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James Lawley

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James Lawley studied with David Grove for 12 years. As a result he co-developed Symbolic Modelling, co-authored “Metaphors in Mind” with his partner Penny Tompkins. Together they have a private psychotherapy and coaching practice and teach Symbolic Modelling to therapists, counsellors, coaches, managers and teachers throughout the world.

James has also co-authored “Insights in Space” with Marian Way, nine academic research articles related to Clean Language, and over 200 other articles and blogs, all available at cleanlanguage.co.uk


Upcoming events

Advanced Fine Tuning - March 2027

Advanced Fine Tuning - March 2027

  • Places available
  • 14 Anson Grove
  • Monday 15 to Wednesday 17 March, 2027, Day 1: 10am to 5.30pm, Day 2: 9am to 5.30pm and Day 3: 9am to 4.30pm

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Adventures in Clean 2027

Adventures in Clean 2027

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  • The Practice
  • Sunday 18 July (2:30pm BST) to Wednesday 21 July (2pm BST), 2027

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