EXPLORING THE EMOTIONAL MEANING OF FOOD
A one-day workshop for everyone – 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.
Our aim is to enable participants to identify the positive purposes of food and to consider how to promote these personally and/or professionally.
In the first part of the workshop we think about hunger and how physical and emotional appetites are interconnected. We also learn why it is so often FOOD that we use to express what we feel.
We move on to explore how eating patterns develop and the many ways in which food can be used destructively in, or to enhance, relationships.
In the afternoon we consider how we use food personally and what influences the choices we make about the food we eat. We continue to look at how our physical digestive processes parallel our emotional experience.
There is then an opportunity to reflect on how the concepts explored during the workshop can be applied professionally and/or personally.
In this workshop we will:
- consider the links between the physical and emotional experiences of food and eating
- think about hunger and appetite – physical and emotional
- learn why it is FOOD we use to express what we feel
- explore how food is used in relationships and personally
- discover how eating patterns develop and what influences the choices we make about what we eat
- discuss how to apply the learning in each participant’s professional or personal field of interest
Who this workshop 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
Practical
- Date: Saturday 23 November 2013
- Time: 9.30-4.30
- Venue: Bilton Community Centre, Bilton Lane, Harrogate
- Fee: £60 pp
- Trainers: Judith Coleman & Elaine Wainaina
- Please bring a packed lunch.
Download the registration form here.
For more info, please email office@wellspringtherapy.co.uk or phone 01423 881 881.
