Life story work
A One-Day course for Counsellors and Therapists
As children in care are moved between homes and systems they can easily lose their sense of identity and can be left with an overwhelming feeling of disempowerment.
Life story work can give them a strong sense of self and belonging. Used sensitively this can be a powerful tool for restoring dignity to fragile egos.
We feel strongly that it is fundamental when working with children to give them back their dignity and self respect as often as possible, reinforcing the fact that they can have some say in their life by giving them as much access to information that fills in as many gaps as possible, and one way is using Life Story Work.
We work experientially sharing ways of working ‘differently and creatively' using art work from drawing time lines, sand tray work, masks and materials such as play doe and making collages. The use of art materials accesses parts of the brain "that other methods do not reach"!
Although this method of working is powerful and often moving it can also be enjoyable and creative restoring self respect and more of a ‘life purpose'. When children are seen and heard they become more positively motivated and positively motivated children are happier to conform socially.
Who is this course for?
We provide quality, cost effective training to individuals and those within organisational settings:
- Counsellors
- Therapists
- Social workers
- Care workers
- Health care professionals - nurses, doctors, etc
- Psychologists
- Foster carers
- Residential care staff
Meet Your Trainer Bern Barden
Bern is a classically trained Counsellor, Master Practitioner of NLP and Practitioner of Hypnosis, Thought Pattern Management (TPM) and EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique). He has held several directorships, is a college lecturer, NVQ Assessor and certified NLP Trainer.
He studied Inner Child Theraoy under Penny Parks and is a Thought Pattern Management Master Practitioner. He also helped build one of the largest Counselling practices in the U.K.
Bern believes that humour has an important part to play in therapy and training. Over the years he has worked extensively with survivors of abuse and has found Inner Child Therapy invaluable in this area.
Investment:
Corporate rate: £225 per delegate
Individual rate: £125 each
How to Book:
At Aspire2Change we believe in giving you value for your money - affordable, quality training that will give you a great return, both personally and professionally, on your investment of time, energy and money.
We won't waste your money on slick marketing campaigns, luxury venues or corporate lunches, and we won't hassle you to buy our courses - you will know when the time is right for you.
We believe in making quality training as accessible as possible and that money should not stand in your way of a great learning experience that has the potential to change your life. We will provide a comfortable learning environment and you can make your own choices about what to bring or buy for your lunch.
Please feel free to contact us with any queries you may have.