BACP rule Christian counsellor’s attempt to cure gay man as ‘unethical’

Posted on Sunday 29 May 2011

From The Telegraph.

A Christian psychotherapist who tried to convert a gay man to become heterosexual has been found guilty of professional misconduct.

Lesley Pilkington was criticised by the professional body for counsellors after an undercover journalist posing as a patient secretly recorded her during a therapy session at her home.

Job Vacancy: Co-Cultural Counsellor – The Rainbow Project

Posted on Monday 20 September 2010

The Rainbow Project is seeking to recruit a Co-Cultural Counsellor to be based in Belfast and to be responsible for developing, promoting and facilitating the organisations peripatetic co-cultural counselling service targeting gay and bisexual men.

For more information visit www.rainbow-project.org or call Aidan on 90319030.

Closing date 24 September 2010

Support Groups for Therapists from Minority Communities

Posted on Wednesday 30 June 2010

UKCP

UKCP’s Diversity Equalities and Social Responsibility Committee (DESRC) has set up a workgroup to look into start up support groups for psychotherapists from minority communities. We are initially looking at:

Support groups for black and asian therapists and support groups for lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender therapists:

Belfast Workshop for Clinical Supervisors: The Supervision of Sexual Minority Therapy

Posted on Thursday 4 March 2010

Are you knowledgeable about sexual minority therapy?  Are you confident discussing sexual issues? Do you know what’s different about supervising LGBT therapists?  Pink Therapy, in partnership with Contact Youth, are offering a rare opportunity for clinical supervisors to further their knowledge and understanding of supervising therapists working with gender and sexual minority clients.

Belfast Workshop – An Introduction to Sexual Minority Therapy

Posted on Monday 22 February 2010

Do you offer counselling or psychotherapy to lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender clients? Are you confident that you have had sufficient knowledge and training to work competently with sexual minority clients? Would you be interested in updating your knowledge and have an opportunity to work on your values, beliefs and attitudes in this area?

One-day Sexual Orientation Awareness Training

Posted on Friday 12 February 2010

The Rainbow Project is Northern Ireland’s only agency specifically promoting the health and well-being of gay and bisexual men, and will be delivering Sexual Orientation Awareness training with a Counselling focus to counselling organisations in the Belfast Trust Area. Places are funded by the South and East Belfast Community of Interest under Investing for Health – Protect Life Funding.  The topics covered in the training will include:

Supervision opportunity for LGBT therapists

Posted on Thursday 15 October 2009

Are you a professional counsellor, psychotherapist or psychologist?  Do you identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual, non-heterosexual, or trans?

If so, you are invited to attend the first meeting of an LGBT Peer Supervision Group starting in Belfast at the end of October.

Supervision of Sexual Minority Therapy – Advanced Workshop for Supervisors

Posted on Wednesday 23 September 2009

Friday 20 November 2009 – 10.00-17.00

Pink Therapy – the UK’s largest therapy training organisation specialising in sexual orientation issues – are running an advanced training workshop for the supervision of practice with lesbian, gay & bisexual clients.