Boarding School Survivors & The Importance of Group Work - AEM #106 Nick Duffell

An Evolving Man Podcast

Why is group work so important for boarding school survivors on the path to recovery?

If being seen was dangerous as a child at these public schools why is it so helpful to be seen in a group setting as we heal?

Today Nick Duffell who is one of the founding voices in the Boarding School Survivors movement talks about group work.

He talks about why we heal in group settings and how the group dynamics works.

He explores the process of surviving at boarding schools and the process of how we learn to thrive again.

Our wounding came from a group so it makes sense that our healing can come from the same setting.

A fascinating podcast.

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Nick Duffell is a psychotherapist and trainer in private practice who pioneered therapeutic work with ex-boarders and specialist training for psychotherapists. He is the author of The Making of Them, Trauma, Abandonment and Privilege and Wounded Leaders.

Questions for Nick

1. I would love for you to talk about the importance of group work
2. What is it about being in a group of 'survivors' be that boarding school, childhood trauma or addiction that helps us to heal?
3. What makes the BSS workshops so unique, powerful and effective?
4. Why we learn to survive at boarding schools?
5. What might surviving look like as an adult?
6. How we start to thrive in our lives again?
7. Other areas to talk about:

• Dissociation
• Problems with intimacy
• Workaholism
• Addictions
• Why were boarding schools set up?
• What was the purpose of them?
• What is the link between boarding schools, and colonialism
• What is the impact of boarding school on children?
• How might a boarding school education show up in adult life?

8. How do people find out more about your work?

#nickduffell #boardingschoolsurvivors #boardingschoolsyndrome #workshops #groupwork

To book on one of Nick's workshops (Men's Workshop September 2024/ Women's October 2024): https://www.boardingschoolsurvivors.co.uk/events-and-workshops/

For more information please visit: https://www.boardingschoolsurvivors.co.uk/

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Piers is an author and a men's transformational coach and therapist who works mainly with trauma, boarding school issues, addictions and relationship problems.

He also runs online men's groups for ex-boarders, retreats and a podcast called An Evolving Man.

He is also the author of How to Survive and Thrive in Challenging Times. To purchase Piers first book: https://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Survive-Thrive-Challenging-Times/dp/B088T5L251/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=piers+cross&qid=1609869608&sr=8-1

For more videos please visit: http://youtube.com/pierscross

For FB: https://www.facebook.com/pierscrosspublic

For Piers' website and a free training How To Find Peace In Everyday Life: https://www.piers-cross.com/community

Many blessings,
Piers Cross
http://piers-cross.com/