Understanding Self Harm

Continuing Professional Development (or CPD) is increasingly recognised as an essential feature of the caring professions.

Self harm/self injury is a complex issue which many people find difficult to understand. It is often mistaken for attempted suicide whereas, for most young people, their self injury is a way of coping with extreme emotional distress.

Dealing with self harm can be harrowing and it is important that we are aware of our own needs for support in this work. You find yourself wanting to protect a young person from harming themselves, but it is important not to take away their coping mechanisms.

Workers need to be well trained and aware of the issues involved both for themselves, their agency's response to this behaviour and for their young clients. They also need access to support and guidance when working with this issue.

This one-day course will help you to understand, and deal with, young people who harm themselves.

Who is this course for?

We provide quality, cost effective training to individuals and those within organisational settings:

  • Counsellors
  • Therapists
  • Youth workers
  • Teachers
  • Social workers
  • Care workers
  • Health care professionals - nurses, doctors, etc
  • Educational psychologists
  • Prison staff
  • Foster carers
  • Residential care staff

What will you learn?                   

 

By the end of the course, you will be aware of:

  • The need
  • The suicide connection
  • What hinders
  • The triggers
  • The motivation
  • Helping strategies
  • The causes
  • The types of self harm
  • The most dangerous forms
  • Your obligations
  • Sympathy & empathy – the difference
  • The ‘normality’ of self harmers
  • The role of the belief system
  • Your own feelings towards self harmers
  • Society’s view
  • The overall affects and role of childhood abuse.

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.   

How to Book:

Firm dates will be set once we have enough students registering their interest. Dates will, as far as possible, suit the majority of students.  To reserve your provisional place, be sure to contact us right away. Places are limited to just 18 people.
 
 Our Training Promise:

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.