Counselling CPD

Monday 28 April 2025 One day workshop YSJU campus 9.30 am - 4.30 pm


This workshop will explore:
* the changes that happen to a young person’s brain during their adolescent development process
* the new theory of tenuous contact: what is this theory and what it means for counsellors working with adolescent clients
* how the theory of tenuous contact connects with the person centred approach, especially in terms of psychological contact and the therapeutic relationship.
We will use client examples to illustrate how this theory links to counselling practice.

By studying this course, you will develop the ability to successfully deliver counselling in both primary and secondary schools. You'll gain insight into the perspectives on counselling from children, young people and school staff.

With this information, you'll be well equipped to promote the benefits of counselling to members of the school community.
There is a fine balance to be struck between client confidentiality and staff collaboration, especially when it comes to concerns around safety and security. This is why it is important to identify and build relationships with the faculty members who can help you to promote emotional and mental health in schools. On this course, you'll work out how to identify the key collaborators that you'll need to work with for success.
Our teaching is informed by the ETHOS research project, undertaken at the University of Roehampton. ETHOS explores the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of Humanistic Counselling in schools.

Experiences of abuse can have a lasting impact on a person’s self-confidence and self-esteem, ability to make decisions, and trust in others, as well as generating symptoms of depression, high anxiety, complex trauma, and thoughts of suicide. This can severely impact on a person’s ability to seek support. This course will explore the main psychological theories of domestic abuse, how abuse happens, why and how this affects an individual’s mental health, and what can be done to positively support the person’s mental health recovery.

Experiences of abuse can have a lasting impact on a person’s self-confidence and self-esteem, ability to make decisions, and trust in others, as well as generating symptoms of depression, high anxiety, complex trauma, and thoughts of suicide. This can severely impact on a person’s ability to seek support. This course will explore the main psychological theories of domestic abuse, how abuse happens, why and how this affects an individual’s mental health, and what can be done to positively support the person’s mental health recovery.

Experiences of abuse can have a lasting impact on a person’s self-confidence and self-esteem, ability to make decisions, and trust in others, as well as generating symptoms of depression, high anxiety, complex trauma, and thoughts of suicide. This can severely impact on a person’s ability to seek support. This course will explore the main psychological theories of domestic abuse, how abuse happens, why and how this affects an individual’s mental health, and what can be done to positively support the person’s mental health recovery.

4-day course running on 3 & 10 February and 3 & 17 March 2025

This introductory course is for post qualified counsellors who wish to begin practising and working towards a qualification in counselling children and/or young people.
It is also for current counselling students on adult-focused counselling/psychotherapy training courses who wish to undertake some of their placement hours with children and/or young people.

The course content is based upon BACP’s counselling children and young people (4 to 18 years old) curriculum:

Day 1:
* Child and adolescent development and transitions
* Communication with young people

Day 2:
* Mental health and young people
* Risk assessments

Day 3:
* Ethical and professional practice
* Child protection and safeguarding



Day 4:
* Working within the context of the counselling setting
* Beginnings and endings with young people

Monday 31 March 2025 One