GAN Short Course On Group Analytic Groupwork Skills
Course will now run on-line via Zoom. Groups can be scary places for group facilitators, as well as group members.... Read more.
IGA Diploma In Groupwork Practice Course (Manchester)
This one year course, can lead towards the status of Group Work Practitioner and Associate Membership of the Institute of Group Analysis (IGA).... Read more.
IGA Qualifying Course In Group Analysis (Manchester)
The Institute of Group Analysis (IGA) offers a full professional training in group analytic psychotherapy.... Read more.
IGA Foundation Course in Groupwork (Manchester)
One year foundation course in groupwork presented in-person and online... Read more.
Want to know more? Then come along to our informal online open sessions:
Foundation Course: Wednesday 12 March 2025, 6pm – 7pm
Wednesday 4 June 2025, 6pm – 7pm
Diploma Course: Wednesday 19 February 2025 6pm – 7pm
booking required: email the GAN administrator
Why Groups and Groupwork Training?
We all live, work and play in groups. The essence of being human is social. If you are managing a team or group of people, or are running or participating in groups, an understanding of how groups work and function can be invaluable. Whether you are seeking to gain accreditation in practical group work skills or planning to embark on Group Analyst (UKCP) training Group Analysis North offers a range of training courses and other activities relating to groups within the North West. The courses are offered on behalf of the Institute of Group Analysis, London.
The Courses Programme as a whole is designed to provide opportunities to progress through the full programme to achieve Qualified Group Analyst status (UKCP) or to choose an exit point with the Foundation Course, or as a Groupwork Practitioner with the Diploma Course. This flexible programme enables students to gain the level of skills and knowledge they require in their professional development and career progression.
In addition to the professional and career development aspects, the courses also offer valuable personal learning and development opportunities. Group Analysis or Group Analytic Psychotherapy focuses on the relationship between the individual and the group, emphasising the essentially social nature of human experience. As we are social beings, our personal difficulties in relationships and behaviours are experienced in the context of the groups in which we are rooted, such as with families, friends and social groups. Our philosophy is that as personal difficulties arise in groups; groups are the best place to explore, understand and try to resolve these issues.
Central to our training, and as early on as the Foundation year, students attend an experiential group which offers an opportunity to see how personal experience affects work, life, and relationships.
If you want to know more about what groupwork training offers, then come along to one of the free, informal sessions as listed above.
GAN only provides group therapy for those who undertake either the Diploma or the Qualifying training courses. However, the Institute of Group Analysis (IGA) does have a referral service for anyone who wishes to join a therapy group. Please click here for a link to their website.
Training Course Personnel
Manchester Courses Committee
- Bethan Marreiros (Training Administrator
- Jane Fyffe (Qualifying Course Supervisor)
- Chris MacGregor (Courses Director and Chair)
- VACANT (Representative of Group Analysis North)
- Richard Curtis (Qualifying Course Supervisor)
- Kay Young (QC Supervisor)
- Sara Perren (QC Supervisor)
- Jo Solomon (Diploma WRG Supervisor)
- Gary Robinson (Friday Seminar Small Group Conductor)
- Billy Smallwood (Friday Seminar Small Group Conductor)
- Joy Billingham (Diploma Seminar Leader)
- Monica Hill (FC Representative)