Open Dialogue training programmes and seminars
Open Dialogue UK has been running Open Dialogue seminars and training programmes in the UK and internationally since 2012. We were the first organisation to run the three year Open Dialogue practitioner training outside of Finland and have run foundation training programmes annually since 2016 (in London, online and around the UK and the world). We were also the first organisation to run the Open Dialogue trainers training programme outside of Finland and we are currently planning our third programme. Below you can find more information on the training programmes and seminars that are currently planned, register your interest in a seminar or training programme in your service/region, and learn more about how the different training programmes are interrelated ("Open Dialogue Training Pathways").
Foundation Training Programmes 2025
On this training programme participants learn the essential skills for starting to use the Open Dialogue approach. Learning is mostly through practice, using a variety of exercises and role plays, but also through presentations and dialogues around theory and service development. For testimonials on this training programme, please see this page.
This programme is led by Nick Putman and other leading international trainers, including trainers from Western Lapland.
We currently have plans to run the training in London in 2025 (further details here) and online in 2025 (further details here). Please visit these pages for more details of the training programme and, if you would like to participate, please submit your application as soon as possible.
If you are interested in the possibility of us running this training in-house in your organisation, please complete the form below and we will get back to you as soon as possible.
Trainers Training Programme 2025
Starting in Autumn 2025 we will be running the Open Dialogue international trainers training programme for the third time in London. This programme is based on the two year programme run by Dialogic in Helsinki, but with a greater emphasis on the role of being a trainer on international Open Dialogue training programmes.
For those who wish to train Open Dialogue practitioners to practice (at foundation level or higher), it is necessary to first complete this two year trainers training programme, which is led by trainers with extensive experience of running such programmes in a variety of contexts.
For further details of this programme please see this page.
Over the past ten years we have been running one and two day seminars across the UK and internationally to introduce the Open Dialogue approach. These seminars can cover any of the following topics:
- Background and history of the development of the approach
- The 7 principles and 12 key elements of dialogical practice
- The structure of the service in Lapland
- The practice of facilitating network/family meetings
- Aims and process in the work
- Psychosis and medication
- Outcome research
- The roots of the approach – systemic family therapy, Gregory Bateson, social constructionism, collaborative therapy, dialogical theory/Bakhtin, etc.
A one day seminar includes time for participants to discuss the Open Dialogue approach and in particular the 7 principles in small groups. A two day seminar also enables participants to start to practice the approach through exercises.
If you would like us to run a one or two day workshop in your service/region, please complete the form below and we will get back to you as soon as possible.
Upcoming Introductory Seminars
Upcoming Events
An Introduction to the Open Dialogue Approach (Online)
- Fri Jan 17 2025 GMT (Europe/London) 9:30 am - 5:00 pm
- Fri Jan 17 2025 GMT (Europe/London) 9:30 am - 5:00 pm
In this one day seminar Nick Putman will introduce the Open Dialogue approach using presentations, reflective exercises and dialogues. For more information and to book please visit this page.
Venue
Online (Zoom)
Register your interest in an Open Dialogue seminar/training in your service/region
