The behavioural sciences of Psychology, Sociology and Anthropology - and arguably
Politics? - are demarcated by artificial boundaries that split them into supposedly
distinct disciplines. This has resulted in academics fiercely defending the ‘territory’
of their discipline and eschewing much that would actually complement their work
if they could only see beyond the limitations of their own paradigms.
Integrated SocioPsychology embodies the concept of integrating and aligning the behavioural
sciences along ‘the spine of the Spiral’ and making them practical in delivering
real improvement to people’s lives. The core of this concept draws on the work of
such ground-breaking psychologists as Clare W Graves (1971/2002) and Don Beck & Chris
Cowan (1996) (Spiral Dynamics), Hans J Eysenck (1976) and Hans Eysenck & Sybil Eysenck
(1976) (Dimensions of Temperament), Albert Bandura (1977) (Reciprocal Determinism),
L Michael Hall (1994) (Meta-States) and Robert Dilts (1990) (Neurological Levels)
to explore how motivational systems develop, peak, decline and change in people.
With applications from the earliest days of child care through to the management
of care for the elderly, these models can be used in the workplace, sales negotiations,
personal relationships, parenting, education, social work, politics, social regeneration
and any other situation in life where it is important to understand how and why people
believe and behave as they do. Understanding facilitates a degree of prediction –
and being able to predict how people will behave enables the development of strategies
designed to work with people’s values – ie: what’s important to them. Thus, real
synergy can be developed in relationships of whatever kind.
Built on decades of research and ‘road tested’ in scenarios as exacting as the early-mid-1990s
transition in South Africa, Spiral Dynamics and the other models which comprise Integrated
SocioPsychology take the behavioural sciences out of the text books and into the
‘real world’.
SocioPsychology will help you determine what the patient's real issues are, whether
talking therapies are, in fact, more appropriate and, if so, what kind of therapies..
Human Resources Managers: recruitment, promotion, management perceptions and employee
motivation remain thorny issues in many organisations in spite of 50 years (and more!)
of 'management gurus' proffering many different strategies to arrive at the 'perfect
solution'. Be warned: there isn't one! However, through an understanding of Integrated
SocioPsychology, you can develop a range of strategies to deal with the types of
thinking and behaviour you will learn to recognise.
Leaders: who are you leading? What can they accomplish? Are they up to your vision
or must your vision fit with them? And what kind of leader are you, anyway? Effective
leaders certainly stretch their followers but not more than they are capable of.
Through this workshop programme, you will gain more of an understanding of the forces
which drive your vision and just what you can and can’t achieve via your followers.
Police Officers: learning to recognise the signs of such factors as shifting motivations
and non-shifting compulsive destructiveness can aid police officers in a range of
scenarios - from handling yobbish behaviour on a weekend late night to taking 'the
heat' out of domestic crises to interrogating serious criminals. Often faced with
some of the most difficult situations in modern society, police men and women need
to know themselves as well as the people they are faced with.
Clinical Psychologists, Counsellors and Therapists: as most of the 'maps' of the
psyche they work with are, at best, incomplete and, at worst, simply erroneous, it's
no wonder so many well-intentioned people so often achieve so little. This programme
will enable you to re-evaluate your understanding of human nature and the factors
which motivate and condition behaviour. Consequently you will be able to target more
appropriate interventions to greater effectiveness.
Social Workers: frustrated by client behaviour which is self-defeating and/or puts
themselves and/or others at risk? With Integrated SocioPsychology you will gain greater
understanding of the factors, motivational and temperamental, which drive attitude
and behaviour and the sheer diversity of thinking with which you are faced. Such
understanding will help you decide which tools - reason, compassionate support, legal
enforcement, etc - are most appropriate in each circumstance.
Teachers: from classroom management to dealing with parents, colleagues and their
own senior management team, teachers have a bewildering variety of relationships
(of both genders and many ages!) to facilitate. Therefore, understanding temperamental
types and how to press (or not press!) motivational buttons will aid teachers significantly
in getting the most out of such relationships for the benefit of all parties involved.
Who else should come on this course...?
Are you...
- Wanting to understand more about yourself, why certain things matter so much and
why sometimes your own thoughts, feelings and temper can can get in the way of you
getting what you want?
- Trying to understand what makes your spouse/children/parents behave in ways which
seem so bizarre ways...?
- Frustrated by some friends, family members, work colleagues, etc, who just don’t
seem to understand what’s important to you?
- Concerned at so many hugely expensive initiatives to resolve social problems being,
at best, ineffective or, at worst, sometimes even a catalyst for further deterioration?
- Parents wanting to get to understand, from a psychological perspective, how best
to raise your child? Or grandparents baffled by the way your offspring conduct their
relationships with their offspring...?
- Just wanting to understand more about why human beings think and behave as they do?
- Etc, etc
If any of these motivations might apply to you, then ‘An Introduction to Integrated
SocioPsychology’ will help you formulate potent answers to such questions.
In other words, anyone and everyone can benefit from this course and should make
it a priority to attend.
Contact me to find out how training in these powerful concepts can help you/your
family/your friendship group/your organisation/your etc, etc understand each other
more and thus be able to understand how to deal with/meet one another’s motivations
and needs in a way that is beneficial to all....
The Introduction Programme
This introductory programme is designed to enable participants to start using Integrated
SocioPsychology practically and effectively in their ‘real lives’ – as well as providing
a base for further learning about the psychological and sociological strands which
it interweaves.
A prior knowledge of Sociology, Psychology, Spiral Dynamics, Neuro-Linguistic Programming,
etc is not at all necessary - though it helps! However, an open mind and a willingness
to explore new and challenging concepts is!
While there is plenty of academically robust content, the delivery of the programme
is aimed at the intelligent and adventurous ‘layman’.
The workshop programme uses music, graphics, exercises, games and case studies to
provide an enhanced learning experience. You are encouraged to bring along a real-life
‘people issue’ to work through as you learn, to help make the learning more immediately
relevant.
The full version of this course is a 3-day comprehensive programme. However, these
workshops - which can be open or in-house - can be scaled back to some extent to
suit needs. They can also be extended to add additional modules - such as Conflict
Management - or tailored to specifics such as social and economic regeneration project,
using the 4Q/8L and MeshWORK concepts.
Who should come on this workshop programme…?
The following are just some of the professional people who will benefit from this
course....
District Nurses and Health Visitors: we now know that attitude is hugely important
to health, wellbeing and recovery from illness. This programme will help you understand
your patient's state of mind and just how much you should - or shouldn't! - empathise.
You will also gain skills to alert you to wider issues in the domestic context and
the implications they could have for your role.
General Practitioners: Stress and Depression are increasingly crowding out the waiting
rooms and NICE increasingly is recommending 'talking therapies' but the health authority
budgets still favour the prescription of drugs. An understanding of Integrated
