Use clean with individuals
If you’re a coach, therapist, mentor, interviewer or anyone who works with individuals to gather high-quality data or help people reach their goals or think more clearly, it is worth exploring how Clean Language can enhance your practice. Start with a short course to gain an appreciation of what Clean Language is and how it works, or you can jump straight into a longer course to become an accredited clean coach.
Clean Coach Certification Programme (accredited ICF Level 1 programme)
Train to become an Associate Certified Coach (ACC) with the International Coaching Federation (ICF)
- Discussion with a trainer to identify if this is the right training for you
- Level 1 accredited programme
- Includes 52 hours training, 10 hours mentoring and performance evaluation - delivered in-person or over Zoom
- For those wishing to complement their professional careers with coaching skills, those planning to set up in private coaching practice and for internal company coaches who wish to develop their competence
- Includes feedback from experienced clean coaches who are already ICF accredited
Available dates
14-17 May and 11-14 June 2025, 8:30 to 5:30 CET each day
Tuesdays 4 November 2025 to 24 February 2026, 9am to 1pm GMT each day
Tuesdays 4 November 2025 to 24 February 2026, 2pm to 6pm GMT each day
1-Hour Clean Language Taster
Get a taste of Clean Language during a friendly online session; we'll demonstrate how it works and answer all your questions.
- Low-cost 1-hour webinar via Zoom
- Opportunity for you to be coached
Available dates
Tuesday 6 May 2025, 10am to 11am BST
Monday 14 July 2025, 6.30pm to 7.30pm BST
1-Day Introduction to Clean Language
All the basic skills and models you need to get started with one-to-one clean coaching. Go home with tools you can put into practice immediately.
- 1-day training in a small group
- Get all your questions answered
Available dates
Clean Feedback: 1/2-Day Workshop
A deep dive into the Clean Feedback model; a simple, effective and adaptable tool for different situations whether in a personal, educational or professional context.
- In-depth training in Clean Feedback.
- Beginners welcome.
- Online half-day workshop.
Available dates
Basic Clean Interviewing Skills
Learn the basics of this versatile skill that can be used with individuals and groups in any interview context where you want to obtain high-quality information while avoiding bias.
- 4 x 4-hour online sessions with practice between
- For use in recruiting, marketing, sales and research
- Gain a certificate in Basic Clean Interviewing
Available dates
We don’t have any events listed at the moment. If you are interested in this course, please complete this form and we will be in touch when we have available dates.
Clean Language: Core Skills
Learn Clean Language & Symbolic Modelling. Gain a complete structure for uncovering your clients' metaphors and helping them make deep and lasting changes.
- Use Clean Language and Symbolic Modelling to create the conditions for deep and lasting change
- Unlock the power of metaphor
- 8 x 4-hour online sessions
- Beginners welcome
- ICF CCEs have been awarded for this programme (31 Core Competencies, 9 Resource Development)
Available dates
22 July to 9 September - Training: Tuesdays 9am to 1pm BST, Practice: Saturdays 8am to 9:30am BST
Symbolic Modelling: Fine Tuning Your Skills
Hone your skills with practice, feedback and targeted tuition. Learn from the nuances that arise within individual sessions.
- Rolling programme with ongoing modules (each is 3 days or 5 shorter sessions)
- Work towards Clean Facilitator Level 1
- Available in-person or online
- Core Skills is a pre-requisite
Available dates
Fridays 26 September to 31 October, 9am to 12.30pm BST each day
Fridays, 23, 30 January and 6, 13, 20, 27 February 2026, 2pm to 5.30pm GMT each day
Advanced Fine Tuning
Accelerate your skills through dedicated practice with valuable feedback and tailored instruction from James Lawley and Marian Way
- Rolling programme with ongoing modules - 6 x half-days online
- Two trainers with maximum 12 participants, so you get plenty of individual attention
- For those at (or close to) Clean Facilitator Level 1
Available dates
Fridays, 26 September, 3, 10, 17, 24, and 31 October 2025, 2pm to 5.30pm each day
Fridays, 23, 30 January and 6, 13, 20, 27 February 2026, 9am to 12.30pm GMT each day
Clean Space Fundamentals
Discover how different spaces can provoke different kinds of thinking and creativity and how 'space' can become your co-facilitator.
- Half-day introductory session online
- Learn the basics of Clean Space
- Opportunity for practice with feedback
Available dates
Clean Space
Discover how different spaces can provoke different kinds of thinking and creativity and how 'space' can become your co-facilitator.
- 2 days or 3 shorter sessions
- Get started with clean
- Part of Clean Facilitator Level 1
Available dates
Monday 6 and Tuesday 7 October 2025, 10am to 5.30pm BST each day
Inner Child Workshop
Learn how to work with someone’s inner child in a way that's respectful and which also makes sense to that childlike part of a person’s psyche.
- 3-day workshop
- Limited to 9 attendees
- Attend primarily as a client or primarily as a learner
Available dates
We don’t have any events listed at the moment. If you are interested in this course, please complete this form and we will be in touch when we have available dates.
Clean Language Practice Group
Join us to meet like-minded people and hone your Clean Language skills.
- Hosted by Marian Way online via Zoom on the third Monday of each month, except August.
- Each session runs from 7pm to 9pm (UK time)
Available dates
Monday 21 April 2025, 7pm to 9pm BST
Northern Taste of Clean
A spicy mix of clean-oriented research, business, music, modelling and learning. Presenters and participants stimulate one another's thinking and together create a fun, brain-nourishing 2 days.
- Weekend event
- Gain personal and professional development
- Get started with clean
- Everyone welcome
Available dates
Saturday 20 to Sunday 21 September 2025, 9:30am to 5:30pm BST each day