TRAINING
FUTURE COURSE:
Day 1: 03rd February, 2025
Day 2: 10th February, 2025
Day 3: 03rd March, 2025
Day 4: 17th March, 2025
Cost £400
York St John University, Lord Mayor's Walk, York YO31 7EX
* Mental Health and Children and Young People
Day 4:
* Working within the Context of the Counselling Setting (Community & School Counselling)
FUTURE WORKSHOPS
INTRODUCTION TO PLAY THERAPY 31st March, 2025
930am to 430pm
York St John University, Lord Mayor's Walk, York YO31 7EX
£100
“Play Therapy is a way of helping children express their feelings and deal with their emotional problems, using play as the main communication tool.” British Association of Play Therapy (BAPT) definition
This one day workshop aims to offer attendees an opportunity to creatively explore:
* What is Play Therapy?
* Virginia Axline’s 8 principles of non-directive play therapy
You can read more about her theory in her book: Play Therapy
* Examples of offering play therapy to Children and Young People
We will look at each of Axline’s 8 principles: exploring both the theory and experience using lots of skills practice.
The workshop will be very experiential! Their will be role plays and skills practice using creative materials.
COUNSELLING ADOLESCENTS:
USING THE PERSON CENTRED APPROACH
28th April, 2025
930am to 430pm
York St John University, Lord Mayor's Walk, York YO31 7EX
£100
This one day workshop will explore the challenge of working with this client group:
* Dan Seigel's work about adolescent brain development: this will give us a context of what is happening internally
* Peter Pearce & Ros Sewell's Tenuous Contact model about counselling adolescents: this new theory has been developed based upon Pearce and Sewell's work in secondary schools in London
You can read more about this theory in the book: Person-Centred Practice at the Difficult Edge
* Carl Rogers 6 conditions for building a therapeutic relationship
Their will be role plays and skills practice, as well as teaching using PowerPoint presentations.
12th May, 2025
930am to 430pm
York St John University, Lord Mayor's Walk, York YO31 7EX
£100
This one day workshop will explore what impact this context has upon counselling children and young people:
* Counselling in both primary and secondary schools
* Children and young's perspectives of counselling
* School staff's perspective of counselling
* Promoting the benefits of counselling in the school context
* Communication across the school context
* Balancing client confidentiality and collaboration with school staff
* Working collaboratively with others in the school context: such as school nurse
* Building relationships with school staff
* Promoting emotional / mental health in schools
* Features of a successful counselling service in school
* Research findings into school
Their will be role plays and skills practice, as well as teaching using PowerPoint presentations.
I am an enthusiastic, creative trainer and I may also be able to offer a Bespoke Workshop(s) for your organisation.
I am especially interested in counselling children and young people and also the person-centred approach.
I charge £450 for a Full Day's training.
Please do get in contact to discuss any training requirements with me.