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Ivana Budišin · Clinical psychologist, Luxembourg
Talks, workshops and readings with Ivana.
Why does a short email feel personal? Why can an ordinary task suddenly feel difficult? Ivana explores these questions through everyday examples and conversation.
For teams, organisations, venues and groups. No one needs to have read the book.
The format, date and fee are agreed before you book.
Find a session for your audience
For teams and organisations
Why ordinary messages become workplace misunderstandings
Warm Panels at Work
A short email can feel personal. An unfinished task can follow someone home. This session explores how pressure shapes the way teams read everyday situations, and how to ask better questions before settling on an explanation.
- 60-minute introduction or 90-minute session with discussion
What you take away
Practise separating what happened from what you assumed, using examples from working life.
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Ivana uses fictional workplace scenes and guided discussion to explore the gap between an event and the meaning we give it. The conversation also makes room for problems in the work itself.
What we explore
- What an email says and what we read into it.
- How unclear tasks and pressure to get things right affect a moment.
- When better questions help, and when working conditions need attention.
What your team takes away
A shared set of questions to use in everyday conversations, and one small idea to discuss after the session.
Practical details
Group size, location, language, materials and any follow-up are agreed with the organiser.
The session does not replace addressing workload or harmful behaviour. Personal reflections are not reported to management.
For conferences, bookshops, libraries and other venues
Why the same situation can feel so different
Same Life, Different Settings
A talk or author reading about the stories we build around everyday moments. Through scenes from the book and audience discussion, Ivana explores why our first interpretation may not be the only one.
- Talk: 20 or 40 minutes
- Reading and conversation: 75 minutes
What you take away
A familiar experience seen from another angle, and a question to take into the next conversation.
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Choose a talk for your event or a reading and conversation for a literary audience. The content and format are agreed with the host.
What we explore
- Why the same words can carry different meanings.
- How an explanation can form before we notice it.
- When the situation itself needs closer attention.
Practical details
Audience language, technical needs, questions, book sales, signing and recording arrangements are agreed in advance.
For small groups
Put the book’s ideas into practice
The Instrument Panel
Spend time with the ideas through fictional scenes, selected activities and conversation. There is room to try something, ask questions and hear another point of view. You do not need to share private experiences.
- Three hours, including a break, or two 90-minute sessions
What you take away
A clearer way to distinguish what you noticed from what you concluded, and one idea to explore afterwards.
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What we explore
- The difference between observing something and interpreting it.
- Selected ideas from the book, using fictional examples.
- A useful question to take into an ordinary day.
Practical details
Group size, venue, language, access needs, materials and any book copies are agreed before booking.
This is an educational workshop. Taking part in an activity is optional. It is not group therapy.
For practitioners, educators and psychology students
The book’s ideas, evidence and limits
Reading Mode
A seminar examining the framework in State. Not Situation.: what the research supports, what remains uncertain and where another explanation may fit better.
- 60-minute seminar or 90-minute seminar with discussion
What you take away
A clearer basis for judging where the framework may be useful and where its limits matter.
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What we explore
- What the book’s analogies help explain, and what they do not.
- The supporting research, uncertainty and alternative explanations.
- Hypothetical cases and the questions they leave open.
What participants take away
A discussion of the framework’s relevance and limitations, with selected source references.
Practical details
The audience, learning objectives, reading material, language and duration are agreed in advance.
The seminar does not carry a claim of CPD accreditation. The framework and its exercises are not presented as a validated treatment.
Before you enquire
- How do I arrange a session?
- Send a few details about your audience and what you have in mind. Ivana will discuss the format, availability and fee with you. An enquiry does not reserve a date or confirm a booking.
- What does it cost?
- Fees depend on the session and the agreed arrangements. You will receive a quote before deciding whether to book.
- Do we need to read the book first?
- No. The sessions introduce the relevant ideas through examples and discussion.
- Are books included?
- Book copies and signing can be discussed. They are included only when agreed in the proposal.
- What about language, location and access needs?
- Include any preferences or requirements in your enquiry so they can be discussed before booking.
- Are these therapy sessions?
- No. They are educational talks, workshops and literary events. Participants are not assessed, and no one is asked to share private experiences.
Meet Ivana
Ivana Budišin is a clinical psychologist living and working in Luxembourg and the author of State. Not Situation. Her work explores how people notice, interpret and respond to everyday experiences.
More about Ivana
Before moving into psychology, Ivana worked in design and product design. She runs Luxembourg Psychology and has a continuing interest in research and cognitive science. The book brings these interests together through stories, questions and the details of ordinary life.
Author photograph, biography, book cover and publication details for organisers.