- Psychoactivity: how to help someone get an embodied sense of what it will be like when they have achieved their outcome
- How having a 'clean' intention (i.e. keeping away from any questions which suggest change and honouring someone's existing mental models) can, paradoxically, bring about the most profound change
- Plenty of practice and feedback
- Full colour course manual
"This has been a thoroughly enjoyable and complete learning experience."
Richard McKenny, Change Facilitator
"Begin to imagine what the desirable outcome would be like. Go over these mental pictures and delineate details and refinements. Play them over and over to yourself."
Maxwell Maltz
On Less is More you learned about Clean Language and Metaphor. Now, on More to Explore, you’ll begin to engage in modelling. And you’ll be finding out how to work with an Outcome Orientation. These are higher-level skills which require you to pay more exquisite attention to the client’s map of the world…
We’re all natural modellers; modelling is how we learn about the world around us. We create mental models of the rooms we live in, the streets we walk along and the towns we visit. These mental models allow us to navigate from place to place. We fathom out how systems work, and create descriptions, recipes, diagrams, illustrations and analogies to help us remember what we’ve learned and to pass on what we’ve learned to others. We’re good at modelling other people, too. As children, we observe how the adults around us behave, and we seek to emulate them. And we fall into particular ways of behaving with certain people because of what we notice about their patterns of behaviour.
Most of the modelling we do is so natural that we don’t even know we’re doing it. It’s happening at an unconscious level.
In a Symbolic Modelling session, a facilitator helps a client or clients to become aware of the unconscious models they live by, so that they can make conscious choices about what they want to have happen in the future. And in order to do this, the facilitator has to make their own mental model of the client’s model. This is not the same as gathering information. What we are talking about is getting into the perspective / inner world of the client and asking questions designed to make the model explicit.
It’s the client’s desired outcome that drives the whole process. All of the facilitator’s choices – which question to ask, which direction to go in – are in service of that outcome. And since the client’s model is being continually updated – what they want can change at any time. It’s complex and challenging, and infinitely worthwhile and rewarding…
"A superb opportunity to experience and gain an understanding of just how sophisticated and profound something as ostensibly simple as Clean can be in 'real' life'."
John Webber"This training was the most profound and transformational experience I have ever had. I highly recommend it to anybody. You’ll get experience of Clean language and learn a lot more about who you are."
Margarita Abramov, Hospice Manager"Clean took me on a journey of discovery which was painfully refreshing - like being covered in mud and running into the sea and coming out CLEAN. Many thanks to Marian and Phil."
Julius Asiaw"This “More to Explore” workshop was well-constructed; gently and “cleanly” facilitated; and offered thought-provoking and enriching content. Add into the formula the stimulating and diverse mix of participants and the evident passion for their subject shown by Marian and Phil and this was for me a hugely worthwhile investment in my personal and professional development. The philosophy and techniques of clean are immediately relevant to my executive coaching practice and already my conversations with my teenage sons are calmer! I look forward to continuing my “clean journey” and would strongly recommend Apricot Island for the integrity and depth of their approach."
Mary Musselbrook"One of the best trainings I’ve ever been to! Very powerful work – I’m hooked."
Michael Spandel, NLP Master Practitioner"The training was effective, applicable in many situations, and fascinating. It was carefully scheduled and well organized, yet allowed plenty of time for questions and sharing. As for content, I particularly appreciated learning: a) consistent use of the client's positive outcome as a guide for how to proceed, b) how to stay aware of my assumptions about a client's metaphors, and c) the skillful use of language to honor and acknowledge the client's perspective."
Lynn Reer, PhD, Teacher Trainer
"In order to achieve clarity and be fully and positively engaged in what you're doing, you must (1) know the goal or outcome you're intending and (2) decide and take the next physical move to propel you in that direction."
David Allen
The course in more detail
Here’s what you’ll learn over the three days:
- Modelling and Outcome Orientation: Course overview
- How to notice your own assumptions and test them ‘cleanly’
- The first question: How to begin orienting a client towards their desired outcome
- Musing on client’s stated desired outcome: What must be true for them to have this outcome?
- Psychoactivity: How to help someone get an embodied sense of what it will be like when they have achieved their outcome
- The difference between an outcome, a problem and a remedy
- How to update your model of the client’s model and then use this information to determine where to direct their attention
- More Clean language questions and facilitator vectors
- How to notice changes and what to do when they occur
- Necessary conditions: What needs to happen for your client to achieve their desired outcome?
- Different ways to track the client’s information
- Putting it all together – conducting a full clean session
- How you can apply what you’ve learned in your own field and in your life
We take a step-by-step approach, with lots of practice and experiences for you to learn from. And there’ll be plenty of time for your questions. You’ll receive a full colour manual to support your learning.
What if none of the training dates work for me?
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Get together with a group of 6 or more others and email charlotte@apricotisland.com or call us on 023 9221 5355 to find a suitable time for Phil or Marian to come to you, and to tailor the course to your needs.
I already have these skills. Is there a more advanced course?
Yes…
Pattern Spotting is 3-day course that will enhance your modelling skills and introduce you to more distinctions, so your client work can become even more elegant and effective. On it, you will also learn how to deal with binds and double binds 'cleanly'.
Clean Space is a 2-day course that will enable you to facilitate another of David Grove's methodologies and sharpen your ability to work with clients' psychoactive space.
Do I need any knowledge of Clean Language in order to attend?
You need to have had two days training in Clean Language, either by attending Less is More, or its equivalent through another training company.
Do you ever run Less is More and More to Explore together?
Yes, we do. In February 2010 and September 2010, you can attend both:
- February 2010: Less is More - 26-28 Feb, More to Explore - 28 Feb - 3 Mar
- September 2010: Less is More - 24-26 Sep, More to Explore - 26 - 29 Sep
If you're in the USA, you can take these trainings in Portland, Oregon. Click here for details.
Cost
A place on this More to Explore training costs £375.00
To Book
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