We have a number of seminars, workshops and courses coming up at The Awareness Centre covering a range of subjects.
Imago Relationship Therapy – An Introduction To Imago Theory And Practice For Working With Couples
Saturday 5th and Sunday 6th May 2012
Facilitated by Sophie Slade Ph.D, this CPD Seminar is an introduction to Imago Relationship Therapy, a comprehensive and practical therapeutic approach for helping people experiencing relationship difficulties to achieve relationships which are safe, passionate and satisfying and which fulfil the potential tasted during the early Romantic Stage. It is a model which sees marriage/committed partnership as the primary therapeutic relationship with the greatest potential for overcoming past hurts and for personal evolution towards one’s fullest potential and spiritual growth.
The Imago is an internal image created during childhood from experiences of relationship which influences our choice of partner and the way we experience things in our adult relationships. During this 2 day training Sophie Slade, Ph.D., will share some of the basic ideas and assumptions of Imago Relationship Therapy. She will demonstrate some of the basic skills for working effectively with couples, and will support you in practicing these skills.
You will leave with a new perspective on how to empower couples to transform their relationships and some new tools to enhance your work. You will get a taste of how to make relationship therapy fun. You will discover why Sophie describes conscious marriage as “making a lifetime commitment to someone with whom you are perfectly incompatible and then behaving unnaturally”!
These two days count towards the Basic Clinical Training accreditation programme for those who wish to pursue further training in Imago.
For further details and to book, please please visit the website.
CBT with Heart? with Dr Adrian Hemmings C.Psychol UKCP
A seven day foundation training in CBT for counsellors and psychotherapists already trained within a non-CBT modality.
Fridays 25th May, 29th June, 13th July, 7th September, 28th September, 26th October, 30th November 2012
This course is aimed at counsellors and psychotherapists who have an interest in extending the range of their therapeutic knowledge and skills. It aims to teach relevant skills of CBT in a way that respects the thinking and practice of other therapeutic orientations.
We will cover the following topics: History and philosophy of CBT, the research evidence and the current situation with IAPT. We will practice specific CBT skills, working with people with anxiety problems such as generalised anxiety, phobias, obsessional compulsive problems and PTSD. We will also cover depression, eating problems, substance misuse and somatisation. Above all we will examine not only the differences but the similarities between CBT and other models of therapy. Many non CBT therapists are already doing CBT without knowing it!
For further details and to book, please please visit the website.