Training has always been central to our practice. We offer a variety of courses, on an occasional, on-demand basis. However, as experienced trainers, we are also happy to offer training courses on a bespoke basis. We have offered courses on Anger Management, on Violence, on Working with perpetrators and survivors of domestic and sexual violence, and on Self-harm. Please feel free to contact us.
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Race Awareness Training Our lives are increasingly effected by issues of identity, nationality, race, culture and religion, and there is growing public awareness that this is so. This is certainly of interest to us, being a mixed-race practice. But why are these issues so difficult to understand? Why is difference unacknowledged, when it is all around us? Why is change, and meeting others, so challenging and unnerving? In this two-day seminar we aim to help to address the issues in a safe environment, to explore the challenges we may face when we encounter individuals, groups or social situations that are alien to us. Our interest on this course is in offering a balance between informing people about specific racial and cultural differences, and giving them some skills in recognising and working with those issues. We believe that outsiders of any kind have problems in integrating, and that the society into which they arrive also has problems, although it may not choose to notice this. We are aware of the sensitive nature of this work - it can engender anxiety, defensiveness and fear. Through accepting and exploring these feelings in a non-judgemental atmosphere, we aim to present the training in such a way that honest and creative dialogue may be made possible. |
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Why Am I Doing This?We are not carers by chance. Care professionals are used to looking at the needs of others, at giving their attention to others. We can see the benefit to others of caring for them, but often fail to look at the benefits to ourselves of caring for others. We are so busy doing the caring that we do not make the 'space' to look at why we do it. Instead, we continue to work, and turn a blind eye to the consequences of our caring on our own lives. We are all doing what we are doing based on our own history and our own adaptations to life. While we may feel that we just 'happen' to be doing what we are, in fact we have moved to our current position as the result of a series of decisions, (conscious or unconscious), which suited us better than their alternatives. In this seminar, we will share the freedom to ask how our history has nudged us into the set of decisions that we made. 'Why Am I Doing This?' is a unique opportunity for us to give and get support, while tackling the questions we have previously avoided; to take a good look at those difficulties that hold us back, and may, if not properly acknowledged, damage our health, our relationships, and our motivation as carers. Burnout is optional. homepsychotherapy - counselling - couples - groups - supervision - consultancy |
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If you are shy, lacking confidence or just feeling that you are not achieving your potential, at work or in relationships, this course may help. The training is aimed at people who have either not learned how to be assertive, or those who have tried and found the skills difficult to sustain.