Course: Constructive Brief Therapies
a course for helping professionals
This course outlines innovative ways of working with the problems your clients bring to you. We explore Solution-Focused and Solution-Oriented approaches, which have been developed since the mid-1980s and are attracting increasing interest from health and social care agencies in this country. The emphasis of this course is on exploring ways of thinking and methods from these approaches; experimenting with these in the group; and helping participants to integrate what they are learning with their professional practice. The course includes talks, demonstrations, practical exercises, discussions and consultation on case-work.
Who runs the course?
Rob Cumming has taught counsellors and many other helping professionals since 1993. He has led short solution-focused therapy trainings for agencies and colleges since 1996 and has been integrating solution-focused, narrative, elements of NLP, and other brief approaches in to longer professional trainings for many years.
Rob is a qualified trainer and designer of training and a BACP Accredited counsellor. He works for agencies and in private practice based in Dorchester. He has included brief therapy techniques in his own practice for the last nine years.
Who can attend?
- Anyone whose work includes talking to people and helping to resolve their problems or concerns.
- You should have sound working knowledge of basic communications skills - listening, questioning, reflecting and so on.
- You should be in a workplace where you are accountable for your conduct as a helper, according to a written code of practice.
- Social services personnel, nurses, counsellors, psychologists, health visitors, doctors and many others will benefit from this course.
What can participants achieve?
- Professional (and no doubt in some cases personal) development: working knowledge of some very valuable conversational techniques.
- A lot of exciting learning in a confidential and supportive group!
- An attendance certificate detailing course hours and content
What materials or additional costs will be required?
Please bring a notepad and pen. A reading list, and website and newsgroup lists will be provided . No books need be purchased beforehand. Purchasing all listed texts will not be essential. Some book sharing is normally possible and some titles can be found in local college and agency libraries.
Fees, Dates, Venue
The course is limited to 16 participants. Details of forthcoming courses can be found in the What's On Diary.
How to book
Both on-line and printable booking forms are available via the What's On Diary.
Questions?
Please contact Rob: email