Its Good To Talk...
The Counselling Service hosts various seminars, workshops and lectures. Many are informal and in the form of small groups of up to ten participants. Hosts and speakers may vary but all the events are facilitated by Ross Banner, associate manager at the ECS.
They are aimed, both, for those seeking a ‘first’ flavour of ideas attached to psychology, personal development and self awareness, as well as practitioners seeking to add to their knowledge for cpd (certificates are provided).
Most events take place on Saturdays, usually between 1030am and 430pm. There is a break for lunch when participants can stretch their legs, and tea/coffee is generally provided at some point during the meetings.
Fees for events vary but it is the aim of the service to keep the rates as low as possible, normally from around £40 per person, including tea/coffee.
Click here to review the Workshop which took place on November 6th 2010: An exploration of Bernhard Schlink’s novel, The Reader.
Academic Year 2012
Working with the Couple Dynamic
Following its success in the past two academic years and due to popular demand, this series of six workshops is being repeated through the 2011/2012 academic year and again in 2012.
A series of six one-day workshops with limited places available.
This is an introductory course for counsellors, working either with couples or individuals, who want to increase both their understanding of the dynamics of couple relationships, and their ideas and techniques for working in this field.
Contemporary Couples Counselling
Open to practitioners with counselling experience who wish to develop their knowledge of couples work. Participants will be invited, and positively encouraged, to bring personal and clinical experience to the course.
There will be a mix of theory and practice, with plenty of experiential and practical content so that participants can have a hands-on experience around couple counselling.
Key course components will include:
- The basis of differing couple relationships and dynamics
- The development of couple relationships – ‘minefields’ and ‘blackspots’
- Sex and sexual dysfunction – including the impact of internet sex
- Separation counselling
- Re-constituted family dynamics
There will be an emphasis on creative techniques in working with couples, or individuals, currently experiencing problems with intimate relationships.There will also be plenty of time to mould the material to participants’ individual requirements as the course develops.
It is expected that candidates will have taken responsibility for some pre-workshop reading. Please note that the series runs as a single course and that workshops are not available individually. Continuing Professional Development certificates will be presented to attending participants.
Pre-workshop Reading
Suggested reading:
Couple Therapy – A Handbook edited by Douglas Hooper and Windy Dryden
Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered by Wyn Bramble.
Doing Couple Therapy by Robert Taibbi
The workshop will be led by Ruth Morgan BA MA who is a BACP senior accredited practitioner, trainer, supervisor and a Relate-trained couples counsellor.
Venue: 206 Croydon Road, Beckenham, Kent BR3 4DE – also Sevenoaks, Kent
Date: Either the first Friday, or Saturday, in each month from April 2012 through to September 2012. The course involves six one -day sessions. Further course may be run in the Autumn 2012.
Cost: £360, includes lunch and refreshments.
Booking: The workshop is open to BACP/UKCP registered practitioners who are considering or wishing to extend their work into the field of couples counselling. Also counsellors of individuals who are looking to develop their understanding of the couple dynamic.
Erotic Countertransference
To confirm your place contact Ruth Morgan via a click, or by telephone: 07956 813 648
