Come and join us for an adventure in the Thinking Environment
Whatever your motivation, you’ll take so much back into work, home life and relationships, because what you learn relates to all of life and how you listen to, understand and communicate with everyone, including yourself.
Explore and book our Time to Think courses and workshops below. If you want to discuss your specific needs in more detail, just complete the contact form here and we’ll call to talk – we can even connect you with alumni for their insight.
If you’re not sure which course to start with this video might help.
All courses are running online
Time to Think Foundation Course
Starts 28th June 2022
Time to Think Facilitators Course
In person - Edale - 14th June 2022
The Thinking Partnership
Starts 3rd May 2022
Next cohort begins -October 2022
Northern Hub - 11th March 2022
Workshops
Time to Think Foundation Course
A Time to Think certified two-day overview of this amazing work. You will improve the quality of your meetings and everyday interactions.
The course has confirmed my belief we all have agency in our thinking and if we gift uninterrupted time to listen, we enable others to think for themselves too.!
I would certainly recommend this course to anyone wanting to develop a highly creative team, or develop their own relationships.
I highly recommend this course because it gives you the physical and mental freedom that quality thinking needs. It can really help to break through sticking points and brings about positive change.
Thank you for not just teaching but creating a thinking environment.
The best thing about the course was understanding how Transforming Meetings has moved on/how you deliver it. Your light touch. The amazing physical and psychological space.
Sophie really understands how to get the best out of a group and has a mastery of the material which makes it easy to engage.
I can sense already the benefits from this new and truly inspired approach - it’s really exciting.
It’s a privilege and a gift to have 2 days in this enriching environment.
The course has been a great experience and one I will highly recommend to colleagues and friends.
If you are ready to challenge the norm, Sophie will support you in thinking and enabling thinking in others.
10/10 Thank you so much – it was a much needed two days of inspiration and recharging of mind and body! I really enjoyed your style of teaching, plus the beautiful surroundings, and the very delicious lunches and snacks – it was a rare treat indeed. You’ve given me plenty to think about for sure!
10/10 I just wanted to say a personal BIG thank you for facilitating the 2 days space, which has allowed me to reset, re-affirm that I am on the right track and more importantly have some time to think, I mean really think.
The last 2 days have flown and feel like a generous gift. I feel privileged and grateful. 10/10
The best thing about the course was the amount of space given to questions and discussions and yet still the whole content was covered and given time.
I came to the course hoping to learn how to use the Thinking Environment. What I learned was how to 'be' a Thinking Environment.
Sophie is awesome, she understands the Thinking Environment to a really deep level and can apply that to real world experience.
This is a course for grown ups - no infantalising, lecturing or downloading - just 'being' the Thinking Environment.
Be prepared to learn a lot about yourself as well as the content.
The skills and techniques I've learnt are relevant to so many aspects (probably all aspects actually!) of life. 10/10.
Sophie's embodiment of the components, insight and wisdom elevates this from a course full of useful tools and techniques (which it still is) to one where we each get to work at our own personal edge.
Sophie is a top class coach and facilitator and I would encourage anyone who wants to grow and think to attend.
The best thing about the course was the honesty and compassion of the group and facilitator. There was total safety to raise issues that I wouldn't have dreamed possible.
If you're considering the course, go for it! You'll be cared for in a respectful way and encouraged to do your best thinking. It's a great course.
10/10. I could not recommend this course highly enough for anyone wanting to explore a different way to approach things. It has made me stop and think about so many things. If you are thinking of attending I'd say 'go for it' you won't regret it.
The 2 days offered a space to learn about the elements which will enable me to hold my classes / meetings / 1-2-1s in a Thinking Environment. I saw what I had learned from reading the 2 Time to Think books in action, in more specific detail with the chance to ask when I was not sure I had understood something correctly.
A powerful and experiential learning experience where you are fully immersed in the building blocks that helps to create a thinking environment for both individuals and teams. The course also provides you, as the participant, with valuable time and space to think for yourselves. I would highly recommend it!
The entire course was useful and it’s rare that so much of a course provides this. It will be life changing in terms of how I treat people when they are speaking which hopefully will impact on them. Sophie was an excellent tutor and so knowledgeable about the underpinning concepts and theory; absolutely nothing phased her.
The Thinking Partnership Course
A three-day introduction to this powerful, liberating process. It opens the doors to our one-to-one Time to Think coaching qualification, but also to a whole new way of thinking for you to take into all aspects of life.
Learn about Time to Think with Sophie Stephenson, you will not be disappointed, you will be inspired.
I would recommend this course with you Sophie as you are a Thinking Environment - you provide information enough to encourage thought and ease that produces safety allowing confidence in practice
Sophie's greatest strength is that she is consistently fully present and focused on you as the client whilst you are with her. She practices what she preaches in a professional yet personable way.
This course has significantly enhanced my understanding of Thinking partnerships.
I wholeheartedly recommend this course.
Being immersed for 3 days allowed myself to experience my own independent thinking, it blew my mind to witness how my brain unravelled and solved my own challenges. Thank you Sophie for the incredible experience, i would highly recommend this course to anyone who is curious about the power of independent thinking.
This course is a beautiful way to reset and reimagine yourself. The whole environment made for a wonderful feeling of being gently ‘held’ and guided through the three days. Sophie trusts in you, and your fellow thinkers, unreservedly.
Try it and be prepared to be touched by the power of its simplicity.
I think what makes Sophie’s teaching space different from most shared learning spaces I've experienced is that she invites more of me in, there is space to inhabit and contribute (this is different from participating) - there is more value and I feel valued (even in my quiet space).
It has made me realise how powerful the Thinking Environment is, how important each component is and it's made me consider the question about how committed am I to helping someone to think for themselves.
If you’re thinking of doing this course with Sophie, I’d say to go for it, Sophie's experience and knowledge and the way that she lives the 'Thinking Environment' is inspiring.
The course has slowly but surely turned my world upside down.
This course will give you confidence to think for yourself and to help others to do the same.
10/10 Sophie created a safe and inspiring learning environment. She embodied the components throughout the course and this has further convinced me that I love working in this way.
I’d highly recommend the course. Sophie is a excellent practitioner who really makes this course. Her knowledge, embodiment, compassion shine through.
These three days really can change your life. It sounds hard to believe, but really thinking about what you want to do and how you want to be does change you.
Everything about the course was great - the process of understanding, the time, thinking, learning. I’m very glad I came when I did.
What a privilege it is to sit with ease and listen.
I feel very blessed to have found this course.
It’s difficult to find one thing that was the best thing about the course…the welcome and inclusive teaching , the environment (stunning) and delicious food !!
Give yourself the gift of being immersed in beautiful surroundings and learning.
I am already looking forward to being part to the Thinking Environment community and taking it further. .
It’s a really useful course that will help you improve your conversations and connections with other people at work and in your home life.
Sophie creates an environment/place that feels safe, secure and filled with calm and ease
The impact of the course has been amazing and is already improving my communication and my ability to do my role.
Sophie is an inspiring, energising teacher, highly accomplished at providing a safe learning environment in which you can experiment and learn.
10/10, it has made me think profoundly and improved the quality of my thinking.
I’d recommend this course: great facilitation; interesting subject - and I love the idea of the tools being those we already have, even if they are under-utilised...I will be back for more!
The course has provided a further (I feel more useful) tool to enable coaches to reach their goal. The best thing about the course was the excellent and incentivizing teaching style and manner, the small group learning & safety, and the lovely group of people I was with.
Time to Think Coaching Course
This four-day course follows on from The Thinking Partnership to qualify you as a Time to Think coach.
This process helped me to stretch into my learning edge developing my practice at my pace with ease and a sense of joyful discovery that I’ve never experienced in any other learning or training environment.
The course has made me feel confident in my abilities and given me a way to truly help those I coach by enabling them to do their best thinking.
The courses enabled me to fully experience a 'thinking environment' and therefore appreciate how powerful having quality time to think really is.
I would definitely recommend the course - it’s the start of a journey of exploration for yourself and transformation and the power of the Thinking Environment.
Thank you SO much Sophie, I can honestly say this course had been life changing.
Jump in with both feet, give yourself over to the course and to the experience, be prepared to be vulnerable as that will give you so much value and insight into thinking for yourself and how thinking for yourself can change the lives of the people you interact with
Thank you for this amazing opportunity and your phenomenal ability to run, facilitate and teach a fantastic course with such ease and sincerity. It will be a journey I will not forget .
I would highly recommend Sophie herself, and this course for anyone who wishes to improve their own thinking skills and enhance their coaching style. Sophie has a very relaxed way of delivering the course, and whilst you will learn about each of the elements it is more about a way of being with yourself and those around you. I have also found that the 10 components provide a useful lens through which to view many situations, and provide insightful reflection.
I couldn’t recommend the course more highly. Whether you are an experienced coach practitioner or someone starting their coaching journey, the course will start where you start and gently challenge you to think for yourself and create beautiful Thinking Environments for others.
The thinking, the practice, Sophie’s guidance and teaching on the Time to Think Coach course, were all critical success factors that have helped me to further develop my coaching skills.
The best thing about the course was being given the chance to be really listened to and learning the components that the Thinking Environment gives. Also understanding how powerful the words used in the process are. Don't hesitate to attend this course with Sophie!
The Thinking Environment seems to me to be the pinnacle of coaching approaches and I would encourage anyone, however experienced a coach or not, to see how powerful thinking for oneself can be.
Sophie is both nurturing and challenging, demanding a high standard in the Practicum work whilst providing lots of support through to its conclusion. If you’re looking to stretch your challenge yourself as a coach, the coaching course is well worth the investment.
Time to Think Facilitator Programme
This three-day course follows on from the foundation course, qualifying you as a Time to Think facilitator.
I am now much more confident 10/10.
I cherished the opportunity to learn in the presence of lovely people with the same curiosity about the Thinking Environment in a comfortable setting that contributed to the learning.
I would 100% recommend the course - find a way and a means to attend the in-person course with Sophie in Edale 10/10.
This is among the most transformative learning experiences I have had in my career. It is relevant for everyone as it speaks to the heart of relationships, interactions, teams and 'being'.
I left feeling confident in how I could work with this.
I wish I could put into words what a huge impact the Thinking Environment and your skilled delivery of its tools has done for my professional practice!
Even the most experienced educators and facilitators will take away something tangible to put straight into practice.
There are so many things that I enjoyed, the content was perfect, the great group and the chance to connect and a perfect venue. To anyone thinking of attending I say that the course will exceed your expectations.
I’d say to anyone thinking of attending to just give yourself the space to ‘show up’ and get the full benefit.
It’s been so helpful both professionally and personally. I can’t say thank you enough.
One of the best things about the course is Sophie and her ability to create such a warm, safe and peaceful learning space. The course is magic, do it now!
I would highly recommend the course, I believe it has significantly stretched my facilitation skills and given me insight and practical steps on how to enable groups to think well together.
The course helped me to trust my instincts even more and to create an unhurried, respectful atmosphere even quicker and more purposefully than I was able to do in the past.
Coach Development
The Thinking Environment Coach Development programme – 1 year to accelerate, deepen and enhance your coaching practice