Essentials of Sexual Minority Therapy
Do you offer counselling or psychotherapy to lesbian,
gay, bisexual or transgender clients?
Are you confident that you have had sufficient knowledge and training to work
competently with sexual minority clients?
Would you be interested in updating your knowledge and have an opportunity to
work on your values, belief and attitudes in this area?
Pink Therapy, the UK’s leading sexual minority therapy
training provider is offering a five day training in the Essentials
of Sexual Minority Therapy.
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Award:
Attendance Certificate in Essentials of Sexual Minority Therapy
Attendance at individual days is also possible.
Day One Contemporary Models of Gender and Sexual Identity and Understanding the Social Context – Dominic Davies & Catherine Butler - Sat 4 October 2008 or Sat 17 Jan 2009 1-7pm
This day seeks to help participants understand more about binary versus continuum models of sexual and gender diversity and how these interact with other contexts that clients may bring, such as age, ethnicity, religion, class etc.
Gain an appreciation of the richness and diversity that exists in the LGBT communities and the contradictions and similarities that different groups within these communities may have.
Day Two Models of Sexual Minority Therapy – Dominic Davies & Catherine Butler - Sun 5 October 2008 or Sun 18 Jan 2009 9.30 - 5.30pm
Will explore some of the different models of how to work with sexual and gender minority clients and therapeutic guidelines will be offered and critiqued.
The workshop will be a mixture of pre course reading, didactic inputs, experiential learning, group discussions and plenty of opportunity for participants to explore their own ideas and questions in relation to this subject as well as lgbt cultures, concepts and practices.
These two days come us a unit and priority will be given to people taking both days together. They can be taken as a standalone unit, although we recommend taking all five days in the Essentials series.
Day Three – Internalised Oppression with Charles Neal - Sat 25 Oct 2008 or 21 February 2009 1-7pm
'Internalised oppression' refers to the
whole array of ways in which we have taken into our psyches and forms of
thinking and being, oppressive ideas, attitudes, behaviours and feelings which
are mostly unconscious. These are responses to external systems of prejudice
towards sexual minorities which we have all grown up with.
Clinical manifestations of these range from anxiety states to self hatred and
include rationalisation, erotophobia, homophobia, denial, projection, rigidity,
overextension, addictions and self harm.
Anyone working on their own sexual development, or with others from sexual minorities,
needs to increase awareness of these issues and be ready to work creatively
with them.
We shall examine how we have been affected personally and as professionals and
share strategies for effective management.
Day Three -Coming Out with Deirdre Haslam - Sat 22 November 2008 or 21 March 2009 1-7pm
Models of coming out and their uses
Impact of Difference (Race/Ethnicity, Disability and Age) on this process
Experiential Work
Concept of ‘Developmental lag’ and it’s implications for client
work.
Implications of previous marriage on coming out
Coming out and stage discrepancy in couples
Day Four – Ethical Issues and Resources with Dominic Davies & Catherine Butler - Sat 13 December 2008 or 18 April 2009 1-7pm
Ethics and Boundaries
Disclosure and Neutrality
Living & working in same community
Guidelines and Good Practice
Therapeutic Resources
Therapist as role model & educator
Non-scene resources:
Therapy groups
Bibliotherapy
Course Fees and Booking Info
£450 for all five days (includes handouts and materials). For Booking
Form for WHOLE COURSE CLICK HERE
Individual Days £105 per day (for Directory members, or £120 per day for non-Directory members)
For Booking form for Individual
Days Click Here
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Times
Training days are 1pm to 7pm on most days are to facilitate travel arrangements for people travelling
from outside of London.
Venue
The courses will take place in Central London. The Autumn term 2008 may be in a fully accessible building, and will also be the start for our Certificate in Sexual Minority Therapy - a one year professional training programme. The Spring 2009 course may be at our offices in Soho - depending on recruitment.
Pink Therapy reserves the right to amend, change or cancel workshops or trainers at its own discretion due to circumstances beyond our control.