Why does my life always end up this way?’ ‘Why can’t I keep my friends?’ ‘Why can’t I leave relationships I know are bad for me?’ A key task of psychotherapy is to help the client notice patterns in their life, to wonder together about the roots of these patterns, and find ways to uproot the patterns and replace them with more healthy ways of thinking, feeling, acting and being. Source ..read more

By Jo Watson (ed) PCCS Books, £21.99 Reviewed by: Caz Binstead ‘Drop the Disorder!’ is a groundbreaking book released in 2019, and compiled/edited by Jo Watson – a pioneer already in the field as the creator of the events, ‘A Disorder for Everyone!’ (and group of the same name), plus the campaign group ‘Mad in The UK’. The diversity of contribution within the various chapters... Source ..read more

Meets every two months for case consultation, sharing of expertise and resources and thematic enquiry on topics of interest to the group relating to working with psychological trauma. Supervision group With around one in four children growing up in environments of abuse and neglect and many more affected deeply by attachment ruptures and adverse life events, trauma is a theme frequently... Source ..read more

Vestige is looking for a motivated, compassionate individual to undertake comprehensive assessment, develop formulations that guide consultation and care and offer evidence-based therapies. Job Vestige Healthcare invites applications from Psychologists & Psychotherapists with experience of Cognitive Analytic Therapy to join our Therapy Services Team delivering high-quality interventions in our... Source ..read more

Monthly group open to anyone who wishes to explore a mindful approach to self-understanding. Training Hakomi is an experiential, body–mind practice that uses mindfulness to help people notice what gets in the way of nourishment and connection, with the purpose of reducing unnecessary suffering. The practice groups are an opportunity to experience Hakomi in a small group and are open to anyone who... Source ..read more

Training The goal of World Mental Health Day is to help raise mental health awareness. Each of us can make a contribution to ensure that people dealing with problems concerning mental health can live better lives with dignity. Every year one adult in four, along with one child in ten, will have a mental health issue. These conditions can profoundly affect literally millions of lives... Source ..read more

By Helen Kewell CCS Books (2019): 168 pages Reviewed by: Caity Roleston “We counsellors cut our teeth on the business of endings” (Kewell, 2019, page 2) Despite the centrality of endings within therapeutic practice, Kewell reflects that before she began working therapeutically with older adults she had previously omitted death from her catalogue of endings. She explains that a chance referral with... Source ..read more

Traditionally, counselling has always taken place face to face (f2f), and so it seems the default way that counsellors work. Through my experience of training and practising as a counsellor in a small city with over 500 f2f counsellors, I feel immersed in the f2f counselling world and in a community of counsellors in which online counselling is thought of as second best or, worse still, useless. Source ..read more

This online course will teach you various models of clinical supervision. Training This course will teach you various models of clinical supervision and we then explore as a group how these can be used in supervision, both online and face to face. You may decide to develop your own online model! Model and supervise: the professional online framework the skilled use of the online relationship the... Source ..read more

Specialised online training. Training Diplomas in Online Counselling is accredited by CPCAB. Consider your counselling practice from a world perspective with like-minded peers, supported every step by an experienced tutor. We will help you work therapeutically online with confidence. This experiential, research-based and tutor-led course develops your knowledge and your practice. Source ..read more