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New Peak District venue for TA101s

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Devonshire Dome in the Peak District

We now offer TA101 courses in the Peak District National Park as well as at our Leeds venue. The courses are located in the beautiful town of Buxton, Derbyshire.

Lin Cheung is presenting the courses on 19 & 20 March 2018 or 14 & 15 June 2018. We know you will love the venue for these workshops – the amazing Devonshire Dome. The Dome is an iconic building right in the heart of Georgian Buxton. As if that wasn’t enough, Buxton is surrounded by the the outstanding Peak District countryside.

Book your ticket for either of these courses, by clicking here TA101.

Contracts and Contracting

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Lin Cheung talks about contracts and contracting and their importance within the transactional analysis model.

What is contracting?

Contracting is one of the key principles of how we work as transactional analysts. As they say “If you are not contracting, you aren’t doing TA” This is a really interesting idea but what does it mean?

I think its about being clear about what we are doing and why we are doing it. And that its not just me that is clear about that but also the person I am working with. It applies across the board, whether we are in an organisation working as a coach, if we are doing organisational consultancy, if we are a psychotherapist, if we are a counsellor. Its about being clear and not having any confusion about what we are here to do and what the end outcome is.

Charlotte Sills uses the word ‘confusion’ and I really like that idea. What we are seeking is clarity. This doesn’t necessarily happen straight away and can often be emergent. Moment by moment we are seeking clarity – ‘What does this mean to me right now?’

Our clients often come to us, as psychotherapists, without a sense of what they are seeking and a big part of what we are there to do is to help them work it out for themselves and then to have a shared idea of the goals of psychotherapy and how we are going to get there.

That is contracting for me.

We explore contracts and contracting in our Foundation Certificate course which runs each academic year, September – July.

Working with Groups – brief introduction

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Groups work with the Clinical Training Group

Andy Williams is talking about the Working with Groups training that took place over the weekend in this short clip.

Hello everybody, I’m checking in after this weekend with the advanced psychotherapy clinical training group looking at group work.

We had a really good time considering aspects of working with process groups and the theory of running process groups.

We were looking at the 7 principles of process group work that Adrienne Lee* talks about. The fact that we are healing primal wounds so a group can be many things:

  • If you feel abandoned, the group can be about real contact.
  • When you are feeling engulfed, the group can be about finding space.
  • If you are feeling hurt, it’s about protection.

The group is about moving from non-relationship into relationship.

We also talking about ideas of intimacy through ensuring we close things down and there are no loose ends at the ends of groups (if we can help it).

We looked at empowering the client. The group is there to change things through having an authentic, relational experience with people and we talked a lot about the relationships within a therapy group.

Finally we explored the experience of ‘plenty’ – Adrienne Lee talks about the idea of  ‘plenty’ – there is enough for everybody, over time, within a therapy group.

Find out more about our Clinical Training programme by clicking here.

*Adrienne Lee BA MPracNLP TSTA(P)

Advanced Clinical Training – new CPD opportunities

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Advanced Clinical Training DaysClinical training

We are now offering experienced therapists the opportunity to join our Year 4 Theory Group for single days of advanced clinical theory. Attendees will spend a day considering advanced counselling and psychotherapy theory on specific topics.
As well as in-depth theoretical exploration, we offer a warm, welcoming and relaxed setting – a great basis for getting involved in engaging discussions and thinking around a theory topic.

“It’s great to be able to spend a day in the comfort of the The Horsforth Centre and engage with like-minded therapy colleagues, thinking about advanced topics”

Who can attend?

Since the workshops are open to experienced therapists and practitioners, we expect that attendees may be:

  • Qualified counsellors who have completed a Diploma qualification
  • Practitioners who have two years of clinical experience
  • Experienced counsellors, experienced psychotherapists, clinical psychologist advanced trainees and qualified, mental health professionals, CBT practitioners, EMDR advanced practitioners
  • Practitioners who are ready to access advanced TA and integrative theory.

Seminar programme

The seminar programme includes The Therapeutic Relationship, Working with Obsessive Compulsive Clients, Psychodynamic Modality, The Schizoid Defensive Structure, Memory and the Brain, Humanistic Theory, and also Borderline and Narcissistic Traits. Whilst the headings give you a general idea of content, there is more detail on the workshop page. You can reach it using the link below.

Seminars take place roughly one Saturday per month over the year and cost just £75 per workshop. We have full information available which you can reach by clicking here.

 

 

 

Feedback on our training courses

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What our delegates have to sayCustomer reviews and feedback

Our First Steps to Private Practice day took place on 13 May with some excellent feedback from those who attended. Here are some of the things they said:

“Really ‘on the ball’ training” V, Leeds

“An excellent course that more than fulfilled my needs and expectations. Would highly recommend“, J Firth

“Attuned therapists, warm and engaging” AW

“I found the training today informative and affirming of me as a practitioner. There has been a lot of new information to go away, reflect and digest. I feel encouraged and supported“. Joanna Buglass, Bingley

“Excellent, informative and thought provoking day, delivered professionally and enthusiastically“. D Hooker

The First Steps course is on 17 March 2017. If you have a specific issue to do with working in private practice, book on to a Supervision day and bring your issue as part of the agenda for the day – receive advice, discussion and input within a small group setting.

What Are Personality Adapations? – video

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What are Personality Adaptations?

Lin Cheung talks to Andy Williams about personality adaptations – the topic from the last Transactional Analysis training weekend.

https://youtu.be/F7GnQKy-DGE