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Morning Workshop & Tapas Lunch 200920 June 2009 | Little Venice | London W2



Morning Workshop

We met back in the heart of London's Little Venice at CCPE, the Centre for Counselling and Psychotherapy Education.



A brainstorm of some of the feelings associated with being an only child soon set the room buzzing. Twenty six adult onlies came together to share the experiences of childhood and the challenges they face as adults.

As themes emerged we broke in to smaller groups to talk more about the feeling of the parent/child triangle, the effect of disharmony in the family and being brought up by one parent.

Every person has an individual story to tell, but it soon emerged that there were many overlaps in people's experiences. Many had never talked about their only child experience with another only and most had not sat in a group such as this.



Lunch
At lunch time we took a five minute stroll along the Regent's Canal tow path to the nearby Union Bar on the water’s edge for plentiful food and drink.  Here we continued the conversation in a relaxed and informal setting.

There was talk of wanting another workshop to extend the conversation.

Facilitator

Ann Richardson is a UKCP registered psychotherapist who has specialised in working with only children. She is Founder of BeingAnOnly, has facilitated many workshops and organised three conferences.

Previous Conferences

Conference 2005
The Power of Being One

Conference 2006
Only Child:
A Unique Inheritance

Conference 2008
The Only Child & The Natural World




Well thank you for identifying a need for us onlies and supplying a situation where we could chat and discover something about ourselves, a very powerful thing and a very worthwhile activity.
Denise

Previous Conferences

Conference 2005
The Power of Being One

Conference 2006
Only Child:
A Unique Inheritance

Conference 2008
The Only Child &
The Natural World