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August 2017
This course for Lay Counsellors ran in February and was highly successful. Training counsellors in play therapy for adolescents, the course taught adolescent development, building rapport and explored techniques like guided imagery, self portraits and clay therapy.
Find out moreSeptember 2017
Sometimes we reach a cross roads in our lives where we wonder “what next” or “where to from here” and that’s the time to take stock, shift our focus and start living with purpose.
Come and join us on a journey of self-discovery and practical learning in a small group.
February 2018
This course for Lay Counsellors is an introduction to the basic skills used by counsellors, from developing rapport to listening skills. The course includes opportunities to get practical, where even absolute beginners can grow and learn to counsel.
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Play Therapy is a counselling approach where games, toys and mediums such as clay, drawings and paint are used to help a child or adolescent to express their emotions, thoughts, wishes and needs. Play therapy helps children and adolescents to understand mixed feelings and work through traumatic events that they are unable to express and deal with easily.
March 2018
This course for Lay Counsellors. It offers training for counsellors in play therapy for adolescents and children. It teaches adolescent development, building rapport and explores techniques like guided imagery, self portraits and clay therapy.
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This course develops a counsellor’s skills in play therapy around grief and loss. The course equips a counsellor to guide a client through the stages of grief, help them deal with the pain of the past and to offer methods of dealing with difficult experiences and memories.
This course develops a counsellor’s skills in counselling around grief and loss. The course equips a counsellor to guide a client through the stages of grief, help them deal with the pain of the past and to offer methods of dealing with difficult experiences and memories.
Find out moreApril 2018
In this course Lay Counsellors are trained in couple and marriage counselling skills. We explore the complexity of counselling two clients at one time, ethics around couples counselling and we work with each counsellor to develop practical skills.
May 2018
22 May 2018, 29 May & 5 June 2018 from 6:45 to 9pm.
They say, “Depression is the common cold of mental illness”. This 3 week course (1 evening per week) explores the causes of and methods of coping with depression. This course is aimed at Lay Counsellors to be trained how to counsel people with depression and anxiety.
Cost: R900
Find out moreJune 2018
16 & 19 June 2018, Bergvliet, from 6:45 to 9:00pm.
This course is for Lay Counsellors aimed at increasing counsellors’ understanding of addiction. It looks at defining what addictive behaviour is and looks at the different types of addiction. It aims to help counsellors gain an understanding of drug addiction and addiction counselling as well as the neurological effect of drugs.
Cost – R400
Find out moreJuly 2018
This course for lay counsellors is an introduction to the basic skills used by counsellors, from developing rapport to listening skills. The course includes opportunities to get practical, where even absolute beginners can grow and learn to counsel.
Dates: 17, 24 & 31 July and 7 & 14 August; 6:45pm-9pm
This course develops a counsellor’s skills in counselling around grief and loss. The course equips a counsellor to guide a client through the stages of grief, help them deal with the pain of the past and to offer methods of dealing with difficult experiences and memories.
Dates: 23 & 24 July; 6:45pm – 9pm.
August 2018
This course for lay counsellors is an introduction to the basic skills used by counsellors, from developing rapport to listening skills. The course includes opportunities to get practical, where even absolute beginners can grow and learn to counsel.
Dates: 2, 9, 16 & 23 August; 6:45pm – 9pm.
This course develops a counsellor’s skills in counselling around grief and loss. The course equips a counsellor to guide a client through the stages of grief, help them deal with the pain of the past and to offer methods of dealing with difficult experiences and memories.
Dates: 21 & 28 August; 6:45pm – 9pm.
September 2018
Play Therapy is a counselling approach where games, toys and mediums such as clay, drawings and paint are used to help a child or adolescent to express their emotions, thoughts, wishes and needs. Play therapy helps children and adolescents to understand mixed feelings and work through traumatic events that they are unable to express and deal with easily.
This course for lay counsellors is an introduction to the complexity, formation and understanding of a person’s sense of self i.e. their identity.
Dates: 4 September; 6:45pm-9pm
They say, “Depression is the common cold of mental illness”. This course explores the causes of and methods of coping with depression. It is aimed at lay counsellors to be trained how to counsel people with depression and anxiety.
Dates: Tuesday 11, 18 & 25 September; 6:45pm-9pm.
Cost: R900
Find out morePlay Therapy is a counselling approach where games, toys and mediums such as clay, drawings and paint are used to help a child or adolescent to express their emotions, thoughts, wishes and needs. Play therapy helps children and adolescents to understand mixed feelings and work through traumatic events that they are unable to express and deal with easily.
October 2018
This course for lay counsellors is an introduction to the basic skills used by counsellors, from developing rapport to listening skills. The course includes opportunities to get practical, where even absolute beginners can grow and learn to counsel. The focus is on counselling adolescents.
In this course lay counsellors are trained in couple and marriage counselling skills. We explore the complexity of counselling two clients at one time, ethics around couples and marriage counselling and give practical tools to aid in counselling couples. The workshop will cover 2 different types of relationships. Firstly, romantic relationship both in and outside marriage. Secondly, the dynamics of the family system and the different relationships within the family system.
Dates: 2, 9, 16, 23 & 30 October; 6:45pm – 9pm