• Systems-Centered® Training Week
    York 14/15 – 19 September 2025

    Co-sponsored by the Systems-Centered Training and Research Institute

A practical approach to change

For those new and curious about SCT, as well as those with previous SCT experience

Foundations of Systems–Centered Training

Led by Ray Haddock & Lotte Paans with Ros Wood

  • The group will learn about the fundamentals of SCT theory, practise skills and work as an experiential group.
  • Please assess yourself to ensure this is a good time for you to participate in an experiential training.
  • We will use Functional Subgrouping, the core method of SCT, to build on similarities and explore our reactions to differences instead of ignoring, converting or scapegoating them.

For those new and curious about SCT, as well as those with previous SCT experience

Making Work Roles Work (for us and our organisations)

Led by Rowena Davis with Janneke Maas

  • This interactive, experiential workshop is for those curious to explore their energy and goals for their work roles. Using Systems-Centered (SCT) theory and methods, we’ll deepen our understanding of how system dynamics affect us all and how we can influence them - both within our learning system and in outside work contexts. Participants will work on their own real-world cases using the SCT Role-Goal-Context framework to strengthen the way they take on different roles across various work settings.
  • The workshop evolves each year, ensuring fresh insights and experiences for all participants. We aim to create an open learning climate supporting experimentation, reflection and development.

From a participant in 2024

‘...reflecting on all the wonderful experiences, methods, and encounters from last week’s Systems-Centered Training & Research Institute training week in York.

I believe I will probably be digesting and processing the learnings for quite some time, but what currently stands out as key takeaways for me in terms of applying SCT theory and methods in an organisational context include:

💡 The importance of working with clarity around roles, goals and contexts
💡 Using systemic maps identifying what helps and what gets in the way of shared goals
💡 Functional Subgrouping as a powerful method for reducing conflict and improving communication
💡 Recognising group phases and the behaviours that contribute to successful teaming

Looking forward to seeing how these insights can continue to shape the way I work!

….Many thanks to Rowena and Janneke for their excellent leadership, guidance and teaching throughout the week.’

  • Places limited, so sign up soon!

For members of SCTRI who have met the learning goals for Foundation training

SCT Intermediate Skills Training

Led by Juliet Koprowska with Berry Trip

Please note, this training starts on Sunday, 14 September 2025, 14.00-17.00.

  • In this intensive training we’ll deepen our understanding of a Theory of Living Human Systems that underpins the SCT protocols, and practise applying them with others. The training includes videotaped skills practice and review.
  • By application only. If you are considering this step, contact Juliet Koprowska juliet.koprowska@sctuk.org for an application form. Applications due by 6 July 2025.

For members who have completed Intermediate Skills Training, are in an ongoing training group and have attended the SAVI Introductory Workshop.

Intermediate Leadership Development: Mentor Training

Led by Annie McIver with Patricia Aerts

Please note this training starts on Sunday 14 September 2025 at 09.30 and ends at 17:00

A 5.5 day intensive training that:

    • Builds on and reinforces the learning from the Intermediate Skills Training with further theoretical discussion, skill building, videotaped practicum sessions and force field review.
    • Enhances the capacity to contextualise, understand what it means to develop a “Systems-Centered learning organisation,” orient to different contexts within the organisation, relate to the goal of the context, and take up one’s functional role.
    • Highlights the understanding of the Person-as-a-System map and the shift in experience from Person to Member, Member to Leader and identifying both driving and restraining forces in Contextualizing.
    • Continues to develop mastery of the SCT protocols in the Foundation Manual.
    • Begins the process of assessing readiness to join the next Authority Issue Group.
    • For more information visit www.systemscentered.com/Training/SCT-Training-Curriculum/-Intermediate or contact Annie Maciver Annie.maciver2@icloud.com
    • By application only (download form here). Applications due by 6 July 2025.

For members of SCTRI who have completed Intermediate Skills or beyond

Container Training (in the Foundation Group)

Led by Erika Ekedal

Please note, this training starts on Sunday 14 September 2025, 14.00-17.00

  • A step towards the Systems-Centered leader role, for Intermediate and Advanced members.
  • An opportunity to observe the Foundation system from within and learn how interventions by leaders and containers impact the group in different phases of development.
  • In Container Role, you will use both your apprehensive experience and your comprehensive understanding to find resonance with all subgroups and system levels. Explore when to hold and when to join authentically in a member voice to support the group in different phases of development, in line with the leaders’ interventions.
  • Containers will join the experiential sessions of the Foundation group and meet their own group in between to process their experiences and observations.

By application only. Contact Erika Ekedal e.ekedal@gmail.com  for an application form.

Applications due by : 30 June 2020

Large Group – all members work together at the end of each day

Trainers: Ray Haddock with York conference trainers

  • The Large Group brings the whole community together at the end of the day to explore the conference experience using Functional Subgrouping to allow the system dynamic to emerge.
    It is an opportunity to experience the application of SCT methods and techniques in the Large Group setting. The dynamics and potential of the Large Group are crucial to our understanding of social forces at a different level from family and small group settings. The hypothesis we are testing is that these forces are similar (isomorphic) to those operating in larger social systems and the experience in this group enables us to relate better to these larger contexts.