Courses & Groups
Welcome to my group and course offerings.
Some processes unfold in the quiet of individual work.
Others can be more fully explored in relationship with others.
Courses and groups offer a space to engage with themes that can be difficult to access in one-to-one work — such as relationships, communication, and the meeting of different perspectives and life experiences. In a safe group setting, new topics can be approached, and familiar ones often take on new depth.
The offerings on this page are intended for both personal and professional development. At times, the two may naturally overlap.
Who this is for:
The offerings on this page may be of interest to you if you find yourself:
• drawn to sharing with, and learning from, others
• open to new insights and perspectives
• curious about how others may reflect something back to you
• interested in exploring your actions and interactions in relationship
The Shared Field
What these spaces support
Deepening self-understanding
The way you get to know yourself is by the expressions on other people’s faces, because that’s the only thing that you can see, unless you carry a mirror about. (Gil Scott-Heron)
At times in our personal work, we may come to a place where something feels just out of reach — as if we are circling a familiar pattern, just inches away from understanding, but not quite getting there.
And then, in conversation with another — through witnessing someone else’s experience, or hearing a different perspective — something shifts. What was just beyond reach begins to take shape.
Group work offers a space where these moments can emerge, often in unexpected ways.
Finding language for inner experience
Self-expression must pass into communication for its fulfillment. (Pearl S. Buck)
At times, giving form to a new or deeply personal thought or feeling is not easy. Like an artist making several sketches before the painting begins to take shape, we may need to move through many different attempts at expressing something before it becomes clear to us.
In the presence of others, this process can be supported and gently reflected. Through caring listening, deepening questions, and shared attention, what is not yet fully formed can find its expression.
Working with patterns in real time
Our character is basically a composite of our habits. Because they are consistent, often unconcious patterns, they constantly, daily, express our character. (Stephen Covey)
In the safety and quiet of individual work, we can become aware of many personal patterns.
But it is in relationship with others that we may start to see how these patterns impact us in real time: how they are received, met, or responded to. And with this understanding, the possibility for change emerges.
Group work — whether in a learning context or a therapeutic setting — offers a space to explore these patterns as they unfold, within a safe and intentional environment.
Integrating insight into lived experience
No one is the same, and we all have different life experiences. It’s not my place to judge them or for them to judge me. We should all be accountable for our own lives. (Joanna Krupa)
We come to understand the world, in part, by sharing in the lives of others. As we listen to different experiences, our sense of the world begins to expand — becoming more nuanced, more layered, and, at times, larger than before.
When such a wider understanding takes shape, it can begin to shift how we see our own lives. What once felt fixed may be seen from a different perspective; what felt unclear may begin to make more sense. At times, it is precisely in encountering the difference between our lives and those of others that something new becomes possible.
Group and course settings offer a space for such encounters by bringing us together with people we might not otherwise have met, exposing us to their life stories and experiences.
Learning through reflection & dialogue
In true dialogue, both sides are willing to change. (Thich Nhat Hanh)
At a time when much of our communication is shaped by technology, it can, at times, feel as if the art of listening and reflection is vanishing. It can seem easier to remain within familiar perspectives, and more difficult to encounter difference in a direct and meaningful way.
In a group setting, there is an opportunity to return to direct human exchange — where deep listening, conscious speaking, and honest reflecting are welcome and supported. Through this, new understanding can emerge, and our old perspectives can begin to shift or deepen.
Group work offers a space where such reflection becomes possible, not only individually, but through shared dialogue and presence — and the experience of being with others.
My Approach to Group and Course Work: Safe Exploration
Motto of the Social Ethics
Healing happens only
if in the mirror of a person’s soul
the whole of the community is created
and in the community
Rudolf Steiner
Group work, be it in a therapeutic, learning, or professional context, is experienced differently by each participant.
I see my role as facilitator in creating and holding a space that is respectful, steady, and open — where each person can explore and express themselves without fear. In some ways, this can be compared to the work of a conductor: making room for different voices to emerge, sometimes in harmony, sometimes in contrast, so that something meaningful can take shape.
Different group settings call for different forms of guidance.
In therapeutic groups, there needs to be more space for open exploration, where experiences can unfold and insights can blossom in their own time.
In educational settings, a theme will be introduced and developed more directly, with attention to shared learning and the development of skills.
And professional support groups provide a space where individual members’ skills can be developed with the help of the whole group.
Across all formats, the intention remains the same: to support each participant in deepening their understanding of themselves and of the world, within a safe space that honours each person’s unique presence and contribution.
My Part
As facilitator, I hold the structure of the group — supporting a space that is safe, respectful, and open to each participant’s contribution.
In learning settings, I guide the group process and help ensure that all participants can follow and integrate the material. In therapeutic and professional support groups, I encourage a deepening of understanding, while taking care that no participant is coerced by others’ insights or opinions.
Your Part
As a participant, you are asked to remain aware of your own comfort and to engage at a pace that feels right for you.
At times, this may mean listening; at other times, it may involve sharing your own experience, questions, or reflections.
What supports the process most is a willingness to remain open — to allow new perspectives to emerge, and for understanding to deepen over time.
Ways we can work together
Personal Development
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Professional Development
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Moving forward
Taking a course or participating in a group can be exciting, but also may feel daunting.
If you have any questions or concerns about one of my courses or group offerings, please feel free to reach out. I am always happy to explore possibilities and options.
Sabine Cox, RP
If you have questions, send me a message – or set up a free first meeting of about 30 minutes, so that we can meet, talk about your goals for your work, and see if we are a good fit for it.
(416) 889-5291
7 Selby Street, Cookstown, ON L0L 1L0
sabine@sabinecox.com