​Live and Recorded Training Sessions (in progress)

Online CPD sessions for education staff across the UK.

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• Becoming Trauma Informed and Being Trauma Responsive

• Trauma and the Body (Part 1: Perspectives and Approaches)

• Trauma and the Body (Part 2: Theory, Practice and Applications)

• Supporting Young Children (0-5) who have been Bereaved

• Trauma and Attachment (Part 1: Theory and Reflective Practice)

• Trauma and Attachment (Part 2: Scenario Examples and Discussion)

• The Impact of Bereavement on Autistic Children and Young People

• ​Cross-Cultural Perspectives on Grief and Mourning

• The Use and Power of Language

• The Theme of Loss: Death, Dying and Change

• Staff Wellbeing and Approaches

• Thematic Reflective Spaces (Supporting distressed CYP to manage in school; Supporting teenagers who express negative thinking patterns)

• Resource Development Workshops (Autism, LGBTQ+ Identities and/or Questioning; Therapeutic Games and Activities for Relationship Building)

• The Spaces for Wellbeing Programme 2022 - Individual Monthly Events (Critical Incident Debriefing; Mindfulness; Autogenic Therapy; Building a Strengths-Based, Trauma-Informed Environment in Education; Creative Diary-Keeping; The Power of Relationships Between Colleagues)

• The Spaces for Wellbeing Programme 2023 - Individual Monthly Events (Rest and Refresh: The Importance of Taking Breaks; Setting Boundaries as An Act of Self-Compassion; Supporting Wellbeing and Valuing Diversity of Staff, Children, and Families Through Creative Practices; A Team Approach to Improving Wellbeing in Education Settings; Teacher Autonomy in Professional Development; Building 'Botheredness': The Importance of a Creative Curriculum Approach for the Wellbeing of Both Staff and Pupils; Experiencing Mattering: Your Life and Your Work)

• The Spaces for Wellbeing Programme 2024 - Individual Monthly Events (Exploring Psychological Safety for you and your Team)

• Layered Learning Packages (three-part sessions exploring theory, practice, and strategies) - Mind, Body and Mental Health; Self-harm and Suicidal Behaviours in Children and Young People; Emotionally Based School Avoidance (EBSA)

• The Invisible Backpack Package

• February - July 2023 | Reflective Practice Groups

• January - June 2024 | Reflective Work Discussions

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Therapeutic Practitioners (Community of Practice - currently on hold)

A community for practitioners in a children's charity who provide therapeutic services to children, young people and families in schools and wider education settings.

 

• 5th March 2021 | Introductions

• 7th May 2021 | Creative ways of working with body image

• 11th June 2021 | Effective brief therapy interventions

• 13th Aug 2021 | Resources for working with bereavement and loss

• 9th Sept 2021 | Therapists Community Hub and Education Community collaboration

• 10th Sept 2021 | Supporting CYP in the LGBTQ+ community

• 17th Sept 2021 | Intervention ideas for working with anxiety

• 8th & 25th Nov 2021 | Follow up - Therapists Community Hub and Education Community collaboration

• 10th Dec 2021 | Review and Reflect on 2021; Learning and Growing for 2022

• 11th Apr 2022 | Trauma and the body

• 27th Apr 2022 | Developing resources (need/behaviour specific)

• 10th May 2022 | Self-harm and self-care

• 25th May 2022 | Supporting CYP with additional or complex needs

• 12th July 2022 | Working with CECYP

• 19th July 2022 | Skill sharing: Techniques, approaches and modalities

• 3rd Aug 2022 | Low mood and depression

• 9th Aug 2022 | Developing our 'toolbox' (presentation and training/group work skills)

 

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Embodied Passage UK (under development)

Community organisation for creative arts therapists based in the UK.

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• 19th Oct 2019 | Opening Circle

• 1st Feb 2020 | Networking Event

• Monthly in 2020 | Zoom Gathering: A Support Space for Creative Arts Therapists

• 20th June 2020 | The Virtual Relationship: A New Profession

• 27th June 2020 | With the System in Mind: How Do We Hold onto Creativity Whilst Working with Constraints?

• 10th Oct 2020 | Research Seminar: Individual and Cross-Modality Discussions and Presentations Within the Creative Arts Therapies

• 31st Oct 2020 | Qualified: The Beginning of a New Chapter

• 28th Nov 2020 | Finding the Balance: Caring for Others Whilst Caring for Self

• 20th Feb 2021 | 2021: Opening Circle

• 27th March 2021 | The Body: A Collaborative Consideration for Its Layers of Meaning in Therapy

• 13th Nov 2021 | Practice to Paper: Exploring the Bridge

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MA Research Dissertation paper and short film (2017) – Dance Movement Psychotherapy with People in Vegetative and Comatose States: A Phenomenological Investigation​​