Category: Portfolio

Structural Dynamics and Behaviour in High Stakes – Catherine Thomson

Catherine Thomson

Catherine will explore the Structural Dynamics (SD) model and dialogue as tools for having difficult conversations, focussing on how to recognise when the situation becomes ‘high stakes’ for yourself and/or others.

By the end of the session we will have had the opportunity to:

Identify triggers for ‘high stakes’;
Recognise your own response to ‘high stake’ triggers;
Explore how to lower the stakes for yourself; and
Manage high stake situations by using structural dynamics positions to take when in high stakes.

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How Can I Use Twitter Effectively? – The Business Skills Hour with Richard Maun

Richard Maun

Social media is a powerful route to market and a great way to make new friends and find new customers. However, it can be daunting at first and careless Tweets can cause you a headache.

In this workshop, we will look at Twitter do’s and don’ts, share top tips, and answer your questions. We can all use Twitter successfully to benefit our business and this workshop will put your mind at rest and give you the confidence to succeed. Your next customer might be one Tweet away, so join us and improve your business!

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How to Spot Deeper Experiencing Levels and Not Get in the Clients Way – John Threadgold

John Threadgold

In this event we will be exploring the link between client experiencing levels and outcomes in therapy. We will also briefly explore how therapists can flatten clients experiencing levels when we inadvertently flatten our own responses, and can deepen experiencing levels when we offer deepening responses to our clients. This research is relevant across the therapeutic models.

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Counselling Class and Politics: Undeclared Influences in Therapy – Rory Lees-Oakes

Rory Lees-Oakes

All of our interactions with others are dictated by our own person politics, and counselling is no exception to this rule.

In this interview, Lecturer and Counsellor Rory Lees-Oakes , re-visits some of the ideas first explored by Anne Kearney in her seminal book, ‘Counselling class and Politics” first published in 1996.

Rory will explore some of the ‘Undeclared influences in therapy’ described in the book, as well as a reflection of more contemporary issues that face therapists working in ,what has been described as an Age of Austerity.

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