The Skills Development Service courses

...effectively with clients within time constraints. Counsellors, Psychotherapists, Psychologists,G.P.s, Nurses, Health Visitors,Midwives, Community Practitioners...

...How do I balance professional responsibilities with a developmental/ supportive role? What about supervision records? What is the role of confidentiality...

...Confidence & Assertiveness at Work This course enables delegates to increase their interpersonal confidence and appropriate assertiveness within the context...

...learn how to evaluate how effective your groups are, to recognise the most common mistakes made by group leaders before they happen Effective Group Work Increase your creativity...

...its implications for practice, Identify when to build clients' self esteem by helping them to think more positively and when not to Building clients'...

...Alcohol, cannabis and cocaine. Impact on mood and depressive thinking. How to work with substance misuse in depressed individuals. 12.00 What works...

...16.00 Ethical & emotional issues for those who work with people who want to kill or damage themselves 16.30 Finish...

...09.45 Registration & refreshments 10.00 Introduction 10.15 Defining different types of difficult people 10.45 Identifying the problem 11.15 Refreshments...

...15.15 Refreshments 15.30 Intervention strategies and techniques (2) 15.45 Cognitive techniques with personality disorders 16.15 Strategies for personal...

...* Elderly clients * Mental Health clients * Learning Disability clients * Physically Disabled clients * Chronic Pain clients * Cardiovascular clients...

...Therapy approach to grief and loss 12.30 Lunch 13.30 Managing "obsessional reviews" 14.15 Managing guilt and anger within grief reactions 14.45 Refreshments...

...11.15 Presentation 2nd Practice session - Simple breathing meditation feedback and discussion 12.30 Lunch ( by own arrangement) 13.30 Arriving back 3rd Practice session...

...An introductory course on this effective, evidence-based therapeutic approach developed and taught by accredited CBT therapists and multidisciplinary in nature...

...Efficacy The use of positive role models in helping clients. Problem solving skills as a protective technique for clients. Goal setting and self esteem...

...Aggression with Clients Key issues addressed by this course: Identify key factors that contribute to conflictual situations and the practical implications...

...manipulation and threat How would you deal with the following? Peter (43 yrs) has a diagnosis of Antisocial Personality Disorder. He perceives any demands...

...factors in loss - implications for assessment 11.15 Refreshments 11.15 Managing the "despair of crisis" - a Brief Solution Focused Approach 11.45 A Positive...

...A practical one day course to enable delegates to understand self harm and suicidal risk more effectively in a range of different client groups Skills...

...Learn how substance misuse impact on my client work and how should it best be managed Substance Misuse: Behaviour, Effects & Management This course...

...(Witek-Janusek et al, 2008); ADHD (Zylowska et al, 2008); Learning Disabilities (Singhet al, 2008); Offenders (Singh et al, 2008); Substance Misusers...