Workshops Available for Organisations to Book

         1/2 day,  1 day  &  2 day   CPD  Workshops


Suitable for counsellors & psychotherapists, supervisors, psychologists, coaches, mental health professionals, mediators and workers in social and  health care.

Topics can be discussed and designed to suit specific organisational training or practice needs. 

Commissions available to:  groups of practitioners, therapy businesses, charities
and professional organisations.


Workshops are:
  • Affordable -  personal and professional development at all levels, including trainees, experienced professionals, management and support staff.
  • Informative, interactive, interesting, with  up to date law and guidance.
 Enquire using the contact page for information on fees. 


Choose your workshops from the list below...
                              or...      request one designed especially for your organisation
             

Sailing the Three C s: Confidentiality, Capacity and Consent :  1 day   5 CPD Hours

Making and keeping records, what to include or omit in records.
UK-GDPR. and data protection issues with therapy records
When to share information with professionals and others.
Making effective signposts, referrals and disclosures.
Exploring legal and ethical issues of confidentiality in practice.
Records and reports as evidence in court.


Keeping Safe:    (focussing on work with children and families)  1 day  5 CPD Hours 

Child Protection, Parental Responsibility, Confidentiality, and Consent. 
Assessment of  'Gillick Competence.' 
When to share information with professionals and others.
Making effective signposts, referrals and disclosures.
Exploring legal and ethical issues of confidentiality in working with children and families.
Records and reports as evidence in court.
 

The Only Way is Ethics:  1/2 Day     3 CPD hours

Legal basis for practice - contracts, professional responsibilities 
Ethical decision making
Duty of care, negligence
New legal and guidance developments and updates in counselling and psychotherapy practice.

 
The Road Map: Essential Law for the Counselling Professions : 1 Day 5 CPD hours
(Great for practitioners setting up in practice.) 
Contracts
Negligence and the duty of care
Insurance
Risk assessment
Practice issues, 
...and more...  how to avoid the elephant traps!

 

Holding the Line Supervisors Course (B):     1 Day 5 CPD hours
Supervisory Relationships, Ethics and the Law 

Confidentiality
Records
Mental capacity
Consent
Information sharing 
Discussion of ethical issues in supervision
 


 1 or 2 day courses:

Holding the Court Day 1: (Making and keeping therapy records, reports, and preparing evidence for court. For therapists working with clients involved in court proceedings)  What to include or omit, fact and opinion, report writing, and preparing to give evidence.

Holding the Court Day 2: (Court practice and procedure; presenting our work as evidence in court for therapists working with clients involved in court proceedings) .
A practical and confidence building workshop on court practice and procedure and how to present oral and written evidence in court.

Child's Play in Court Day 1: (For Creative and Play Therapists.) Making and Keeping Records, Reports and Preparing Child Centred Evidence for Court.  For working with children or adults involved in court proceedings, a practical course on making and keeping therapy records, report writing, and preparing to give child centred evidence.

Child's Play in Court Day 2: (For Creative and Play Therapists.) Records, Reports and Giving Child Centred Evidence for Court.  For therapists working with children or adults involved in court proceedings, a practical course on how to present creative therapy materials and records, report writing etc as court evidence.