Booking is now open for our 2012 courses.
There are four CPD days for counsellors and two other trainings open to all.
Counselling Skills for Pastoral Care
St John's Nottingham Creative Christian Learning with Sevenoaks Christian Counselling Service
Assertiveness Workshop, Wednesday 22 February 2012, 9.30 am – 4.00 pm
Vine Evangelical Church,
Hitchen Hatch Lane, Sevenoaks TN13 3AT
Led by Dr Mary Wright, Registered Clinical Psychologist and Maureen King, Counsellor and Director of Counselling.The workshop is open to all and is
designed for those who would like to think about their own style when relating to other people, and who would like to become more assertive.
Cost: £27.00 This includes a sandwich lunch and all other refreshments.
See below for application form
Wednesday 7 March 2012
‘Post - Separation and Stepfamily Issues;
systemic approaches to working with parents and children' with Gwyn Daniel
In this workshop, Gwyn Daniel will describe a systemic way of understanding and helping individuals and families who are dealing with the transitions,
complex new structures and dilemmas of loyalty that are involved in parental separation and stepfamily life. She will share ideas from her clinical work,
from research and from her assessments for the family courts. The emphasis throughout the day will be on sharing ideas and practice dilemmas and
engaging with issues emerging from participants' own working contexts.
Gwyn Daniel is a Systemic Psychotherapist, Supervisor and Trainer who currently works at the Tavistock Clinic in London and in private practice in
Oxford. She has had many years' experience of working in child psychiatry contexts and within adult mental health. As well as researching and writing
about stepfamilies, Gwyn has provided court assessments and therapeutic interventions with families where parents are engaged in contact or
residence disputes and has taught widely on all of these issues.
Gwyn Daniel is the author of :-
(With Gill Gorell Barnes, Paul Thompson and Natasha Burckhardt) Growing Up in Stepfamilies Oxford University Press, 1998.
(With Charlotte Burck) Moving On; Gender Beliefs in Post Divorce and Stepfamily Process" in Burck C and Speed B (Eds) Gender, Power and
Relationships. Routledge 1994.
(With Paul Thompson) "Stepchildren's Memories of Love and Loss" in Year Book of Oral History, Oxford University Press. 1996.
(With Kirsten Blow) Frozen Narratives? Post divorce processes and contact disputes Journal of Family Therapy Vol 24 1 Feb 2002
(With Kirsten Blow) "Whose story is it anyway? Children involved in contact disputes" in A Vetere and E Dowling (Eds) Narrative Therapies with
Children and their Families Routledge London 2005
"Talking with children; constructing victimhood or agency?" in P Kennison and A Goodman (Eds) Children as Victims Learning Matters 2008
as well as several books and many articles on related professional and therapeutic matters.
See below for application form
Tuesday 22 May 2012
'Confidentiality and Record-keeping - Keeping our Balance'
Facilitator: Dr Barbara Mitchels
The workshop covers practical issues about record keeping and some of the major issues in managing confidentiality and client privacy. The sessions
in the workshop address issues relevant to work in a wide variety of settings including:
o Agencies
o Non-Governmental Organisations
o Government Organisations, including Social Services and Education
o National Health Service, e.g. GP practices, Hospitals and Primary Care
o Private practice
It offers a mixture of discussion, case studies and practical exercises, for some of which we encourage participants to bring anonymised examples of
their existing practice in client contracts and keeping client records (for example a record of a client session and a client contract).
The workshop is based upon the book Confidentiality and Record Keeping in Counselling and Psychotherapy by Tim Bond and Barbara Mitchels,
published by Sage and BACP, ISBN 9781412912709 (paperback). A Hardcover version is also available.
See http://www.sagepub.co.uk/books. Copies of the book may be ordered direct from Sage at £18.99 or from other booksellers.
Dr Barbara Mitchels, LL.B, Fellow BACP, is a retired solicitor, and also a practising psychotherapist and mediator. She draws from her experience in
writing, creating resources and providing training in the UK and abroad. She has published widely on topics related to therapy, law and mediation, and
runs a website www.therapylaw.co.uk providing information and advice for therapists.
See below for application form
Friday 28 September 2012
'Dissociation' with Dr Moira Walker
This workshop aims to increase our understanding of dissociation both theoretically and clinically. It will look at what is meant by dissociation, and will
explore the continuum of meaning from the one extreme of dissociative identity disorder to the everyday ability to day-dream.The origins of dissociation
in terms of the impact and effect of trauma, and in particular exploring the experience of an abused child, will be examined. The implications of the
child's defensive strategies; how these are taken into adulthood, and the impact on therapy of dissociation. Those attending are invited to bring along
their own case examples as some time will be given in small groups for exploration of the therapeutic dilemmas and difficulties that have been
experienced in this work. Consideration will be given to the question of what may work therapeutically with dissociated clients.
Dr Moira Walker is a registered psychotherapist and Fellow of the BACP. She has experience as a trainer, supervisor, practitioner and writer and has
worked in the field of abuse for many years. She set up a registered charity, Dorset Action on Abuse offering counselling and other services to
survivors. She has worked extensively in Universities and other settings. Her books include Surviving Secrets: The Experience of Abuse for the Child,
the Adult and the Helper and Abuse: Questions and Answers for Counsellors and Therapists.
See below for application form
Monday 12 November 2012
Extreme Porn and the Therapeutic Space: Practical 'Tools' to Support the Therapist with Chris Willoughby
When a client presents their use of extreme pornography, or potentially sexually harmful behaviour using the internet, it can be anxiety provoking or
overwhelming for client and therapist alike. Questions about risk, sexual harm and disclosure can interrupt the therapeutic relationship, and in many
cases prevent potential clients from seeking help when they really need it.
The aim of this workshop is to provide you with skills and techniques to quickly establish the nature of your client's online behaviour and provide a
containing therapeutic framework in which to explore your client's (and your own) experience and prevent further sexual harm. These 'tools' have been
developed over many years of therapeutic work in the community with men who have committed serious sexual offences online. They combine the
best of criminal justice techniques for understanding sexually harmful behaviour with psychotherapeutic practice and sensibilities.
Four learning modules will cover
1. The nature of extreme pornography
2. Sexually harmful behaviour mapping
3. The use of technology
4. Identifying and assessing risk.
Each tool will be presented with a case study and time to ask questions to help you reflect on how it might be integrated into your working practice.
This presentation is made by: Chris Willoughby MA, AdvDip FCP
Chris works for the West London Mission providing therapeutic and rehabilitation services, and risk management, for clients with a history of sexual
offending or interpersonal violence. He is the author of 'Working with Sexual Offenders: Risk Awareness - a Guide for Residential Services' and 'Help! I
Want to STOP' (www.helpiwanttostop.org), a free online information service for people who are concerned about their interest in child pornography.
A member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy, Chris has an area of special interest in developing best practice and the
provision of community-based therapeutic services for men and women who engage in sexually harmful behaviour. He is a past President of the
Forensic Therapists Association and former Chair of the National Organisation for the Treatment of Abusers (London Region).
His Master's Degree in Counselling (University of London) addressed neurobiological and social approaches to understanding sexual offending. He
also holds an Advanced Diploma in Forensic Counselling & Psychotherapy (Wealden Psychological Institute).
Couple Dynamics
with Ruth Morgan
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Assertiveness Workshop - Click here for application form
Couple Dynamics - Click here for details and application form
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