The profession of Coaching has emerged over the past few years from a number of different sources. It is now an important resource to a range of professional and business people, managers, supervisors and people at Life's crossroads wanting to make changes. More...

The introductory 101 in TA is an opportunity to find out what TA means and also how it can be applied in a number of settings. It is an overview of the landscape of Transactional Analysis in the fields of psychotherapy, counselling, coaching and mentoring, organisational applications and education. More...

The death of a parent is one of the most fundamental losses a child can face. (W. Worden) This workshop will explore the impact of death in the life of a child and the ways in which effective bereavement support can be offered to children and their families. More...

The workshop will cover:

• Outline of the legal system
• Ethics and legal principles
• Confidentiality and the law
• Professional negligence

Real, meaningful change has been proven to be most effective when we can feel the change happening. Not just as a change in the way we think or behave, but a felt shift is perceived in the Body. A holding pattern relaxes its grip - energy is released which then becomes available for living the life we want to live. More...

Anger is a basically healthy manifestation of our vital energy, it enables us to stand up for ourselves and to say 'no'. We aim to work with the whole spectrum: from being unable to protect our boundaries, to using anger inappropriately or violently. More...

An experiential Dream workshop, offering Jungian and Gestalt perspectives; where participants will learn how to: * Capture their own dream landscape * Recognise the varied levels contained within a dream and what that may disclose about underlying patterns in their life * Explore the significance of dreams and begin working with them in a transformational way. More...

Participants in this 2-day workshop are offered an opportunity to face, discuss and work through the ethical dilemmas, which they would hope they never have to face! Polarities of choice are extrapolated from established ethical principles and values. Questions are poised as to the priorities of individual practitioners of psychological therapy when they have to choose between Compassion and Justice? Safety or a Client's Privacy? Respect for Individual Autonomy or the local Legal and Moral Code? More...

This workshop has been designed to give those interested in the transgender phenomenon a clear understanding of why a person decides to change gender. It gives a clear idea of what gender dysphoria is like for a child, adolescent and adult. It highlights the reassignment process from their prospective and how it impacts on those nearest a dearest. There is a great deal more than putting on a skirt to becoming a woman. There is more to being a man than having to shave. More...

The healing relationship, in counselling and psychotherapy, is by its nature an intimate relationship. For the relationship to be successful, it is not only necessary for the client to reveal him- or herself, but to reveal aspects of self that would tend to stay hidden or concealed in other relationships. More...

This workshop provides an opportunity for participants to practice a focused, contactful and committed approach which takes into account the needs of the client as well as the practical implications of the context in which counselling or psychotherapy takes place. More...

The term Eating Disorder covers a wide spectrum of individuals from the emaciated, restrictive anorexia nervosa sufferer through to the normal weight individual with bulimia nervosa to the overweight binge eater. Disordered eating is a symptom of underlying problems; it is a way of coping with unmanageable problems. The number of individuals diagnosed with eating disorders appears to be increasing - are we more aware or is our relationship with food becoming more complex? These are some of the questions that will be addressed. More...

In these two days, the training will explore the interface between issues of available time, the need to work through traumatic experience and the use of attachment theory. How can the practitioner offer a healing therapeutic relationship that focuses on dysfunctional patterns of attachment within the inevitable constraints of time available? More...

An introduction to current psychiatric drugs used in clinical practice today. It will look at the way the drugs work, understand more about the diversity of the side effects and explore what these issues mean for clients and therapists alike. More...

There is a lot of vibrant life energy trapped in our Shadow. We(and our clients) work hard to create and maintain a self-image of being a 'good' or 'nice' person, well 'sorted' and adapted, kind and loving and competent. At some point, we begin to feel the cost of excluding all the other parts of ourselves - and we become aware of our 'Shadow'. More...

This one-day course provides an introduction to Poetry Therapy. There is increasing evidence that the use of literary resources (bibliotherapy) and creative writing can promote health and well-being. As well as promoting emotional health, such activities have also been shown to help with chronic conditions such as asthmas and arthritis. More...

This workshop will offer a gentle experiential introduction into the method and process of psychodrama and the opportunity to discuss its many applications More...

The term supervision is heavily loaded in the sense of associations with being judged, overseen, criticised. In fact it should be an oasis, a reflective pool in which to wash away the weariness of the professional day, a mirror through which to perceive things differently, a chance to recharge batteries and get creative. More...

This will be two discrete workshops for senior practitioners in the major helping professions, including GP mentors. This will be a forum for bringing live case examples for individual and group supervision. It will include the sharing on two or three meta models and will enable people from different professional backgrounds to supervise effectively. More...

An introduction to Narrative Therapy - a socially just and theoretically robust approach that has influenced so much in the field of counselling and psychotherapy. More...

Arts Therapists are familiar with a wide variety of creative techniques which can provide clients with alternative ways of uncovering the dynamics of their inner and outer worlds. Without becoming creative therapists themselves, counsellors and psychotherapists using predominantly verbal models can extend their repertoire of interventions by learning some of these techniques, and by developing both an understanding of the rationale for their use, and the confidence to do so. More...

Procrastination is a debilitating habit which can either be an minor irritant, or cause major problems with debt, studying, relationships, communication, projects, safety at work, physical and mental health difficulties including depression and anxiety. Putting things off blocks our ability to lead effective, satisfying and relationally rich lives. Research has shown how procrastination can be a progressive habit, fundamentally undermining our resilience and sense of self-confidence, as well as making us less able to be productive and creative. The workshop will offer strategies for overcoming the habit personally as well as ways of helping our clients do the same. More...