Counselling Training & CPD
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CPD Training in Spain for Counsellors

Counsellors are required to undertake a certain number of hours continuing professional development as part of demonstrating good practice, and (generally) to maintain membership of a professional body. If you are self-employed and you undertake training to keep your current skills updated then any such training costs will be allowable as a business expense, as will any associated costs (eg travel, books, accommodation etc). 

The poster above is a pilot project designed to provide inspiration and confidence when working creatively with clients and with sand. It embraces the growing trend for outdoor therapy in an environment which allows candidates to explore their own symbolic meanings and feelings associated with creative media, without the restrictions of the unpredictable British weather.

Course Aims: To explore counselling creatively outdoors with sand and symbols.

This course will grow your confidence working with sand and symbols. It explores boundaries, relationships, and the effectiveness of creative media from a clients perspective. Sand trays themselves provide a natural boundary when working in a session, so being outdoors, we will create our own, using pashminas on the beach. This is a useful activity in itself to explore our resistances and flexibility, or lack of, in relationships.

You are asked to bring a pashmina (or two) for the above part of the course. Also it will be helpful if you can bring a small selection of miniatures, which could be shared among the group for use in the ‘trays’. Your miniatures will need to be fairly robust, so they remain intact for you to take home again.

Running order:

Day 1. 9am-11am introductions, ground rules, sharing of symbols and pashmina activities, followed by reflective time, then 12-1pm, networking lunch.

Day 2. 9am-11am Create our own sand trays in pairs and with trainer, followed by reflective time, then 12-1pm networking lunch.

Day 3, 9am-11am Consolidate learning with group activity, followed by reflective time then 12-1pm ending lunch.

Certificate will be provided to demonstrate cpd hours accrued.

Cost is £110 payable upon reservation of your place.

Cancellation policy: If you need to cancel within 2 weeks of the event, you will receive a full refund minus a £20 admin fee. Within 2 weeks and you will be refunded half the fee.

Introduction to Sand Tray Therapy SOLD OUT

3 new dates have been arranged to run workshops at my therapy room in Milton aimed as taster sessions for practicing and trainee counsellors:

This one day CPD workshop in Weston-super-Mare is being offered on 3 separate dates during October 2023 and will explore theories around sand tray work, practical examples, discussion and personal reflection as well as application to practice and a chance to create your own tray in a safe learning environment.

OCTOBER DATES:

Saturday 7th October 2023 10am-4pm

Saturday 14th October 2023 10am-4pm

Saturday 21st October 2023 10am-4pm

This training workshop aims to build your confidence to work with sand your practice/future practice. Certificate of attendance will be provided.

Please choose the date that suits you and contact me to reserve a place. Max 5 candidates. Payment is in advance upon booking. Refunds will be given if cancellation is made more than 21 days prior to the event. Venue Milton road, Weston-super-Mare.

Price £75

I’m pretty confident that you will find the symbol you need for your tray
Some symbols are hand made ceramic miniatures fired at home in my kiln. Some are collected from wherever I can find them.
This is the usual ‘hot seat’ for my clients and supervisees.

Coming soon in 2024, this one day workshop will explore:

Grief Theories and Working Creatively with Loss  

CPD training to build your confidence when working creatively with grief and loss. There will be opportunity to work interactively as a group, and this may involve some exploration of your own experiences and certain role play scenarios. It is not however designed to be a therapy group. Venue Weston-super-Mare.

Get in touch…

Please feel free to contact me for a no obligation chat if you have any questions.

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    07952 345 003

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    bevhale@live.co.uk