Life doesn’t make any sense without interdependence.
We need each other, and the sooner we learn that, the better for us all.
Erik Erikson
with writer and psychotherapist, Emma Philbin Bowman
For many, living through this time has highlighted the myriad ways we rely on others for meaning, sustenance and joy.
Being Human* speaks to this moment, elaborating six forms of connection we need in order to thrive: containment, mirroring, twinship, adversity, resonance and partnership.
This course outlines the uniqueness and gifts of each and enables us to identify how these roles inform our lives with others: those we are close to, and those we struggle with. Being Human is carefully designed to deepen our emotional intelligence and extend our empathy and self-compassion. This material is evocative but gentle. It celebrates our value to one another and how different forms of connection relationships help us thrive across the arc of our lives. (Scroll down to preview curriculum).
Course access is for two years. *This course draws on a map from Stephen Cope's Soul Friends. Photographs throughout are from Orkney native Nicki Gwynn Jones.
‘Emma's ability to communicate complex concepts and themes in simple language is a gift...’
Maria, Cork
The pricing below is for self-paced, pre-recorded access to Being Human.
(If you wish to enroll in the live course, click here for info and pricing).
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Your Instructor
Emma works as a psychotherapist, writer, and group facilitator.
She holds a first class honours degree in Philosophy and English Literature from UCD, and trained at the Institute for Creative Counselling in Dunlaoghaire as an Integrative Psychotherapist. Her approach is informed by several intermingling influences: Buddhist, Advaita and spiritual traditions; a life-long passion for practices of integration and embodiment; a love of language, texture and complexity, informed by analytic writers such as Bollas, Eigen and Bromberg; and ongoing peer practice with courageous, brilliant and patient friends and colleagues.
In recent years, she has studied extensively in contemporary spiritual practices that emphasize integration and relationality, including Thomas Hubl, Stephen Busby and the Diamond Approach. She is particularly passionate about the emerging potential of We-Space work, and is committed to creating rich practice spaces of depth, emergence and growth.