The ECS is committed to providing opportunities for counselling and psychotherapy professionals to continue their personal development.
Every "toad" needs a "heron"...
Our rooms at the Methodist church are centrally located and very accessible by road and rail links, giving us a catchment area that spreads throughout North Surrey and South and West London.
So practitioners, many of whom work in isolation relative to other professions, have an opportunity to mix with peers and colleagues, promoting themselves whilst developing personal growth through our group meetings, seminars, workshops and lectures.
This is a new venture for the ECS and we really encourage and welcome ideas and support from the counselling and psychotherapeutic community in and around the Epsom area.
Many practitioners will be familiar with Robert de Board’s book, “Counselling for Toads” which used the character Toad, from the novel Wind in the Willows, as a client in therapy, with his counsellor called Heron.
The theme suggests that as we grow we learn about self and our relatedness to others, noting the powerful influence of past relationships and their possible impact presenting in the here and now.
As adults, we can choose to learn, pro-actively, more about our inner self and the outer world. This growth can be reparative.
Learning is a lifelong task - and is an active process.
In the weeks and months ahead the aim is to develop a regular (registered) drop-in time for qualified, and final year in-training, professionals to meet for peer group work and an exchange of ideas. Currently Monday mornings are set aside.
The ECS provides a comfortable, confidential setting (with refreshments). Meetings are on a fortnightly basis.
Also a more formal group - limited to eight - will work in a process group. This to allow opportunities, in a confidential, facilitated group environment, to discuss, consider and reflect on our self, as well as matters arising from the group experience in the here and now.
Details of forthcoming events that may be of interest to professional practitioners can be found on the seminars, workshop and lecture page as well as in Therapy Today. A CPD certificate will be available (as appropriate) for those practitioners that request one.
To express your interest in particpating in any of the above please contact Ross using our contact form or telephone the service using the details to the left.
