In full awareness that I know nothing about – and feel envious of – ‘the quiet power of Nordic happiness’, living as I do in busy London UK, I offer some ideas about working with the body in mind that bring me some peace and groundedness. With concepts drawn from Gestalt and sensorimotor psychotherapy I will invite participants to experiment with some ways of integrating embodied practice with the traditional theories of transactional analysis.

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Charlotte Sills is a psychotherapist, coach, and supervisor in private practice in West London and Professor of Coaching at Ashridge Hult Business School, UK. Charlotte has taught and written widely about psychotherapy, supervision and coaching. Her most recent publication is Skills in Relational Coaching, with Simon Cavicchia (2025 Sage pubs).