Introduction to Sand Tray Therapy

An opportunity to discover and experiment with using sand tray in your practice

 

3 stand-alone sessions – come to 1, 2, or all 3 (it is recommended that you come to Session 1  before attending 2 or 3)

Session 1:  Friday 13 September,  7-9.30pm – Choosing figures and objects and experimenting with change (1 sand tray)

Session 2: Saturday 14 September, 9.30-12.30am – New perspectives on affirmation and support (2 sand trays)

Session 3: Saturday 14 September, 1.30-4.30pm – Making changes: potential and possibility (2 sand trays)

Maximum 8 participants per session.

Venue: Wellspring Therapy, 2 Prospect Road, Starbeck, Harrogate, HG2 7PB

Cost: £20 per session or £55 for all 3

Trainer: Judith Coleman, Counselling Service Manager at Wellspring.

THIS COURSE IS NOW FULLY BOOKED

Download the booking form here

Find out more about Sand Tray Therapy.

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Food for thought

 EXPLORING THE EMOTIONAL MEANING OF FOOD

A one-day course to discover the links between physical and emotional experiences of food and eating

Through a variety of activities, we will explore how and why we use food to express what we feel and how this applies to personal and/or professional life.

 

This course will help you:

1. Learn about hunger and appetite
2. Appreciate the emotional impact and meaning of food
3. Recognise the multiple ways in which food is used emotionally
4. Understand why we use food to express emotion
5. Learn how eating patterns develop
6. Identify and promote the positive purposes of food

 Who this course is for:

• Anyone who would like to explore the topic – we all have a relationship with food
• Counsellors – working with clients to explore self and relationships. CPD certificates available
• Slimming club clients – gaining understanding and perspective re food and eating
• Parents – feeding families
• Students on catering courses – enhancing training
• Professionals in the food and catering business – improving customer service

This training is valid for CPD and certificates will be available if requested.

Practical Details

Date- Saturday 2 November, 9.30am – 4.30pm

Venue- Bilton Community Centre, Bilton Lane, Harrogate

Fee- £60 (this includes handouts)

Please bring a packed lunch – option to share it as part of the experience!

Download a registration form here:  or request one by email office@wellspringtherapy.co.uk or phone 01423 881881.

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Exciting opportunity to join the developing Youth Project Team at Wellspring  

We are looking to appoint:

a male counsellor to work particularly, but not exclusively, with young men aged between 12 and 19 in need of psychological support and/or help to manage risky behaviour. This is initially a 12 hour post.

Some work will be in schools, some at the Wellspring Centre in Starbeck.

You will need to be able to engage the disengaged and enable them to break free of behaviour such as anger and self-harm, and resolve past trauma so that they can fulfil their potential through education, training or work.

If this sounds like you, please contact the office on 01423 881 881 or office@wellspringtherapy.co.uk for a job description and application form.

New PARENTING TEENAGERS GROUP starting in May 2013 

in partnership with 3rd Place Knaresborough: www.3rdplace.org.uk

 

Struggling with a teenager?

We can help!

New parenting teens group runs for six sessions and will give you strategies to cope, let you share experiences and help you find the humour in day-to-day parenting.

Louise Burke (MBACP) will offer tools and explore solutions to real-life situations. Together with other parents you will learn to understand your teenager’s behaviour and improve your relationship with them.

Dates: six Wednesday evenings, 7-9 pm:  1, 8, 15, 22 May and 5, 12 June

Venue: Age UK, Cliff House, Hilton Lane,Knaresborough, HG5 8BX

Cost: £10 registration fee and £10 per session; £70 total. Concessions available.

Interested? Download an application form here:  Parenting Group application form or request one by email to office@wellspringtherapy.co.uk or phone 01423 881881.

Here is what previous participants thought about the Parenting Teens Course:

“Really enjoyed this course, learnt a lot about myself and my parenting skills”

“Extremely beneficial”

“A fantastic eye opener”

“Excellent course and great facilitator”

“This course has given me more alternatives and a better understanding of my teen and how to parent”.

“Raises your confidence”

“Wish the course could’ve been longer”

“Hearing experiences from other parents makes you feel like you aren’t on your own”.