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Working with Groups – brief introduction

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Group 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.

Working with Anxiety at the Cumbrian Conference

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Cumbrian Hills

Cumbrian Hills

What a great conference!  I’ve not attended the UKATA Cumbrian Conference in Penrith for a few years – it’s a great venue and lovely event tucked away just outside Penrith.  I wasn’t intending to run a workshop and had planned for a social time with some interesting CPD then was asked if I could replace a presenter at the last minute, who was ill.

My workshop was on working with people who are anxious,  material and ideas I have been pulling together over the last few years in response to working with a number of therapy clients with anxiety in my private practice in Chesterfield.

There are three key messages to my presentation:

  1. How the Racket system can be a very helpful in looking at the interlocking patterns of thinking and feeling
  2. Using Berne’s Four Stages of Cure to structure the interventions and thinking of the therapist
  3. The existential nature of anxiety

Here are the slides from my session, along with a couple of pictures of the Cumbrian Hills to wet your appetite for next years event.

Andy and I are thinking about a future training day on working with anxiety using a mixture of modalities. If you think you might be interested please email us to express your interest using the form below.

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Supervision and Professional Development Days

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We are really excited about our next new project here at TA Training Organisation.   We are going to be offering a series of Supervision and Professional Development days over the next few months.  The purpose of these new sessions is to offer professionals, both qualified and unqualified, the chance for transactional analysis supervision and continuing professional development.

A new venture

This is a new venture for Andy and me and comes out of a few over coffee discussions, as we have been talking to colleagues, supervisees and trainees, researching and reflecting on else we might support qualified counsellors, therapist and trainees in the Yorkshire area with interesting transactional analysis training and development.

We will run an open agenda day where the topics for the day together are decided by the group at the beginning of each day. This could be a mixture of classic supervision of client work, professional development issues, teaching of theory, personal process time, preparation for CTA or Diploma examinations and ethical and professional practice questions.  The list goes on!

Here’s a typical example of what a day might comprise.

 

Topic Main Training Room Topic Room 4
Group Introductions and agenda Andy and Lin
Case Supervision Andy Ethics Discussion Lin.
Morning break
Theory Teach on Personality Adaptations. Andy and Lin
Case supervision Andy Case Supervision Lin
Lunch
Diploma Exam discussion Andy Case supervision and tape Lin
Discussion of contracting Andy Case Supervision
Afternoon break
Case Supervision Andy Mock CTA Exam Lin.
Check out. Andy and Lin.

With a small group (less than eight people) either Andy or I will take the group with 8 people or more and we will both be present.We take a list of topics and requests at the beginning of the day and then develop the programme. Attendees are welcome to attend whichever session they wish.

“Drop in”

These will be “drop in” groups, you can sign up for just one day or for the whole programme.  Depending on the interest for the rest of this academic year we hope to run these sessions on an ongoing basis meeting once every two months for a day together.

We wanted to offer professionals not qualified in transactional analysis the opportunity of supervision and further development beyond the TA 101 and year one to support them in using transactional analysis in their practice with clients and to be supported in so doing and TA trainees will be able to count hours of supervision according to UKATA and EATA guidelines.

So, if you think this might be something you would like to experience the first session begins in the new year on Friday 5th February, click here to go to more information, if you’d like to find out more please Contact Us with any questions.  Or click on the dates below to go directly to Eventbrite and online booking.

Friday 5th February

Friday 15th April

Friday 10th June