Workshops
'Assertiveness and Self Confidence'
'Assertiveness for Women'
'Divorce Recovery'
Ongoing Professional Development Workshops for Counsellors and Psychotherapists
'Working with Polarities'
'Astrology & Psycotherapy'
-Please find below a brief desciption of each workshop;-
'Managing Difficult Emotions'
Is a two day workshop using Cognitive Behavioural Therapy
“You can’t fall off the floor!”
Are you ready for a change, but not sure how to find your feet? If so this may be the workshop for you.
Next running in the New Year
Venue: Personal & Relationship Counselling, Eddystone House, Looe Street, Plymouth Cost: £130 PP
This is a two day workshop based on the principles and practise of Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. (CBT). CBT is a well established therapy which can be helpful for a wide range of emotional difficulties that many people experience at some time in their life. CBT can help you learn to manage your emotions in a more healthy, balanced and constructive manner. At the heart of CBT lies the idea that our feelings and subsequent actions are strongly influenced and connected to our thoughts and beliefs.
A first step towards becoming more in control of your feelings and consequent behaviours is to have a sound understanding how your beliefs about yourself others and the world at large can often be distorted, exaggerated and ultimately unhelpful. As humans we seem to have a tendency towards irrationality, especially when under stress. This workshop can help you understand yourself better, equip you with a tool box of skills to make everyday living easier and more fulfilling.
Many people find themselves trapped in patterns of behaviours they would rather not have. This can cause a great deal of problems and unhappiness. If you perhaps have a tendency towards feeling down, irritable, anxious or unassertive, this workshop could be very beneficial.
If you would like to discuss it further, please call for an informal talk prior to booking.
This workshop is facilitated by Jo Maguire. Jo has been a practising Cognitive Behavioural Therapist for 7 years. Most of this time she has worked in the NHS and more recently as part of the Barbican Therapy Centre team.
Jo has facilitated numerous workshops and therapy groups and has a strong belief in the power of working together in groups and strongly advocates the use of self help tools for every day living.
‘Introduction to relationship counselling'
This is a two day workshop focusing upon working with couples
This workshop is run on demand, next date to be arranged please let us know if you would like to attend.
Cost:£130 PP
Both Gwen and Nigel are BACP Accredited, qualified and experienced Relationship Counsellors. The workshop will introduce participants to the complexities of working with couples in adult relationships. You will have the opportunity to experience (through role play) the integration of theory and practice using different techniques, insights and understanding of how our adult relationships are affected by a multitude of unconcious processes. You will be informed about some theoretical approaches and have a chance to explore how this understanding relates to your practice.
Venue: Personal & Relationship Counselling, Eddystone House, Looe Street, Plymouth Cost: £130 PP
~ Booking required contact Personal & Relationship Counselling Tel: 266000 ~
Telephone: 01752 266000
e-mail: nsummerton465@btinternet.com
Astrology and Psychotherapy: a workshop exploring the links between the two. Les is an Iron Mill trained Integrative Psychotherapist. Initially trained as a psychiatric nurse, he worked for many years within community mental health projects. He has his own private practice in Launceston, Cornwall and also is a therapist at Personal & Relationship Counselling on the Barbican in Plymouth. He has worked as an astrologer for many years and has found the birth chart to be an invaluable transpersonal therapeutic tool. The cost of the workshop will include a personal chart, with opportunities to explore aspects of it within the workshop. Please book early so that Les has time to do your chart.
These are two day workshops that run on a Saturday & Sunday the dates are yet to be confirmed, Les runs this workshop on demand, please let him know if you are interested.
The cost per person is £120.
Working with Polarities: a workshop exploring the understanding of polarites through various anceint wisdom systems and contemporary therapeutic models, and how polarities might be used as a therapeutic tool.
Les became interested in Polarities due to his work with with contemporary humanistic models, such as Gestalt and Personal Construct, and also ancient wisdom systems, such as I Ching and Astrology. The workshop will invite experimental exploration of Polarities as an exciting and creative therapeutic tool.
~ Booking is required contact Personal & Relationship Counselling TEL: 266000~
Telephone: 01752 266000
e-mail: nsummerton465@btinternet.com
