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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 Spacewith 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

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

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