Advanced Supervision Group in Therapoetics with Dr. Todd DuBose 2026
2026-01-10 15:00 - 18:00 (Europe/London) | Online (Zoom) – 10 Dates
Explores the hermeneutical-phenomenological practice of heeding lived meaning. Heeding is more than just hearing or listening; it is discerning and taking in what matters to those seeking our care regarding their lived situations. Sometimes what is meaningful is explicitly said or shown, sometimes it is pre-reflective, sometimes it is inconspicuous. Heeding is neither correcting what is deficient, nor translating symptoms into conclusive interpretations. Instead, the therapoet resides in a clearing, or space, where what shows itself can do so as it is, in its own way, without explanation, justification or expectation. We companion with others and follow phenomena of concern wherever they take us. Participants in this group will inevitably be called to explore what matters to them about what matters to others.

Dr. Todd DuBose is a world-renowned, Distinguished Full Professor at The Chicago School’s College of Professional Psychology. He teaches philosophical foundations of practices of care, ethics, loss and mourning, psychology and spirituality, psychopathology, among other courses, all from a human science perspective, and with a particular focus on therapoetic care. He is a licensed psychologist, supervisor, consultant, and former chaplain, with over thirty-five years of experience. He holds degrees in continental and comparative philosophy of religion and existential-hermeneutical-phenomenological human science clinical psychology and integrates these approaches as a way of caring for such experiences as the impossible (no way out, boundary or limited situations), extreme experiences (such as psychosis, nihilism, suicidal and homicidal ideation), and the taboo (the places no one wants to go: the unwanted and unacceptable, unsayable, unforgiveable, forbidden, and irreverent). He regularly presents workshops in several international venues such as the Circulo de Estudios en Psicoterapia Existential, in Mexico City, Mexico, the Zhi Mian International Institute of Existential-Humanistic Psychology in Dali, China, and the Centre for Existential Practice in Melbourne, Australia. He is widely published and has written on caring for others in very difficult situations including traumatic loss, surviving the COVID-19 pandemic, and meaninglessness. He has also written a short dialogue with Miles Groth, edited by Loray Daws, called, Dialogues on The Soul of Existential Therapy, published by The Society for Existential Analysis. Most of all, he considers himself simply a fellow human being.
All dates: 10 January, 21 February, 28 March, 16 May, 27 June, 25 July, 26 September, 24 October, 21 November, 19 December.
Fee: £1260 the whole year (£140 per session)
Time: Saturdays from 3:00 pm to 6:00 pm (UK Time)
Venue: Online – Zoom
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Advanced Applied Supervision Group with Dr. Betty Cannon 2026
2026-01-17 15:00 - 18:00 | Online (Zoom) – 10 Dates
Betty Cannon, the author of Sartre and Psychoanalysis, offers a playful, active, experientially based form of supervision that is deeply and specifically grounded in the philosophy of Sartre.
This group is a place to hone skills and consider important issues of therapy from the perspective of existential philosophy. Combining the leader’s experience with the wisdom of the group fosters an active experientially oriented and interpersonally open way of doing supervision. It includes role-playing clients as well as looking at stuck points in therapy – stuck points that may belong to the therapist or supervisor as well as the client. It uses body-oriented as well as verbal interventions to get beyond words to the pre-reflective bodily-lived intentionality of all three.
Applied Existential Supervision is rooted in a psychotherapeutic approach developed and taught by Betty Cannon at the Boulder Psychotherapy Institute for more than 30 years. Thoroughly and specifically grounded in the philosophy of Sartre, Applied Existential Psychotherapy also draws inspiration from Gestalt Therapy, Rogerian person-centred therapy, body-oriented psychotherapy, and classical and contemporary psychoanalysis. Betty agrees with British object relations theorist D.W. Winnicott that psychotherapy is (or ought to be) a very special form of ‘two people playing together. When one of them, hopefully, the client, is unable to play, therapy becomes two people learning to play together.
Both Winnicott and Sartre view play as arising in what Winnicott calls the ‘transitional space’ between the subjective and objective worlds. This is the place where, phenomenologically speaking, this world becomes my world – or your world. Focusing on this transitional space allows us to move from doing therapy in what Sartre calls the ‘spirit of seriousness’ (which is the deterministic mechanistic approach of a great deal of contemporary psychotherapy) to what Betty has elsewhere called the ‘spirit of play’. It is a perspective that encourages us to recognize and support our own and our client’s freedom – in situation. And it can help open us to new more creative and authentic possibilities for living, loving, and being with each other.
Because taking this perspective makes room for the radically new and the unpredictable and relieves us of the burden of trying to ‘fix’ our clients, it is less tiring and less likely to produce therapist burnout. It can also make therapy more satisfying, joyful and exhilarating for both client and therapist. But therapy done in the spirit of play becomes at the same time less certain and predictable. We cannot know the outcome of the therapy because our client is free. For this reason, approaching therapy (and supervision) in this way can be anxiety-provoking or even terrifying. Moving from the spirit of seriousness to the spirit of play makes us aware of the lightness as well as the heaviness of being – and that can be challenging as well liberating.
Of course, no one can live with the full awareness of freedom, responsibility, and possibility all the time. The temptation to bad faith is universal for all humans, including therapists. But if the challenge to do so at least some of the time appeals, please come play with us in Applied Existential Supervision Group.
Betty Cannon, PhD, licensed psychologist, is the founder of Applied Existential Psychotherapy (AEP). Her book on Sartre and Psychoanalysis (1991) is often considered a classic in the field, as Ernesto Spinelli predicted it would be. She has published many articles and chapters on existential philosophy, psychology, and psychotherapy. Betty’s mentor, Hazel E. Barnes, translated Sartre into English and was the world’s foremost Sartre scholar until her death in 2008. Betty is Hazel’s literary executor, and her book on Sartre is dedicated to Hazel. She is currently working on a new book: In the Spirit of Play: Applied Existential Psychotherapy.
Betty is the president and founder of the Boulder Psychotherapy Institute, an emerita professor of the Colorado School of Mines, a senior adjunct professor at Naropa University, and a member of the editorial boards of three international journals: Sartre Studies International, Existential Analysis, and Review of Existential Psychology and Psychiatry. In addition to Applied Existential Psychotherapy, she has recently introduced an Applied Existential Coaching Class at the Boulder Psychotherapy Institute.
Betty has taught AEP to hundreds (if not thousands) of students over the past thirty-plus years. She has also done therapy with individuals, couples, and groups in Boulder for the past forty years, as well as presented at many professional conferences and workshops. She is particularly interested in an existential approach to relationships and groups and leads 15 to 20 groups (therapy, practice, process, and supervision) each month.

All dates: Saturdays 17 January, 14 February, 14 March, 11 April, 9 May, 13 June, 11 July, 10 October, 14 November and 12 December
Fee: £1260 the whole year (£140 per session)
Time: Saturdays from 3 pm to 6 pm (UK time)
Venue: Online – Zoom
CPD by Therapy Harley Street
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Tuesday Reflective Supervision Group with Bárbara Godoy 2026
2026-01-20 19:30 - 20:30 | Online (Zoom) – 10 Dates
All therapists have an original project, an intention, a gut feeling, the reason why they decided to practice. Through training many things are learnt but often this profound and personal purpose can be clouded. This weekly group provides a safe space that promotes a non-judgmental approach. We aim to create a kind of intimacy where practitioners can see themselves clearly whilst getting the support to be who they are. Once the practitioner’s own individual style is discovered a process to master what will become their own personal approach begins. The group is the supervisor, a gentle but firm mirror to observe our work with perspective and generate understanding of the client’s process by taking into account ourselves as co-creators of the therapeutic encounter. A creative and uplifting weekly group that aims to strengthen the therapists’ own existential awareness.
Bárbara Godoy M.A., Adv. Dip. Exi. Psy. Existential Psychotherapist Group Leader, Counsellour, Lecturer and Supervisor, UKCP accredited, SEA Professional Member, Director of Therapy Harley Street. Bárbara’s academic contributions in London since 2008 include lecturing and researching on the theory and practice of Phenomenological Existential Therapy on Doctorate, MA and professional courses at the School of Psychotherapy and Counselling Psychology, Regent’s University and the New School of Psychotherapy and Counselling directed by Emmy van Deurzen. Bárbara has facilitated and designed therapeutic Group Work since 1997. She brought her earliest workshop: “Experiences” to large groups in The Netherlands, Italy, France, UK and Argentina. These awareness-intensive processes are a legacy of the human potential movement (HPM) of the 1960s, with techniques such as AUM Meditation Marathons, Psychodrama, Bioenergetics and Primal Feelings work.
Fee: £1260 (or £450 per term)
Tuesday Group 7.30 pm to 8.30 pm (UK Time)
Winter Term:
20 and 27 January
3, 10, 17 and 24 February
3, 10, 17 and 24 March
Spring Term:
28 April
5, 11, 19 and 26 May
9, 16, 23 and 30 June
7 July
Autumn Term:
22, 29 September
6, 13, 20 and 27 October
3, 10, 17 and 24 November
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Supervision of Group Therapy
2026-01-22 19:00 - 2026-11-26 21:00 | Online (Zoom), United Kingdom
Supervision in therapeutic group work offers the ideal setting to deepen understanding and develop a more grounded experience of what group processes truly involve. It is a space rich with discoveries, challenges, and continuous learning. Through a group-based supervision model, participants are invited to reflect collectively in an atmosphere of openness, acceptance, and engagement—exploring together the diverse possibilities and dynamics that emerge within therapeutic groups.
Winter Term 2026: 22 January; 5 and 19 February; 5 and 19 March
A term dedicated to the creative process of imagining and designing the group you would like to run.
Spring Term 2026: 7 and 21 May; 4 and 18 June; 2 July.
Here, we will accompany you through the practicalities of setting up advertising and preparing to launch your group.
Autumn Term 2026: 1, 15 and 29 October; 12 and 26 November.
From this phase onwards, the group will be a place to supervise, get ideas, and refine your group.
Time: 7pm to 9pm (UK time)
Venue: Online (Zoom)
Fee: £1260 full year or £450 each term.
NOTE: Each participant goes at their own pace; it is not a requirement to start working as a group facilitator to be part of this Supervision Group. Also, you might benefit by applying the learnings to an already existing setting, such as in university, at your workplace, or even within the constellation of your own family group. In all cases, we will accompany you all the way.
Dr. Yaqui A. Martínez-Robles is a psychologist with Masters, PhD and PsyD in Psychotherapy. He has training in Gestalt Therapy; Music Therapy; Transpersonal Psychology and Holotropic Breathwork (with the Grof Transpersonal Training Association); Narrative and postmodern therapies and Social Constructionism; and in Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy (with the Integrative Psychiatry Institute and MAPS-Multidisciplinary Association for Psychedelic Studies). He is the author of four books, and co-author of another two, focused on the existential perspective. He has participated with chapters in several books and with articles in several journals. Yaqui is the founder of the Circle of Studies in Existential Therapy, in Mexico City and in Medellin, Colombia,. He teaches existential-phenomenological psychology and therapy in Mexico and different countries of South America. He is the current president of the Latin American Association of Existential Psychotherapy (ALPE). He works in private practice as an existential-phenomenological therapist and coach, in modalities one-on-one, couples and groups.

Bárbara Godoy M.A., Adv. Dip. Exi. Psy. Existential Psychotherapist Group Leader, Counsellour, Lecturer and Supervisor, UKCP accredited, SEA Professional Member, Director of Therapy Harley Street. Bárbara’s academic contributions in London since 2008 include lecturing and researching on the theory and practice of Phenomenological Existential Therapy on Doctorate, MA and professional courses at the School of Psychotherapy and Counselling Psychology, Regent’s University and the New School of Psychotherapy and Counselling directed by Emmy van Deurzen. Bárbara has facilitated and designed therapeutic Group Work since 1997. She brought her earliest workshop: “Experiences” to large groups in The Netherlands, Italy, France, UK and Argentina. These awareness-intensive processes are a legacy of the human potential movement (HPM) of the 1960s, with techniques such as AUM Meditation Marathons, Psychodrama, Bioenergetics and Primal Feelings work.

Unlocking Our-Selves 2026: "Dreams and Visions" Fridays Group
2026-01-23 12:30 - 13:45 | Online (Zoom) – 10 Dates
Personal development groups for practitioners with Bárbara Godoy
A playground for therapists to nurture the imagination,
release inhibitions and mobilise therapeutic insights
“Supportive, thought-provoking, emancipating, grounding”

This year, we will explore Dreams as Existential Messages with Bárbara Godoy in collaboration with Dr. Betty Cannon.
“Rather than interpreting, we’ll let the dream speak for itself by role-playing its “characters”—people, animals, objects, even the dreamer. Freud called dreams the “royal road to the unconscious.” Sartre also saw mystery here, but described it as a “mystery in broad daylight”—the mystery of being human. The gap is not between consciousness and the unconscious but between what we live and what we can reflectively grasp and capture in words.
Dreams invite us to loosen rigid self-images. They remind us that we are always more than who or what we think we are. They may appear puzzling or unsettling, not because they are disguised of the unconscious, but because they are acts of pure imagination. Like works of art, they speak in images and symbols. Together, we will create a community of dreams—an extraordinary, shared experierience” – Dr. Betty Cannon
Year Programme
Winter Term: The Dreamer as Orpheus
Orpheus is portrayed as a dreamer who believes that a song can change the world — that art, beauty, and love can overcome fear and oppression. He holds to an almost impossible vision, and that makes him fragile, yet luminous.
Spring Term: On Eurydice and longing
Eurydice embodies the hunger for survival in a world of scarcity, while Orpheus embodies the hunger for beauty and meaning. Their love story becomes a dialogue between pragmatism and idealism, survival and vision.
Autumn Term: On the tragic turning back
We will come to terms with the impossibility of certainty in love and vision — Orpheus’s backward glance is not just a mistake, but the condition of being human: to doubt, to falter, even in the midst of hope.
Friday Lunchtime Group 12.30 pm to 1.45 pm (UK Time)

Winter Term
2026
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23 and 30 January
6, 13, 20 and 27 February
6, 13, 20 and 27 March

Spring Term
2026
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1, 8, 15, 22 and 29 May
12, 19 and 26 June
3 and 10 July

Autumn Term
2026
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25 September
2, 9, 16, 23, and 30 October
6, 13, 20 and 27 November

Whole Year:
Starting 2026
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All three Terms
Starting 21 January
Ending 27 November

Venue: Online (Zoom) – Fee:£350per term or £900 the whole year
Bárbara Godoy M.A., Adv. Dip. Exi. Psy, Existential lecturer, Psychotherapist and Supervisor UKCP accredited and SEA – Director of Therapy Harley Street. Bárbara’s academic experience in London since 2008 includes lecturing and researching on the theory and practice of Phenomenological Existential Therapy on Doctorate, MA and professional courses at the School of Psychotherapy and Counselling Psychology, Regent’s University and the New School of Psychotherapy and Counselling directed by Emmy van Deurzen. Bárbara has facilitated therapeutic Group Work internationally since 1997. Currently, as the clinical director of THS, Bárbara leads a team of over 30 professional practitioners in the area of Psychological services and Well-being consultancy. Bárbara is also the founder and director of THS.

Reflective Supervision Group with Bárbara Godoy 2026
2026-01-23 14:00 - 15:00 | Online (Zoom) – 10 Dates
All therapists have an original project, an intention, a gut feeling, the reason why they decided to practice. Through training many things are learnt but often this profound and personal purpose can be clouded. This weekly group provides a safe space that promotes a non-judgmental approach. We aim to create a kind of intimacy where practitioners can see themselves clearly whilst getting the support to be who they are. Once the practitioner’s own individual style is discovered a process to master what will become their own personal approach begins. The group is the supervisor, a gentle but firm mirror to observe our work with perspective and generate understanding of the client’s process by taking into account ourselves as co-creators of the therapeutic encounter. A creative and uplifting weekly group that aims to strengthen the therapists’ own existential awareness.
Bárbara Godoy M.A., Adv. Dip. Exi. Psy. Existential Psychotherapist Group Leader, Counsellour, Lecturer and Supervisor, UKCP accredited, SEA Professional Member, Director of Therapy Harley Street. Bárbara’s academic contributions in London since 2008 include lecturing and researching on the theory and practice of Phenomenological Existential Therapy on Doctorate, MA and professional courses at the School of Psychotherapy and Counselling Psychology, Regent’s University and the New School of Psychotherapy and Counselling directed by Emmy van Deurzen. Bárbara has facilitated and designed therapeutic Group Work since 1997. She brought her earliest workshop: “Experiences” to large groups in The Netherlands, Italy, France, UK and Argentina. These awareness-intensive processes are a legacy of the human potential movement (HPM) of the 1960s, with techniques such as AUM Meditation Marathons, Psychodrama, Bioenergetics and Primal Feelings work.
Fee: £1260 (or £450 per term)
Fridays Group 2 pm to 3 pm
Winter Term:
23 and 30 January
6, 13, 20 and 27 February
6, 13, 20 and 27 March
Spring Term:
1, 8, 15, 22 and 29 May
12, 19 and 26 June
3 and 10 July
Autumn Term:
25 September
2, 9, 16, 23 and 30 October
6, 13, 20 and 27 November
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Advanced Supervision Group with Prof Ernesto Spinelli 2026
2026-01-24 10:00 - 13:00 | Online (Zoom) – 10 Dates
These Master Workshops provide the opportunity to ‘look again’ at our practice and re-view assumptions and expectations regarding being a therapist. “Group supervision sessions seek to provide participants with a safe, yet challenging, space, to consider and address the issues that arise for them when discussing their own, or another participant’s, experience of being a therapist.
Group supervision can be a valuable and enriching experience for all participants since even though the focus may be on a particular supervisee’s account, it is likely that all participants will discover broader issues and concerns that resonate with their own encounters with clients.”
Professor Ernesto Spinelli was Chair of the Society for Existential Analysis between 1993 and 1999 and is a Life Member of the Society. His writings, lectures and seminars focus on the application of existential phenomenology to the arenas of therapy, supervision, psychology, and executive coaching. He is a Fellow of the British Psychological Society (BPS) as well as an APECS-accredited executive coach and coaching supervisor. In 2000, he was the Recipient of the BPS Division of Counselling Psychology Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Profession. And in 2019, Ernesto received the BPS Award for Distinguished Contribution to Practice. His most recent book, Practising Existential Therapy: The Relational World 2nd edition (Sage, 2015) has been widely praised as a major contribution to the advancement of existential theory and practice. Living up to the existential dictum that life is absurd, Ernesto is also the author of an on-going series of Private Eye novels, the most recent of which, Everything Has A Price, was published in 2023.
All dates: Saturdays 24 January, 28 February, 21 March, 18 April, 2 May, 6 June, 18 July, 17 October, 7 November and 5 December 2025
Fee: £1260 the whole year (£140 per session)
Time: Saturdays from 10 am to 1 pm (UK time)
Venue: Online – Zoom
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BPS award for distinguished contribution “An internationally-recognised leader in existential therapy and coaching psychology, Professor Ernesto Spinelli developed and taught the first psychology undergraduate and PhD programmes to focus on counselling and psychotherapy research. He has contributed to a growing interest in, and professional appreciation of, existential therapeutic techniques. Professor Spinelli publications and textbooks are standard reading for many psychotherapy and coaching training programmes around the world. His latest book, Practising Existential Therapy: The Relational World, 2nd edition (2015), was identified as the most influential contemporary text on existential therapeutic practice.” BPS

I find the supervision groups most helpful and supportive on a practical level.
Emilia, Integrative Psychotherapist
Professor Spinelli is an experienced supervisor who is able to impart his wisdom and knowledge in an authentic manner.
Janet, Existential Psychotherapist
Excellent. Thoroughly enjoyable. Feels safe, contained and exploratory.
Ruth, Psychotherapist

Unlocking Our-Selves 2026: "Dreams and Visions" Tuesdays Group
2026-04-28 18:00 - 19:15 | Online (Zoom) – 10 Dates
Personal development groups for practitioners with Bárbara Godoy
A playground for therapists to nurture the imagination,
release inhibitions and mobilise therapeutic insights
“Supportive, thought-provoking, emancipating, grounding”

This year, we will explore Dreams as Existential Messages with Bárbara Godoy in collaboration with Dr. Betty Cannon.
“Rather than interpreting, we’ll let the dream speak for itself by role-playing its “characters”—people, animals, objects, even the dreamer. Freud called dreams the “royal road to the unconscious.” Sartre also saw mystery here, but described it as a “mystery in broad daylight”—the mystery of being human. The gap is not between consciousness and the unconscious but between what we live and what we can reflectively grasp and capture in words.
Dreams invite us to loosen rigid self-images. They remind us that we are always more than who or what we think we are. They may appear puzzling or unsettling, not because they are disguised of the unconscious, but because they are acts of pure imagination. Like works of art, they speak in images and symbols. Together, we will create a community of dreams—an extraordinary, shared experierience” – Dr. Betty Cannon

Year Programme
Winter Term: The Dreamer as Orpheus
Orpheus is portrayed as a dreamer who believes that a song can change the world — that art, beauty, and love can overcome fear and oppression. He holds to an almost impossible vision, and that makes him fragile, yet luminous.
Spring Term: On Eurydice and longing
Eurydice embodies the hunger for survival in a world of scarcity, while Orpheus embodies the hunger for beauty and meaning. Their love story becomes a dialogue between pragmatism and idealism, survival and vision.
Autumn Term: On the tragic turning back
We will come to terms with the impossibility of certainty in love and vision — Orpheus’s backward glance is not just a mistake, but the condition of being human: to doubt, to falter, even in the midst of hope.
Tuesday Evenings Group 6 pm to 7.15 pm (UK Time)

Winter Term
2026
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20 and 27 January
3, 10, 17 and 24 February
3, 10, 17 and 24 March

Spring Term
2026
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28 April
5, 12, 19 and 26 May
9, 16, 23 and 30 June

Autumn Term
2026
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22 and 29 September
6, 13, 20 and 27 October
3, 10, 17 and 24 November

Whole Year:
Starting 2026
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All three Terms
Starting 20 January
Ending 24 November

Venue: Online (Zoom) – Fee:£350per term or £900 the whole year
Bárbara Godoy M.A., Adv. Dip. Exi. Psy, Existential lecturer, Psychotherapist and Supervisor UKCP accredited and SEA – Director of Therapy Harley Street. Bárbara’s academic experience in London since 2008 includes lecturing and researching on the theory and practice of Phenomenological Existential Therapy on Doctorate, MA and professional courses at the School of Psychotherapy and Counselling Psychology, Regent’s University and the New School of Psychotherapy and Counselling directed by Emmy van Deurzen. Bárbara has facilitated therapeutic Group Work internationally since 1997. Currently, as the clinical director of THS, Bárbara leads a team of over 30 professional practitioners in the area of Psychological services and Well-being consultancy. Bárbara is also the founder and director of THS.
