Counselling Children; Broadening context and deepening skills.

Trainer: Jim Wilson

Date: Friday 6th July

Location: SCOPE, 6 Market Road, London, N7 9PW

Duration: 10am-4pm

Overview:

This day is intended to provide counsellors in the Child and Young Peoples Service of Relate with a framework for practice with children that extends thinking and engagement towards those other significant people in their lives.

The day will provide opportunities to further extend skills and theoretical orientations to include a participatory systemic approach to counselling children and young people. Through an appreciation of already established experience the facilitator will hope to provide ideas and methods to augment practice skills already in place.

Aims:

· to explore confidentiality, secrecy and ethical dilemmas in working with children

· Bridging the gap; working in the language of children without alienating the others.

· Meeting with those involved in caring for the child; effective contributions in school based meetings and family sessions

· Thinking child; thinking context

· Counsellors areas of interest and concern in developing practice

Aimed at:

All those counsellors in the Children and Young People's Service and other interested professional in Social Care and Mental Health Services

Trainer Biography:

Jim Wilson is a UKCP registered systemic psychotherapist and Consultant within Greenwich CAMHS ( part-time ) He also works as a consultant , practitioner and trainer in Mental Health and Social Care Organizations in the UK and Europe . His publications emphasize therapeutic possibilities in practice with children , families and organizations . His last book “ The Performance of Practice; enhancing the repertoire of therapy with children and their families “ ( Karnac 2007 ) has been translated into several languages as has his first book “ Child Focused Practice ; a collaborative systemic approach” ( Karnac 1998 ) which is now in its fourth reprint.