Parton Rd
Churchdown, Gloucester GL3 2JH
UK
About the course
We live in groups and we depend absolutely on groups. We are social as well as solitary. Sometimes, when things go wrong, we need time on our own and help from another person. But, at other times, our problems can only be addressed by working with and through the groups we are naturally part of. In groups we can practise living and practise relationships; we can get feedback and develop our confidence; we can learn to understand and interact with other people.
This workshop is aimed at professionals who would like to start running groups with young people and at professionals already running groups who would like to develop their skills further. We will be imagining running groups whose purposes are to address issues such as bullying, anger, self-esteem, assertiveness, sexuality. There will be some theoretical input but the emphasis for the day will be practical and experiential – learning how to structure groups in order for young people to feel safe, learning useful exercises and having the chance to try them out.
Learning Outcomes
This workshop is aimed at professionals who would like to start running groups with young people and at professionals already running groups who would like to develop their skills further. There will be some theoretical input but the emphasis for the day will be practical and experiential – understanding how to structure groups in order for young people to feel safe, learning useful exercises and having the chance to try them out.
Workshop facilitator
The workshop will be led by Nick Luxmoore. Nick is a trainer, school counsellor, teacher, youth worker and psychodrama psychotherapist (UKCP registered). He has nearly 40 years’ experience of working with young people and with the professionals who support them.
Nick’s career has included teaching English and Drama in schools and prisons, teaching counselling at Oxford Brookes University, running a youth centre and youth theatre, setting up and managing a young people’s counselling and information service, working as a school counsellor and as a counsellor with young refugees and asylum seekers. He currently works as a freelance trainer and supervisor.
He is the author of a number of books about working with young people, with themes including anger, self-esteem, death, love and hate.
COST: TIC+ Staff £50 and Non TIC+ £70
You can also pay by online bank transfer to Teens in Crisis, sort code: 309414, account number: 02285763, reference: Nick Luxmoore. Please email [email protected] to let us know you have paid so we have your contact details.