Workshop: Pain-free CBT!
Our workshop on Saturday 17th March 2018 will focus on Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. We will explore what it is and how it works, then apply it to some common issues. By the time you leave you will be able to use …
Year: 2017
It’s a Slow Road to Your Dream Practice
We came across this impassioned piece in The Guardian: “What I’m Really Thinking – a disappointed counsellor”. Toni & Mo say: We think that counselling courses should make the transition to practice much easier. If you are in a similar position don’t despair. …
Workshop: Using Creative Techniques in Therapy
Our next workshop on Saturday 21st October 2017 will be looking at how to use creative play in therapy for adults and young people. From pictures and pebbles, to dolls and drawings, creative techniques can be used with clients of all …
Workshop: Methods for Unpacking Trauma
Our next workshop on Saturday 29th July 2017 will be looking at methods and tools for helping clients deal with trauma. This will include: historical child abuse and its ripple effects in the family adult experiences, including retraumatization and patterns of …
Focusing on men in grief
A few weeks ago, BBC ONE aired a one-off 60 minute film, Rio Ferdinand: Being Mum And Dad. It focused on grief in men who had lost their partners. Rio Ferdinand is an English former professional footballer who lost his …
Toolkit for Counsellors gets a great review
Our Cinnabar Toolkit for Counsellors has received a brilliant review in the current edition of Private Practice, BACP’s magazine title for subscribing members. For those of you who aren’t members or subscribers, here is the review in full by Trudi Dargan, …
The hidden wounds: who cares for our veterans?
An article appeared in the Mail on Sunday magazine a short while ago: The hidden wounds are hardest to heal: families struggling with PTSD Here are Mo’s thoughts upon reading it: “How true that is – these are hidden wounds. These …