An intensive Six Day Advanced Post Diploma Certificate course -
Person Centred Couples Counselling.
Phone Angela on 01292 435 034.
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Perth,Thur/Fri/Sat 22/23/24 April, Thur/Fri/Sat 13/14/15 May 2010
Course Aims.
To train experienced counsellors and psychologists to confidently contract to offer Person Centred couples counselling.
This is an important area of training which is constantly in demand from EAP's and couples themselves. A counsellor spending her/his training budget in this area is therefore likely to enjoy good returns on investment.
This training is unashamedly person-centred, which means that it will use person-centred theory as its primary reference point. There is very little theoretical writing, which is exclusively person-centred, on this subject. What writing and teaching there is, even by person-centred authors tends to place more reliance on other theories, particularly systemic, than we are comfortable with.
Course Objectives
To give counsellors a solid grounding in person centred couples work this course will explore and explain:
Which clients are suitable.
Contracting with new clients.
Introducing the first session.
When to see individuals on their own - and when not to!
Understanding how the six therapeutic conditions are applied to couples.
Duration and frequency of sessions.
Confidentiality - is it more complicated with couples?
Developing Person Centred theory with couples.
Why did Rogers say so little about it?
The role and importance of Asperger's syndrome in couple work.
Sex and related issues
Couples arguing in the room.
Multidirectional partiality.
The concept of "coupleness"
Role-plays.
Demonstrations.
What can go wrong.
Awareness of our part in the relationship with the couple.
Course material
Extensive course material will be provided to each attendee on a computer readable CD. (PDF files)
Venue:The Glover Arms, Crieff Road, Perth, PH1 3JJ
Entrance to conference room
You can eat at Glover Arms or Dobbies - just a short walk away.
Glover Arms
Car park and Dobbies
Cost is £320 for all six days.
Lunch not included
£299 for early bookings (by 31 Jan ) the total for all six days. (All prices include vat for individuals)
We are prepared to accept £100 deposit, but the fee must be paid in full by end of Feb 2010.
*(There will be a cancellation fee of 50% up to end of Feb 2010, after this date all costs will be incurred.)
This includes:
Facilitated learning from 09:30hrs to 16:30hrs on all six days
Conference CD which will include all material used during the course, some of which will be further expanded on the CD.
Not included:
Overnight accommodation and meals.
Eligibility
The course assumes that participants already have a good grounding in counselling. Counsellors should be trained to BACP/COSCA accreditation level, although it is not a requirement that they are accredited. Phone or email Angela for an application form.
Course tutors
Kate & Allan planning the course
Allan Turner is a Senior Accredited member of the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy and a founder member of PCT Scotland. He has been working with couples since 1980, when he became a counsellor with Marriage Guidance Scotland, in Dundee. His person centred training started in 1985 with Dave Mearns, Brian Thorne and Elke Lambers.
He has always been passionately interested in working with couples. He still finds it the most challenging at rewarding aspect of his wide experience in counselling.
Allan is ably assisted on this course by Kate Stubbings, who is a fellow Director of Counselling Works, a BACP Accredited counsellor and an experienced couples counsellor. Kate shares Allan's passion for the subject and, like Allan constantly seeks to deepen her understanding of the person centred approach and it's wide applications.
They say that they intend that the course will be rich in role play, practical examples and innovative interactive material. They absolutely guarantee that you will not go home bored!
Phone or email Angela for an application form and additonal information 01292 435 034, email angela@counsellingworks.co.uk
Make your cheque payable to: Counselling Works Ltd.
Post it to: 62 High Street, Stony Stratford, Milton Keynes. Buckinghamshire. MK11 1AQ.
By phone (have your credit / debit card ready)
Call Angela on 01292 435 034 All we need is your name, address and email.
