2-day training course on working with Childhood Sexual Abuse – places still available

There are still a few places left on this workshop on 25th &26th May 2012.

Zest for Life Counselling Service are running a 2-day training course on working with Childhood Sexual Abuse.  Below you can download a brochure with further information about this course and details of how to book.

According to the workshop facilitators:

BACP’s second series of Professional Development Days

Between September 2012 and March 2013 BACP are planning to hold a second series of Professional Development Days. The days have been designed to deliver valuable CPD opportunities with clearly defined learning outcomes that will develop practitioner skills in the specified areas. BACP aim for the days to be interactive and for every delegate to get maximum individual benefit from attending. To achieve this, expert tutors have been selected to deliver each day and numbers at each event are limited to a maximum of 25.

Upcoming Training Events at Contact

Contact have published details of upcoming training courses over the next few months.  All courses will be held at Contact HQ: Ground Floor, Lanyon Building, North Derby Street, Belfast, BT15 3HL

Friday 11th May 2012

Self–Harm & Suicide Risk Assessment Training Day

Trainers: Carrie Montgomery/Fergus Cumiskey

Delegate fee: £100.00

Postgraduate Certificate in Counselling Supervision

Zest for Life are delighted to be hosting a Postgraduate Certificate in Counselling Supervision course from their Banbridge centre. The course will be delivered by KRCS (a training provider from England) who is engaged in a collaborative partnership with the University of Gloucestershire.

Free OCN Accredited Training Course – Preventing Suicides In Your Community

You are invited to attend our Suicide Prevention and Awareness Training. This training is the only accredited suicide training in the UK and Ireland, therefore participants can gain an OCN Certificate level II.

This training is FREE.

Venue:   Benview Community Centre, Ballysillian, North Belfast

Date:      Wednesday 14th September 2011

Time:     10am – 4pm

Banbridge Workshop: Effective Strategies for Working with Survivors of Sexual Abuse

All counsellors and health professionals working in clinical practice will experience clients disclosing child sexual abuse (1 Client in 4) and many struggle to work with the issues presented in their therapy room.

Zest for Life Training Programmes will host a 2 day workshop (12 hours CPD) on Friday 11th and Saturday 12th March 2011 at the Belmont Hotel, Banbridge, Co. Down from 9.30am – 4.30pm.

Belfast Gestalt Institute: Upcoming Workshops

The Belfast Gestalt Institute has released details of upcoming workshops in March 2011 and May 2011 respectively.

2×1 day workshop with Gaie Houston, a well-known Gestalt practitioner and author, supervisor, trainer and management trainer.

Brief Gestalt therapy – Effective Client work in narrow time constraints

25th March 2011

School of Education, Queen’s University Belfast ‘Open Day’

Over 40 pathways will be showcased at an Open Day at Queen’s School of Education
Thursday 19 May, 12.00pm – 7.00pm

Hosted by the School of Education, a key education leader in the UK and Ireland, the Open Day at Queen’s School of Education on Thursday 19 May will present an array of undergraduate and postgraduate courses across a wide range of areas, from initial teacher education (PGCE); Masters and PhD programmes; Management and Human Resources, to Community Development and Counselling.

FPA Training Opportunity for Counsellors

Often clients present at counselling services with a specific theme or issue they want to resolve and hope this will effect positive change in their lives. But some life experiences may be more difficult to share than others because of the influence of personal and social values. One of these life experiences can be abortion.

Training Workshops – Zest for Life Counselling Services

Zest for Life Counselling Services are offering a series of training workshops for therapists starting in Autumn 2010 in Northern Ireland. The organisation is committed to the provision of high quality, interactive, experiential training for counsellors, students and health professionals interested in developing their skills and knowledge.