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Read MoreWorking with Children and Adolescents Who Have Experienced Relational and Developmental Trauma: Discussing the Forthcoming Book Release – Karen Treisman
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Read MorePracticalities of Counselling Children and Young People: Equipment for the Peripatetic Counsellor – Sue Lewis
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Read MoreWhat Has a Meerkat Got to Do with Childhood Anxiety? – Jane Evans
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Read MoreKids Who Don’t Do Therapy – Mel Riley
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Read MoreSuicide Ideation in Cyberspace – Online Counselling with CYP – Jan Stiff & Sally Evans
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Read MoreBeing Seriously Playful – René Veugelers
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Read MoreUsing Therapy Skills Outside the Therapy Room – Sarie Taylor, Sue Cleaver, & Jacci Jones
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Read MoreWorking Online With Young People Affected by Domestic and Sexual Abuse – Joanna Sharpen
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Read MoreWorking with Children and Young People Who Express Suicidal Feelings – Sue Lewis
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Read MoreThe Internet and Me: “Counselling CYP Online – A World of Difference!” – Sally Evans & Jan Stiff
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Read MoreChildhood Trauma, Brain Development and Life Outcomes – Catherine Knibbs
This interview will discuss the neurobiological systems that regulate the body and how this affects children in traumatic events. The talk will look at the stages of development, how these can be affected, and how we as therapists working with clients or parents can relieve, facilitate change, and psycho-educate around these issues.
Read MoreWhy Use Fink Conversation Cards in Work with Parents – Jane Evans
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Read MoreSupervision in Family Nurse Partnership – Lindsay Andrews
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Read MoreWorking with Children and Young People: An Ethical and Legal Minefield? – Peter Jenkins
There has been dramatic growth of counselling services for children and young people in the last decade, but counsellors continue to anxious about how best to provide therapy and also deal with safeguarding issues, self-harm, parental consent and other major challenges to confidentiality.
This session will explore some of these issues in the context of the author’s model of children’s rights, which has been specifically designed to support counselling with children and young people in England and Wales.
Read MoreSupervising Counsellors Working with Children and Young People – Sue Lewis
Sue has extensive experience supervising counsellors working with children and young people. She is passionate about the need for quality supervision in this field. Although rewarding, it is particularly challenging: supporting practitioners to work effectively with their clients whilst staying mindful of safeguarding responsibilities and managing relationships with parents, schools, and other agencies.
Sue is looking forward to sharing her own experience of this work and invites you to share your experience, fears, and hopes in offering and receiving this kind of supervision.
Read MorePerson-Centred Therapy with Children and Young People – David Smyth
David has very generously agreed to spend an hour with us thinking about his work with children and young people that has informed the writing of his book “Person-Centred Therapy with Children and Young People.”
Read More“Being Seriously Playful”: A Fresh Approach Towards Making Real Contact and Connection with Children of Any Age – René Veugelers
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Read MoreLooking Beyond the Behaviour of Young People: With Person-centred Eyes – Alexandre Gieseke
During this evening, Alexandre would like to offer the possibility of discussing another way of seeing/observing young people’s behaviour – particularly young people who are LAC (Looked After Child) and those who present risk of offending/criminal activity.
Read MoreHow to Identify Grooming – Marilyn Hawes
In this event Marilyn will offer her demonstration of Grooming. Using a teddy bear she will present the abusers behaviour she saw over many years when her boys were abused by their head teacher. The sad part is she did not understand what she was watching and consequently could not protect her boys.
Being able to identify Grooming is a vital skill to identify and prevent the abuse of children, Marilyn will talk about how she has developed her skills and what she has learned educating professionals and parent groups.
Read MoreThe Internet and Me: Self-help and Facilitated Support Online – Denise Meyer
Dr Denise Meyer developed the award-winning Students Against Depression website, and has managed its growth as a trusted resource for students and those helping them (as well as many non students) over its 10 year history.
In this interview Denise will talk about how the project has responded to evidence about how to make self-help more helpful, and about recent developments to make it easier for therapists and other support workers to use the site for structured guided self-help.
Read MoreWorking with Children Who Get the Blame – Jane Evans
What are the challenges when we are presented with a child or young person as ‘having problems’?
Can we sometimes get drawn in to fixing or diagnosing children & young people in a way which may be unhelpful? How does that feel for our client, to parents/carers and to us as practitioners?
Read MorePutting Children & Young People in the Driving Seat – Amrita Ahluwalia & Glenn Liddall
We are currently consulting with young people across the City of Edinburgh, East Lothian and Midlothian to ascertain what the issues of the day are for them and how they consider PKH could respond. PKH will then develop and trial a project to support children and young people based on these findings.
Read MoreUsing a Case Study to Look at Attachment When Working with Children & Young People – Stephanie Cooke
Steph will bring a case study to talk about experiences in working clinically with young children and adolescents. Using a case study, Steph will describe what has worked in her practice, what hasn’t worked and share a success story.
Read MoreThe Effect Of Social Class/Status on Therapy with Children & Young People – Simone Daniels
Raising our awareness of how social class/ status can impact our own lives, the lives of our young clients and the therapeutic relationship.
Read MoreStudents Against Depression: An Award-winning Website for Young People – Denise Meyer
Exploring a trusted resource for supporting young people affected by low mood, depression or suicidal thinking.
Read MoreThe Many Roles of the School Counsellor: Jack of All Trades and Master of One – Sue Lewis & Emma Yates
An exploration of the additional roles and skills needed to run an effective school counselling service.
Working in a school environment makes complex demands on the counsellor. The relationships outside the counselling room are vital to the smooth running (and continued funding) of a school counselling service. Sue and Emma discuss the additional roles and skills required to run an effective service within a school context.
Read MoreCounselling MIndEd – Helen Coles
Helen will talk to us about the Counsellng MindEd project that BACP has developed with the Department of Health(DH) in the UK.
Counselling MindEd is part of a wider funded MindEd project funded by the DH which is a free resource to help anyone working with children and young people to notice what might develop into mental health difficulties. This kind of early intervention is intended to help adults help children and young people to avoid years of needless suffering due to lack of information.
Read MoreEngaging with Parents When Counselling Children and Young People – Sue Lewis & Emma Yates
Drawing upon examples from their experience, Sue and Emma will reflect upon questions and issues they have faced in managing the relationship with parents whist preserving the integrity of the counselling relationship.
Read MoreIt’s the Law, Isn’t it? (Interview) – Susan McGinnis
Every time we take on a new referral or leave our notes in a locked filing cabinet in a school there are legal and ethical principles at work.
Working with children and young people can present us with challenges, large and small, that demand thoughtful and rigorous processes of decision-making.
This interview is a follow up discussion to the presentation that Susan delivered at the Working with Children & Young People Conference in January 2014, Susan has very kindly agreed to spend more time with us thinking through this fascinating and challenging topic
Read MoreMindful Therapeutic Care for Children – Joanna North
We enjoyed talking with Jo about her book “Mindful Therapeutic Care for Children” which is an excellent text supporting practitioners and parents to develop their capacity for mindful care.
Read MoreTA with Kids in Care: Being Part of a Therapeutic Community – Clifton Supple
Clifton Supple is Clinical Director of Physis Quantum (www.physisgroup.co.uk) recently established in Shropshire to work with children and young people who present a complex range of emotional needs, inappropriate / harmful sexualised behaviours, attachment disorders, abuse reactive behaviours and trauma.
He is intending to discuss the culture that been developed upon an explicit commitment to a whole team approach focused upon the integration of therapeutic care, educational provision and clinical components to maximise the opportunities and outcomes for the young people they support.
Read MoreMindFull – Introduction to Online Counselling – Neil Johnson
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Read MoreA Person Centred Approach to Counselling Children and Young People: The Benefits, the Challenges, and Some Thoughts on Counsellor Training – Sue Lewis
In this presentation Sue intends to set out her thinking on the person centred approach’s contribution to working with children and young people, to explore some of the benefits and challenges of working in this way and to start a conversation about a person centred approach to the development of counsellors of children and young people.
Read MoreAttachment Theory – At the Heart of Building Resilience in Schools – Jonathan Wood
This talk will explore how an understanding of attachment is crucial to building a child’s resilience in school. It will consider the work of Place2Be through case examples related to this theme, as well as offering practitioners some ideas to develop their own work with children.
Read MoreIt’s the Law, Isn’t it? – Susan McGinnis
Every time we take on a new referral or leave our notes in a locked filing cabinet in a school there are legal and ethical principles at work.
Working with children and young people can present us with challenges, large and small, that demand thoughtful and rigorous processes of decision-making.
This presentation aims to address the fear or boredom with which counsellors can view the law and to provide clear, simple concepts to support resolving ethical dilemmas. It will include a discussion of responsibilities, rights, consent, confidentiality and making disclosures.
Read MoreA Relational Approach to Dyslexia – Janette Cameron
In this presentation Janette will describe the challenges of having a child in the education system who has dyslexia and her struggle to get the needed resources and understanding. Janette will describe the relational approach that she has developed in this experience and how vital it has been in this journey. She will also describe how this journey has impacted her working life and how her passion has led into campaigning to raise awareness of Dyslexia.
Read MoreTop Tips for Emotional Regulation Using a Case Presentation – Stephanie Cooke
Following on from Stephanie’s last interview with us she has generously offered to come back and offer her top tips for helping clients emotionally regulate.
Stephanie used a case presentation to demonstrate strategies that she uses with clients to help them regulate their emotions and be more able to manage in their lives.
Read MoreTouchstone and Talisman: The Living Grid – Mo Felton
Touchstone and Talisman: The Living Grid, is a synthesis and progression of several TA theories and maps, incorporating concepts from other modalities, into a highly accessible yet complex touchstone for individuals and professionals at all levels of training and development.
In this interview we explored the application of the material in a wider context both personally and professionally for assessment, diagnosis, reflective self supervision and individual and group supervision and ultimately personal development.
Read MoreWhy Do We Counsel Children and Young People? – Katherine Porter & Carol Targett
Katherine and Carol engaged in a dialogue about why they offer counselling to children and young people and why they train others to do the same. The dialogue was inspired by their own discussions around what they could offer to the conference as trainers and practitioners.
The Presentation is concluded by a thought provoking and moving story that led to an audience discussion about the practical and political issues around working with Children & Young People.
This presentation was a reflective end to a conference packed full of learning about working with Children & Young People.
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