SELF NI is pleased to be able to offer a one day workshop on Alcohol and Drugs Awareness on Saturday 15th May at Jury’s Hotel, Fisherwick Place, Great Victoria Street, Belfast.

Detailed information will be provided on key drugs and alcohol issues.  An interactive workshop we will discuss many of the drugs used today including the long and short term effects and the implications of using these drugs for the individual, family and friends and the implications for using or selling these drugs and the law.

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Parents Advice Centre launches recruitment campaign for volunteers.

Parents Helpline in L’Derry is currently looking for volunteers to provide telephone and face to face support for people coping with family difficulties.  If you can spare at least three hours per week the organisation will provide free training, ongoing support and a real challenge.

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We reported at the beginning of April that BACP are planning to hold an event in Belfast on 2nd June 2010 (www.nitherapy.net/?p=529).  No venue had been set for this event, but we can now report that it will be held at the Europa Hotel, Belfast.

The event is free for BACP members.  Details of the programme can be found at: http://www.bacp.co.uk/makingconnections/Belfast/index.php.

NICAS is keen to offer a development opportunity to a recently qualified counsellor. If you have obtained a minimum of a diploma in Counselling from a recognised course since January 2009 and are interested in working with offenders who have substance misuse problems, NICAS has an opportunity for you to develop skills in this area.

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We reported in March that The Belfast Gestalt Institute is running a series of workshops in Body Process in Autumn 2010, including a two-day workshop on “Voice, Breath & Body Process” by Susan Gregory, and “Skills for Developing Embodied Awareness in Psychotherapy” by Michael Clemmens.

A slight amendment has been made to the workshop brochure which is now available by clicking here.

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The mental health charity, Mind, has called for independent statutory regulation to help protect clients of therapy from malpractice, thereby joining the ongoing campaign for regulation by organisations such as BACP. However, while the Government resolves this issue BACP is again urging members of the public who want safe counselling to use its members or those belonging to similarly accountable organisations.

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The British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP) has launched a new Coaching Division to meet the developing needs of its membership.

The aim of the division is to create a space within BACP, offering support and relevant benefits, for those members who work as coaches in addition to being counsellors and psychotherapists. Its creation follows the recognition that although a number of BACP members work with coaching there are currently no specific supportive structures in place for them within the Association.

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The Integrated Services for Children and Young People (ISCYP) Programme seeks to improve the life chances of children and young people. The programme has various elements, and recognizes  the importance of therapeutic work with young people.

Greater Shankill Partnership now wishes to recruit a Youth Counsellor to help support the ISCYP Youth Development Work Programme (WP2).

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For those of you who provide complementary therapies in addition to psychotherapy services, you may be interested to know of an upcoming conference for service providers and commissioners.

The Macmillan Support & Information Centre is holding a free one day conference on Friday 21st May 2010 aimed at those involved in setting up, commissioning, and delivering  a complementary therapy service for  people with health problems.

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NEXUS are holding a series of one-day workshops on Friday 21 May, Friday 28 May, and Friday 18 June respectively.

This workshop is for practising counsellors and student counsellors who have an interest in working in this area of therapeutic provision. The participants will gain a wider knowledge of the impact of childhood sexual abuse on the child and how this can manifest in later adulthood with debilitating and often crippling effect.

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