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News Release: on Coaching, Institute of Psychosynthesis

Is this what life is really about?

'There's an explosion of interest in coaching' says Roger Evans, co-founder and managing director of the long-established national training institute in psychology, headquartered in Hendon.

Many people come to a point where they recognise their life has reached a crossroads. This can be for many reasons: they've brought up a family and kept down a job, they are reaching retirement, they are empty-nesters or they feel they want to change direction - and they start to ask themselves 'Is this it? Is this what life is really all about?' It is at this point that more and more individuals seek a qualified and empathetic coach who can help them manage a period of transition.

It is also the point at which some people think about studying for self-development or to find out more about themselves. So whilst people are actively seeking qualified coaches to help them reach the next stage of their lives, many others are choosing to train as a coach, to deliver the support that is increasingly needed in our society.

The Institute of Psychosynthesis has introduced a post-graduate course in Coaching, leading to an MA validated by Middlesex University, ( www.psychosynthesis.org ), through monthly weekend study over two and a half years. The Institute also runs academic and professional courses on psychotherapy, counselling and psychology and attracts students of all ages who travel monthly to London for the weekend. Current students include a management coach and a doctor from Scotland, a nurse from Ireland and a care worker from the Midlands plus people with a variety of other backgrounds from other parts of the UK, as well as Norway and Switzerland.

The demand for properly trained and accredited coaches comes from both a growing number of organisations around Europe which encourage their personnel to find some sort of coaching for career development, as well as from individuals who are contemplating a major shift in lifestyle.

Regular free explanatory Open Evenings are held monthly at the north west London HQ in Hendon, enabling interested visitors to meet faculty staff and find out at first hand about the courses offered. Visitors are be able to experience some of the work which is taught at the Institute and meet staff members from the Institute who will answer questions about the part-time degree courses and the theory and methodology of Psychosynthesis. To reserve a place call Clare, Chris or Cathy on 020 8202 4525 or see www.psychosynthesis.org
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Issued by the Institute of Psychosynthesis, London NW4
By Shirley Barnett, PR Projects 020 8202 7821
Senior Faculty staff available for interview. Also graduates and current students.

Note to editors: The Institute provides professional training programmes in the psychology of psychosynthesis, a framework for healing and professional practice. The psychosynthesis approach was developed by Dr. Roberto Assagioli (1888-1974) who supported and encouraged the establishment of the UK organisation in 1973. A colleague of Freud and Jung, Assagioli was interested in questions of the self realisation and meaning for one's life as a context for mental, emotional and physical well being.