Finding Our Path Home
Boarding School Group with Marcus Gottlieb

While there can be an upside to a boarding school education, many of us ex-boarders remember abandonment, pressure to conform, lack of privacy and other wounding experiences which it can be hard to acknowledge or share, especially in a culture where it is the positive aspects of boarding school that are mostly emphasized.

Guardedness and risk avoidance are not a good basis for intimate adult relationships, and many of us grow up to find that the self-preserving strategies which served us well at boarding school now hinder us from being in ‘right relationship’ with ourselves or others.

This is a new ongoing group which will meet at Spectrum, 7 Endymion Road, London N4 1EE (click here for location details), on certain Tuesday evenings (7-10) and Sundays (10-4). The 2008 dates are given below.

       April 6
       April 22
       May 6
       May 27
       June 10
       June 24
       July 8
       July 20
       September 2
       September 16
       October 7
       October 21
       November 16
       November 25
       December 9

The cost for above dates are £420.

If you are interested in participating in the group, please contact me on 07973 322819 or marcusgottlieb@gmail.com.

Marcus, a former solicitor, trained and now practises as a humanistic psychotherapist at Spectrum. Spectrum is a member of the United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapy.

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