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WORKSHOPS & RESOURCES

PROGRAMME OF WORKSHOPS 2009/10

EXPERIENTIAL TRAINING FOR COUNSELLORS AND PROFESSIONALS IN HELPING RELATIONSHIPS: FRIDAY WORKSHOPS AT THE GRAIL CENTRE IN PINNER, MIDDLESEX (0930 - 1700)

2009
NOVEMBER 20th: 'Trust The Process and Process The Trust' - An experiential day exploring what it means to trust the process,ourselves, each other and the client.

2010
JANUARY: 'Why do only Humans Blush?' - Understanding and working with Shame and Guilt

FEBRUARY: 'The Body Never Lies' - An Introduction to Focusing, Mindfulness and EMDR as ways of using the Body's Wisdom to help Clients shift out of Stuckness

MARCH: 'I don't have a ******* Anger Problem!' - Working Creatively with Anger

APRIL: 'Healing the Wounds' - Exploring our Inner Child

MAY: 'Be Still and Know: Exploring Our Spirituality'- A Guided Weekend Retreat

JUNE: 'Growing Up....the Little Boy inside the Man' - Working with Men and Masculinity: for Men AND Women

JULY 'Confidentiality, Counselling and the Law' - Exploring Confidentiality Issues and Dilemmas within the BACP Ethical Framework

SEPTEMBER: 'Hole in the Soul' - Understanding Addiction as Response to Unmet Needs.

OCTOBER: 'To Thine Own Self Be True' - An Experiential Day Exploring Congruence.

NOVEMBER: 'Out of The Garden of Eden' - An Experiential Day Exploring Sex and Sexuality.

DECEMBER: 'Locked In' - Counselling Young Offenders in Prison and Secure Settings


I am very happy to facilitate workshops on other areas of interest (e.g. Fear, Depression, Dreams) and welcome enquiries from any organizations seeking a trainer for workshops.

COST (LUNCH AND REFRESHMENTS INCLUDED):
£75 per Friday Workshop (£60 if two or more booked)
£40 for trainee and volunteer counsellors (£30 if two or more booked)
£120 for Spirituality weekend

THERE IS A MAXIMUM OF 12 PARTICIPANTS PER WORKSHOP (8 FOR THE SPIRITUALITY WEEKEND)

CPD Certificates of attendance are provided

PLEASE email me WRITE OR RING BARRIE HOPWOOD FOR FURTHER INFORMATION AS FOLLOWS:

barrie@making-the-difference.com

21A Penn Road
Hazlemere
Bucks HP15 7LN

Mob: 0780 8766067


PERSONAL REFLECTIONS ON THE WORKSHOPS

As I thnk about the choice of workshops and my reasons for wishing to facilitate them I am struck by the fact that the programme brings together the most significant aspects of my professional and personal journey in the 24 years since I began my counselling training. The themes and particular 'slants' of the workshops are those which have had the most impact on my growth and development in that time, which have touched me the most in my ongoing training and study and which I have found most helpful when I critically evaluate my work as a therapist. I suppose what I am offering in theses workshops is the desire to share the accumulated experience of working as a counsellor, supervisor and trainer in a variety of settings through a selection of some of my most 'significant learnings' and an evolving way of being which I hope will facilitate a good experience for participants.

I will do my best to create a learning environment in which you leave each workshop with some new insights, increased awareness and creativity and a heightened enthusiasm in areas which will both inform your work with clients and your personal growth. Much of the learning will be experiential and I envisage a basic structure of exploring our own experiences and understanding of the topic/ theme in the morning and using the afternoon as a creative space for looking at how we can develop the ways in which we work with our clients in the chosen area for the day. As ever I cannot find a better way of expressing the philosophy behind this training than to quote Carl Rogers: "There is one best school of therapy. It is the school of therapy you develop for yourself based on a continued critical examination of the effects of your way of being in the relationship".

I hope that you will find the company of other therapists in the very special environment of The Grail Centre a stimulating and enjoyable experience. A light lunch will be provided and there will be refreshments throughout the day. If you are coming by London Underground please allow yourself 15 minutes to walk from Pinner Station to the Grail.

Please call me if you would like to find out more about any of the workshops or leave an message or e-mail with your address and I will send you a booking form. Alternatively print off and complete the booking form on the next page, post to me at the Pinner address and I will send you confirmation of your booking and further details of the venue and arrangements for the day.







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£75 per Friday workshop. £120 for Spirituality/Retreat weekend.

If you are a trainee counsellor, a volunteer counsellor in a voluntary organization or unable to pay the full fee I will ask for £40 per workshop. If £40 is too much please ring me to negotiate.

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FOR DETAILS OF NEXT WORKSHOP SEE BELOW:

FRIDAY 20th NOVEMBER 2009 (0930-1700)

'TRUST THE PROCESS AND PROCESS THE TRUST': AN EXPERIENTIAL DAY EXPLORING OUR UNDERSTANDING OF TRUST AND WAYS OF WORKING WITH CLIENTS WHO PRESENT WITH ISSUES AROUND TRUST.

Please ring Barrie Hopwood on 0780 8766067 or email me for further information

Resources
If we do not have any suitable times for you then you may want to contact these therapists with whom we work and are happy to recommend:
Mike Lawley in West London
 

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