Group & Workshop Guidelines

Unless otherwise stated, these guidelines apply to groups and workshops run by True Self Systems & partners.

All groups and workshops are listed here>>

Emergency Contact Details Request

Providing these is entirely optional and hopefully never needed. In the context of online groups where participants can be anywhere in the world, the provision of these details may be life saving. We also offer this option to people who attend our in-person groups.

• Family Constellations: we request emergency contact details on a workshop by workshop basis – even if you are a regular attendee – to ensure they are current and accurate. We do not store or use them for any other purpose. 
• Transforming Touch Weekly Call: due to the weekly frequency of these groups, we only request emergency contact details once during the intake process. These details – if provided – are stored in a record for you in Cliniko.

Your Data and Privacy

• Information Comissioner’s Office: registration number ZB576723
• Your Data: True Self Systems privacy statement>>

Consent Culture Overall

We aim to create a consent culture throughout all workshops and groups, in which participants feel able to say no to doing something. 

Consent in Family Constellations 

This includes saying no to being a representative in someone else’s constellation. We facilitate and lead a constellation, based on our skills and experience – however as an issue holder you are welcome to let us know if you need a constellation to pause, or to stop. Sometimes there is physical touch within a constellation, e.g. a resourcing representative is asked to place a hand on the shoulder of another representative. We aim to ensure that any touch takes place with the consent of both parties.

If you have any particular needs in regards to consent not covered here that you would like to discuss with us, please let us know.

Welcoming Diversity

We aim to offer a welcoming space that is inclusive of diversity. How we do this: our consent based approach means we actively enquire, what will help you attend this group? We meet indivdual participant needs, within our limits and mindful also of the needs of the group. This enquiry begins through our intake forms and continues throughout the workshop process. Our attendees to date include people who have previously been nervous about approaching groupwork. They span the entire adult range with diverse life experiences – all of our groups are international.

What You Can Expect From Us

We aim to conduct our work in a professional and considered manner. For instance: we have clear cancellation terms. We aim to make it clear how the schedule for any group will unfold and if the schedule needs to be altered for any reason, we advise how changes will be made. We are registered with the ICO and safeguard your data. We make agreements in groups regarding confidentiality. Our work is overseen by supervision, where anonymised workshop content is presented for further learning and support. 

How We Assess Safety and Risk

We ask questions through our intake processes in order to assess the safety and appropriateness of a group for each participant’s needs. We make further enquiries where we think they are required; we aim towards transparent negotiations regarding a good fit between participant needs and what we can offer. We also offer advice as to when our groups might not be a good fit, please see individual group descriptions.

These guidelines are updated and added to, as necessary.