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Person Centred Counselling Services Training Partnership


Professional Development Programme
January – December 2008

In our last year at No. 66 we have a number of new weekend and day workshops we hope you find interesting. One of the workshops in September is in celebration of PCCS and the   Person-Centred Approach, its history and its future, for this we are being joined by Pete Sanders, a founder member of PCCS back in 1993. Pete will be giving our only Friday evening lecture this year, a subject dear to our hearts.

Other New events are

Group Facilitation was very popular last year as was the couple’s course; these are both running again in 2008.

We want to make our last year in the house go with a bang!

Weekend Workshops
Ongoing Courses
 Friday Evening Lectures
Practical Theory Network


Innovation PCCS has a reputation for innovation. Our Professional Development Programme is now in its eleventh successful year and was the first of its kind in the North West.
Our staff team have worked in ground-breaking projects including developing employee assistance programmes, developing telephone help line services, training mental health workers, working with people with enduring mental health problems, developing supervision training for mental health workers and counselling in the broadcast media. We work with dilemmas from a practitioner’s perspective.

Continuing Professional Development (CPD). All events in this programme put Person-Centred ways of being at the heart of the activity, placing a high value on experiential learning and contributions from participants.
Feedback from previous participants on our courses have expressed how they have found this way of learning refreshing, enabling and informative. We invite you to participate in our Professional Development events with an openness to learn through participation and making personal contributions. You will find your self in a community of enthusiastic co-learners, equally committed to enhancing their professional competencies.  A certificate of attendance will be issued to all course participants.


Friday evening lecture


Demedicalising distress: Where are we now?

Friday 9th May 6-9pm Pete Sanders


Pete Sanders has been writing and speaking out on the subject of the demedicalisation of distress for a number of years now. What was once greeted with embarrassed glances and deafening silence is now a part of mainstream discourse, in the October issues of Therapy Today and HCPJ
are concerned. Pete re-presents the fundamental arguments in favour of demedicalisation and presents updates on the whole demedicalisation debate. He will also incorporate a few elements of his keynote address at the World Association for Person-Centered and Experiential Psychotherapy and
Counseling conference.If you want to join with the growing number of practitioners wishing to decouple therapy from the medical model, this lecture will provide you with further ammunition.
Fee £30



One-day workshops


Sand and its Place as an expressive medium in Person- Centred work.

Saturday 12th July Tracey Walshaw


“Sand is the earth- it is at the borderline between the unseen, unconscious depths of the sea and the consciously protruding landscape. It marks the footprints of time. It marks the cosmic tides that motion between dynamic being and empty stillness. Sandcastles have captured the imagination of children and of adults as long as human beings have sought the shore.” Joel, Ryce-Menuhin (1992)

This workshop will be an exploration of how the medium of sand can help creative and therapeutic expression by our ourselves, our clients and our supervisees.
Fee £60


What has politics got to do with therapy?

Saturday 20th September  Pete Sanders


Pete Sanders offers a day to look at the present and future of counselling and psychotherapy in terms of two specific contemporary issues: politics and therapy and the medicalisation of distress. Pete has been at the forefront of the movement to politicize therapy and de-medicalise distress. Pete has run workshops and presentations at conferences and events around Europe on these topics in recent years to a growing and increasingly enthusiastic audience. Many more practitioners now share concerns about where society and therapy are going. What are the important questions we should be asking, and are there any answers?

The day will consist of a couple of presentations from Pete, with plenty of time for discussion and planning practical action.
Fee £60



The past, present and future of person-centred therapy, with a bit of PCCS Training history.

Sunday 21st September Frances McDonnell, Pete Sanders, and Tracey Walshaw


These are exciting times for person-centred therapy: whilst the future of therapy appears to be dominated by CBT, there are also real opportunities for person-centred therapy. Frances, Tracey and Pete take some time to present their visions of the past, present and future, with plenty of time for questions and discussion. The day provides a unique opportunity to engage with the experience of three seasoned practitioners of person-centred therapy. Be prepared to share your
experience and network with like-minded people committed to developing the approach.
Fee £60


Supervision Focus Group Saturday

Friday 3rd October Frances McDonnell

 
In a world where capitalism and technology have a significant place what are the changing and increasing affects on us as individuals? What are the issues faced by clients, are they different now?  Does the world feel increasingly dehumanising?
This supervision focus group is an opportunity to look at what we as supervisors are holding and working with.  To meet, to share, to challenge, be challenged and be restored.
Fee £60


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Weekend Workshops



Understanding the medical model - its limits and its uses

1/2nd March Roy Evans

Love it or loathe it the Medical Model of mental illness is still used by all those working in the field of mental health. If your practice as a counsellor puts you into contact with the world of mental health services you should know at least the basics of diagnosis and treatment according to this model. That is exactly what this weekend workshop provides. The aim of the workshop is to enable participants to understand medical model diagnosis and uses sufficiently to feel comfortable in staff room conversations, case conferences and in the writing of reports.
Fee: £110


The Process of loss

26/27th April Frances McDonnell


In my life I am aware there are many things I no longer have. Some of these things have gone because it was time for them to go, others because they have been taken from me. Some have been I my control and some have not.  The experiences I have been through as a result of these changes has varied. Varied because each change and or loss has held its own unique significance in my ever changing world of experience. How do we cope with loss, change, transition and gain?

So how are you in your ever changing world of experience, and the ebb and flow of life?
Fee £110





Family Systems

3/4th May Judith Seddon

As individuals, therapists and clients and because of the nature of society often we find ourselves working within systems which impact on our personhood. In this workshop we will be focusing on the dynamic of “I” within the family system and exploring how our family structures have been impacted on and respond to societal and technological presence.
Fee110


Pre –Therapy

10/11th May Pete Sanders

Pete Sanders is the editor of the new, highly-acclaimed introductory text 'The Contact-Work Primer', covering Pre-Therapy and associated methods in a range of settings. The weekend will introduce the work of Garry Prouty and his associates for those with little or no experience. Topics explored will include psychological contact, pre-therapy, contact work, and contact milieu.
There will be time to introduce these topics and discuss implications for working with a range of clients in a range of settings, not simply counselling and psychotherapy, but including people suffering from extreme withdrawal and dissociation, those with learning disabilities, people suffering from dementia and the use of these techniques in palliative care. We will look at some examples of pre-therapy in action and have an opportunity to practice the method.
 
Counsellors, psychologists, psychotherapists, nurses, support workers and carers will find the weekend useful, although it is important to realise that there will be only limited time for experiential exploration and an introductory weekend can only scratch the surface of this
Fee £110


Working with clients within the Mental Health System, those who self harm and talk of suicide

May 17/18th Judith Seddon

“Is the Person Centred Approach appropriate for working with clients with Mental Health Problems?”  What is the impact on therapists of working with these clients?  
Working with the dilemma from a practitioner’s perspective 'The person-centred approach depends on the actualising tendency present in every living organism - the tendency to grow, to develop, to realise its full potential' (Carl Rogers 1986).  How can such a constructive belief mesh with such disturbing and apparently self-destructive and harmful behaviours? Should the person-centred therapist trust the wisdom of the actualising tendency in the suicidal or self-harming person? Are the therapeutic conditions  proposed by Rogers in 1957 sufficient in such cases? Counsellors sometimes encounter people whom others describe as 'disturbed' or people whose behaviour we experience as disturbing. What is the position of the Person-Centred approach with these clients? Do we surrender them to the medical model? How does our understanding of psychological contact impinge upon our understanding of counselling these persons?
Fee: £110


Women, spirituality and Creativity

21/22nd June Tracey Walshaw

For centuries women have used creative media to express and deepen their connection and understanding with their spirituality. This workshop will incorporate a wide range of expressive media from paint, music, drums, minerals to rituals. to deepen our understanding of what this state of spiritual being means to each of us.
Fee £110



Men Only

28th/29th June Mike Worrell


This two-day workshop is for male counsellors who want to examine their experiences of being men and of working therapeutically with clients.

We'll look at some of the myths surrounding masculinity; at strengths, limitations and differences; and at some of the ways in which being men shapes our experience of the work we do.
Fee £110


Therapeutic Encounter Weekend

 4/5th October Frances McDonnell

The process of an encounter group gives individuals the opportunity to come into much closer and more direct contact with other people than usually happens in ordinary life.  Which is why I love being in and facilitating groups.
Peggy Natiello on groups says  “transformation and group unity does not grow out of excessive courtesy, or avoidance of negative feelings but that the group must be a place where anything can happen; where conflict is tolerated, no agenda set from outside, and where fluctuations can be endured. This can be the most intense, and change-producing aspect of being in a Person-centred Group experience.”    

So if you are interested in the ebb and flow of being in a Person-centred group for the weekend look no further. It could be that you want an introduction to PC group training or want a therapy weekend.
 Fee £110


Supervisors Training Workshop– working with supervisees who have children and young people as clients

31st Oct/ 1st /2nd November Tracey Walshaw

This three day training is for supervisors who are currently working with or contemplating working with supervisees who have a child and young person client case load. Participants should already have experience of being supervisors. We will, amongst other issues be exploring

Fee: £250


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Ongoing Meetings

Practical Theory Network


The Practical Theory Network will offer participants a regular opportunity to discuss practical theory relating to counselling and psychotherapy.
 
The Network is a new project welcoming individuals interested in discussing counselling-related theory in a group setting. Through a regular, open forum, ideas and information can be shared; theory can be explored, clarified, challenged and deepened before being integrated into action, that is, into counselling practice and other related projects. The Network can also provide opportunities to develop collaborative research.
 
Practitioners from a diverse range of backgrounds are welcome, and the counselling approaches discussed will depend largely upon the overall interests of the Network’s participants. The Network will be group-facilitated, with the agenda (e.g. themes for discussion, time-managing) being negotiated by its participants. The sharing and growth of ideas will largely depend upon the participants’ interests towards the freedom of information, and reflection upon personal experience.
 
The Network will meet on a Thursday evening from 18:00 to 21:00pm.approx once a month
Fee We ask for a donation of £5.00 .to cover costs.
 Dates: 6th March, Friday 25th April and Friday 13th June

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Ongoing Courses


Certificate in Person-Centred Couple Counselling

Violet Baker and Judith Seddon

This course was very popular in 2007, with excellent feedback from participants. So come and try in 2008.

Couples come together having certain expectations that they may not question until a crisis happens in their lives. For example beliefs about gender roles, how feelings are expressed in relation to intimacy, anger, sex, or experiences of illness, loss, and death. The effects of career, education, money and competition can be also significant dynamics in a relationship.
The course will provide the context for exploring all of these issues within a Person-Centred environment in relation to provision of the core conditions.
Run over three non-residential weekends, personal life experience and experience as a counsellor will be central to the course material around, and through which learning will take place
Course content includes
There will be one piece of negotiated written work.
Dates: 13/14th September 11/12th October 8/9th November 2008 10-4.30pm
Fee £390



Certificate in Group Facilitation

Frances McDonnell



Feedback from the fifteen participants in the 2007 group process course included such comments as deeply moving, challenging, a life changing experience, a safe place to risk being me.
 
In the Person-Centred approach power is viewed as a creative and unique potential inherent in each individual. It is seen as the ability to be aware of and act upon our own feelings, needs and values rather than looking to others for direction and validation. Collaborative power, implicit in the PCA, develops a climate of openness, responsiveness, dignity, cooperation, and personal empowerment. We are all influenced, however, by an authoritarian culture where power is tied up with control, status, and role.   
Who is this for? This is for any individuals working in a group setting, or those who are interested in learning more about themselves in relation to living or being in a group or community. The experience will provide an opportunity to learn more about our internal conflicts and of the fears, and pleasures that can come from the Person-Centred practice of power in groups.
For example
There will be a personal awareness statement.      
The course will be run over two three day non-residential blocks 10-4.30 pm
Dates: Friday 6th, Sat 7th Sun 8th June
and Friday 4th, Sat 5th, Sun 6th July  
Fee £390


Advanced Certificate in Therapeutic Play

Tracey Walshaw



This intensive course will give practitioners an environment which to explore what is therapeutic play and its presence in the therapeutic relationship. It is for practitioners who work with any client group either individually or in groups. We will be looking, amongst many issues at:
 
The course will be run over two three day non-residential blocks 10-4.30 pm
Dates: Fri 14th, Sat 15th, Sun 16th March
and Fri 18th, Sat 19th,Sun 20th April
Fee £500

Diploma in Casework Supervision (ABC Validated)

Frances McDonnell and Tracey Walshaw


Personal experience as a counsellor, supervisee and supervisor will be the central course material around, and through which learning will take place. Participants need, therefore, to come with the expectation of sharing experiences. It is expected that, as mature practitioners, participants will take responsibility for their learning and assessment within the Person-Centred model of student self-managed learning. The course is usually lively with debate around many issues. For example: What is supervision, and how might we define it? The implications of becoming a supervisor, and the difference between counselling and supervision.  The course ethos is one of a supervision group.  The content and process, is therefore flexible, to be managed by the group.

The course meets weekly on a Thursday evening from 6-9pm
Starts April 3rd 2008
First weekend 5/6th April. Ending weekend 15/16th November  
Fee £890



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Client-Centred Therapy and the Person-Centred Approach


This approach is at the heart of all the work we do at PCCS Training. We understand that the conditions for therapeutic change outlined by Carl Rogers in 1957 are both necessary and sufficient. We do not favour integrating techniques and ideas from other approaches. Our philosophical roots are humanist with a core belief in the self-healing actualising tendency in all human beings. In all of our therapeutic endeavours our intent is to provide the conditions in which this actualising tendency can flourish. As a group we have experience of a very wide range of counselling settings including education, primary health care, acute and enduring mental health settings. We are interested in learning about the limits of the person-centred approach and have practical experience of seeing the Person-Centred approach working in many real-life settings, often with clients that have been rejected by other services.


About PCCS Training


 Established in 1993 in Manchester, PCCS is dedicated to providing high quality training in Client-Centred therapy and the Person-Centred Approach. Person-Centred Counselling Services is an independent counselling and psychotherapy training organization with two partners Frances McDonnell and Tracey Walshaw. The quality of our counsellor training courses means that we draw students from all parts of the Greater Manchester region and wider North West of England from North Staffs to Lancaster and from Leeds to Liverpool. Our Professional Development Programme attracts participants from all over the UK. ABC validates our ongoing weekly attendance courses and the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy accredits our Person-Centred Training Programme.





The Partners The PCCS training partners are:

 

Frances McDonnell BSc (Psychol), Cert. Sup. MBACP (Senior Accred)
Professional Experience With a background in Psychology, my working experience includes voluntary sector counselling, television counselling and teaching counselling in Further and Higher education.  I have been working as a therapist for seventeen years.    I work with a broad range of clients and supervise counsellors in a variety of organizational settings. As a core trainer and partner of PCCS Training with fifteen years experience of working in groups, I realize the importance of my genuineness when entering into a relationship with learners and very aware of the importance of not playing the role of the expert but of bringing a genuine and vulnerable part of me into relationships.  My aim is to create a climate of collaborative power where both personal and professional development can be enhanced through openness, and cooperation.
So who am I? Personal Experience My formative years and Methodist upbringing gave me a stoicism, to carry on with unbending values and rules, to care for others first, but not to let others close, especially when hurt or upset.    As a female I wasn’t expected to have an education, but to marry young and raise a family, it being my role to support them at all times. All these values have been a hard taskmaster and my learning has been difficult.  I have a husband and three grown up children all of whom have now left home (my children that is), and whom I wouldn’t be without in my life.   Apart from being director of PCCS and all that brings with it, my life now takes a different path, not through gaining specialisms or expertise but through widening my capacity to experience intimacy and the core values of the PCA in a wider context. To care for the environment and to meet with others through the creativity of music, singing, and performing.          


Tracey Walshaw BA (Psychol), RMN, Dip Couns, Cert. Sup, Cert. Ed, Dip. In Expressive Therapy, MA. MBACP (Accred)

Being a partner and trainer in PCCS Training Partnership has enabled me to bring my passion for the PCA into my training and organizational work. My background includes 15 years experience working in mental health, specifically with clients with acute psychological disturbance. As a therapist I have particular interest in working with clients who would be labelled as challenging, with respect to age, loss and other aspects of psychological experiencing .My professional development has taken me into working with children and young people with expressive therapy, therapeutic play being central in these relationships.  This has fundamentally challenged me to make links between Person Centred theory and expressive medium within the therapeutic relationship in innovative ways. I have just completed a three-year piece of work as a school counsellor in a primary school setting and continue to see child clients in a private setting, as well as supervising therapists working with this client group. I would describe myself as a classical person centred therapist.

Frances and Tracey are both experienced Person-Centred practitioners who are committed to maintaining their own personal and professional development through attending Person-Centred conferences, workshops and group experiences within the UK and worldwide.
    
   

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PCCS Training Partnership
Associate trainers

Violet Baker
Relate Cert. c.c. Dip. Counselling.  Cert. Ed. Dip. Casework Supervision
I joined Relate in the early 90’s, and as I felt more comfortable working in the person-centred approach, I completed my Person-Centred Diploma at PCCS in 2001.
I am a trainer at PCCS on the Foundation Year course. I also have experience as a course trainer helping students to gain confidence and take control of their lives. I strongly believe that students and clients need support and respect when making difficult decisions and the space to come to terms with those changes.

Roy Evans
I have a lot of experience working with the medical model of psychiatry from a Person-Centred perspective and feel that I am able to give a clear overview of what this model entails with it’s strengths and weaknesses. Working in mental health since 1985, I was a ward manager for 10 years on acute ward settings including psychiatric intensive care wards in both the public and private sectors. I have now worked as a community psychiatric nurse for the last three years. I gained my diploma in counselling with PCCS in 1996 and am on the committee of Oldham Bereavement Support Service.

Pete Sanders
Pete Sanders retired in 2005 after over 30 years as a therapist, trainer and supervisor to concentrate on writing and developing a strong list of person-centred literature at PCCS Books, which he founded with Maggie Taylor-Sanders in 1993. He has written and edited a dozen or so books and several journal papers and articles. His current interests include politics and therapy, the development of person-centred therapy and mental health initiatives internationally, nationally and locally in Herefordshire, where he lives.

Judith Seddon
RGN.AD.  Dip. Couns.  Dip. Case Sup.
Originally from a nursing background Judith re-trained as a counsellor in 1999 and has experience in Health and Social Service settings as both a counsellor and individual supervisor. Judith has a particular therapeutic interest in working with young people and clients who have mental health issues. Judith also has experience of group supervision and group facilitation. A passionate believer in the Person-Centred Approach (and Member of the British Association for the Person-Centred Approach) she constantly relates theory to therapy as a means of anchoring her practice.



    PCCS Facilities

Booking Details



If you wish to enrol now for any of the courses listed fill in the application form enclosed with this leaflet and return it as soon as possible. To check current availability of places on a particular workshop call 0161 877 9877 from 10am - 3pm Monday - Thursday. It helps to book as much in advance as you can.

Established in Manchester in 1993 and dedicated to the Person-Centred approach, PCCS Training also offers a BACP Accredited Counsellor Training Programme Call or write for our 26-page prospectus.

PCCS Training Partnership,
66 Seymour Grove, Old Trafford, Manchester MI6 OLN
e-mail   info@pccstraining.org.uk
0161 877 9877
www.pccstraining.org.uk


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