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"You cannot teach a man anything. You can only help him discover it within himself."

(Galileo Galilei)

"The only kind of learning which significantly influences behaviour is self-discovered or self-appropriated learning - truth that has been assimilated in experience."

(Carl Rogers)

"I never teach my pupils; I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they can learn."

(Albert Einstein)

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Training

 

Communication and Active Listening: Communication

Communication

  • Awareness of our own personality and qualities
  • Looking at how we listen and what we hear
  • Factors that colour our communications
  • What do we bring of ourselves as we listen

Communication and Active Listening: Listening

Listening

  • Listening skills and frameworks
  • Hindrances to listening
  • Non-verbal communication
  • Listening with the ‘Third Ear’
"As a nurse I have been greatly helped in my work. I seem to be listening in a different way. Thank you."

"My eyes as well as my ears listen and hear in a new way now!"

"I now understand why sometimes people don't understand me. The day helped a lot."

Bereavement and Loss

The Void: Book CoverBereavement and Loss

As a supervisor I endeavour to meet the needs of the counsellors as they work towards or maintain their accreditation.

  • Looking at ‘The Void’ in our lives.
  • Looking at the loss of a family member
  • Redundancy
  • Growing older
  • Coping with long term illness

Book now available: The Void by Wendy Haslam
ISBN 978-1-4389-9600-4

Where to purchase: From the author (please use our contact form)

Also available from amazon.co.uk from August 2009
Price £9:00 inc. p&p

 

"I came away with hope. Thank you."

I had never seen my illness as a loss. I now see it in quite a different light. That helps so much."

"After the day I have been able to work out the root of the loss in my life. Now I can find a way forward."

Eating Disorders and Body Image

Body DysmorphiaIt’s not only about Food

  • It is a way of coping with feelings
  • Feelings that cannot be expressed

The different types of eating disorder

  • Signs, symptoms and diagnoses
  • Causes and triggers

Looking at

  • Low self-esteem, Negative emotions
  • Dieting, Abuse, Self harming
  • Body Image and The Media, Building self esteem
  • Child Protection. Confidentiality
  • Treatment and Recovery, Models of Psychological Practice
  • Walking the Road of Recovery
"Something clicked inside me as I listened to reasons for anorexia. I suddenly understood and am now dealing with it."

"As a mother I now feel far more able to help my child with her eating disorder."

Training offered to:

The training days will be offered at a venue most suited to your group. It is often more cost effective if we travel to you.

  • Organisations
  • Individuals or groups by request
  • Counsellors
  • Health and Social Care professionals
  • Carers

Cost

Variable competitive rates