​​Advanced Supervision Skills (2):

Supervising those working with children and young people

with Lorna Marchant

This one day workshop is for those who are supervising counsellors who work with children and young people and aims to answer the following questions:

 - What is different from supervising counsellors who work with young people to those who work with adults?

 - What are the important legal and ethical issues for me to know as a supervisor?

 - How can creative ideas in supervision support supervisees who work with this client group?

 - How can I manage the 'big' feelings that arise, mine and my supervisee's?

 - How can I support my supervisee to work with other professionals and agencies?

 

Friday September 12th (10am to 4pm) Fee £80 early bird fee (until 27th August ) £60

Get in touch to book your space

info@independentcounsellingtraining.org

 

Introduction to Counselling Young People

(BACP stage 1 curriculum for counselling children and young people)

5 Day live online course held over 5 Fridays beginning

Friday September 26th 2025

Are you seeking to expand your practice to include working with young people?

​If so and you are a qualified counsellor or a counsellor in training this course is for you. It will provide you with the basic professional knowledge and skills needed to become and effective counsellor with young people. The course content is underpinned by relevant research and is in line with current professional expectations for working with young people.

This popular 5 day course will be held on the following Fridays from 9.30am to 3.30pm:

September 26th 2025

October 3rd &17th 2025

November 7th & 21st 2025

Course fee £350 (once the deposit of £50 has been paid the remaining fee can be paid in 3 monthly instalments)

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Childless not by choice & Infertility

with Meriel Whale

Saturday 27th September 2025

9.30am to 12.30pm

Meriel says:

'I will be offering an experiential and information-delivery based session, with opportunities for discussion and exploratory activities. I will also share my knowledge and experience in the field of counselling for childless individuals and couples. 

 

My aims are for the group to have the opportunity to think and talk about how childlessness might show up for clients and to learn more about what childless clients may need and may want their counsellors to know and understand about them. We will also talk about the wider context for childless people in the UK and what it's like to be part of that community, including what sort of support is available. I'll share some practical examples from my work using a composite client.

 

I am a person centred childless counsellor. I trained at Brighton University and was one of the first childless counsellors in the UK to specialise in working with childless people. I work with individuals and couples and specialise in working with childless people who are also LGBTQIA+ or neurodivergent or both. I also offer general counselling to all clients aged 16+ and work face to face and online. 

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http://www.merielwhalecounselling.co.uk/

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To book your space email info@independentcounsellingtraining.org

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Fee: £50 with an early bird fee of £40 until September 20th 2025

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Walk and Talk Therapy with Helen Bleeze

TBC

New Step: Integrating walking therapy into your practice

This workshop explores what outdoor therapy is and how it can be beneficial for the client, the therapeutic relationship and the therapist. It considers the range of practical issues that accompany this type of counselling and how to address some of the challenges it poses. This workshop seeks to give therapists confidence to try incorporating nature into their work, regardless of how urban their locality may seem; not everyone lives near rolling hills or dramatic seascapes but we can still draw on the power of the environment to enrich our work and our clients' process. 

 

Helen says:

'I am a person-centred counsellor and clinical supervisor who has always had a love of the
outdoors. When setting up as a private practitioner therefore I was determined to offer my clients the opportunity to experience the natural environment as part of their therapeutic process, as well as the traditional indoor space.

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Over the past five years I have walked and talked, sat and listened with a wide range of clients and discovered a multitude of benefits of this, for them and me too. I am keen to share my experiences and encourage other counsellors to step outside and harness the power of the world outside our four walls'

 To find out more visit Helen's website
https://www.greengatecounselling.co.uk/​

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The fee is £40. To book your place please get in touch with Lorna at info@independentcounsellingtraining.org

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