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 and a light lunch.
Topics for 2010 include:
Getting the Best from Our ‘Self’ (Saturday, April 3rd)
The workshop will consider how the psychological, and therefore, emotional ’self’ suffers wounds and injuries from the childhood experience. These wounds can be reopened as we journey through life.
How can these ‘injuries’ be identified?
Is it possible to reparatively reconsider our ’self’ in the light of fresh psychotherapeutic insight?
An Insight Into Self-Help
Suggested Reading: Counselling For Toads, by Robert de Board
This workshop, limited to eight participants, is open to both therapists in training as well as qualified counselling professionals (CPD certificates will be issued on request.)
Venue: Epsom Counselling Service at the Methodist Church, Epsom
Date: Saturday, April 3rd, 1030am to 430pm
Cost: £40 to include light refreshments.
Booking: To book your place please e-mail or telephone via the details found on the contact us page.
Later in 2010
Couples Counselling Workshop (Friday March 12th)
An all day (11.00a.m. to 5.00pm) workshop with very limited places available. Open to practitioners with significant counselling experience who wish to develop their knowledge of couples work. Some theory will be covered but it is expected that candidates will have taken responsibility for pre-workshop reading.
Suggested books: Couple Therapy - A Handbook edited by Douglas Hooper and Windy Dryden, and Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered by Wyn Bramble.
Much of the workshop will involve experiential work.
The workshop will be led by Ruth Morgan BA MA -a BACP senior accredited practitioner, trainer, supervisor and Relate trained couples counsellor.
Venue: Epsom Counselling Service at the Methodist Church
Date: Friday March 12th - 11.00am to 5.00pm
Cost: £40 to include light refreshments.
Booking: The workshop is open to BACP/UKCP accredited practioners who wish to extend their work into the field of couples counselling. Places are limited. To book please e-mail or telephone via the details found on the contact us page.
Please Note: This is a popular series of workshops and all places have now be taken. However, please contact if you wish to be considered for a place available because of cancellation, or for the next series which will commence from the summer 2010.
