James Lawley

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
Clean Language Interviewing: Less Bias, Better Data - Spring 2026
- Places available
- Online via Zoom
- Training sessions: Mondays 2, 16, 30 March, 13, 27 April and 11 May, 9am to 12:30pm BST/GMT. Practice sessions: Tuesdays 10, 24 March, 7, 21 April and 5, 19 May, 9am to 10:30am BST/GMT