Dear Listmates,
The generous £1000 of governmental 'Train to Gain' funding became over subscribed in the last financial year. However the new financial year has made the money readily available again. If are you in a directorial position for a charity or small business, you are very likely qualify for the money and access our training with a funded place.
Below are some further details of our next training and the Train to Gain scheme.
Let us know if you have any queries about the training or the funding.
Kind regards,
Henry
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ACT TRAINING PROGRAMME LED BY MARTIN BROCK
Here are details of our Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) training. Our next ACT Introductory course starts 8th May and our Intermediate ACT training starts May 15th.We are also offering a supervision programme:
1. Introductory workshop with skills training (4 days)
2. Intermediate Skills Training (4 days)
3. Supervision programme (Monthly tele-meetings)
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INTRODUCTORY ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT THERAPY TRAINING:
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8-9th May + 12-13th June
Intermediate skills training: 15-16th May + 16-17th October
PROGRAMME DIRECTED AND TAUGHT BY MARTIN BROCK MSC, BABCP ACCREDITED
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Introductory level workshop Dates: 8-9th May (Group Experiential) and 12-13th June (Skills Training)
Trainers: Martin Wilks MSc, C.Psychol and Henry Whitfield MSc.
4 day course run over 2 weekends
Fee: £480
Location: 1 min walk from Kings Cross Station
This workshop includes the traditional two day experiential introduction to ACT followed by a two day skills training workshop.
The first weekend has a greater emphasis on applying ACT to oneself in the group, the second weekend focuses on applying ACT to one on one practice, making use of a variety of ACT video demonstrations.
These two weekends are prerequisite to our intermediate ACT skills training workshop. The key concepts of ACT will be addressed, consistent with the book Acceptance and Commitment Therapy: An Experiential Approach to Behavior Change by Steven C. Hayes, Kirk D. Strosahl, and Kelly Wilson.
Theoretical underpinnings:
# Functional Contextualism
# Relational Frame Theory
# The 'Six Core Processes' of ACT:
# Acceptance
# Cognitive Defusion
# Being Present
# Self as Context
# Values
# Committed action
A second part of our ACT training will focus on ACT skills training.
Practical Skills Training:
# The use of metaphor, paradox and experiential exercises
# Informed Consent
# Creative hopelessness
# Case formulation
# The role (and practice) of mindfulness
# Identifying & working with obstacles, blocks, resistances
# Applications of ACT to specific presenting issues
# Practice in applying 6 core processes of the Hexaflex following demonstrations of each
About the Trainers
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Martin Wilks MSc BSc. Psychol, Dip Couns. MSc Couns Psychol,Dip Couns Psychol. BPS Chartered
Martin has cultivated a personal mindfulness practice for over 20 years. He runs mindfulness-based groups and counselling services in a London prison. In private practice, for the last 4 years, he has used ACT in short term work and weaves many ACT practices and procedures into longer term mindfulness-based psychotherapy. His research interests include the integration of meditation with co-counselling.
Henry J. Whitfield MSc (CBT/REBT) MBACP, Accredited Advanced TIR trainer (TIRA)
Henry founded Mindfulness Training Ltd in 2006. His research interests include the theoretical and practical integration of mindfulness with cognitive behavioural theories, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy processes and in case-formulated applications of mindfulness. After 4 years as a trauma specialist for Victim Support Lambeth, Henry is now conducting empirical research for City and Hackney Mind, investigating the process of values within different approaches to trauma counselling. He also works in private pratice, and teaches widely on the subject of Mindfulness-consistent therapies.
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INTERMEDIATE ACT WORKSHOP WITH MARTIN BROCK
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Weekend 1: 15-16th May
Weekend 2: 16-17th October
Trainer: Martin Brock, MSc, BABCP Accredited
4 day course run over 2 weekends
Location: 1 min walk from Kings Cross Station
Fee: £240 per weekend for both or 280 for one weekend
Prerequisite: Introductory ACT training with skills training, or experience of applying ACT to your client work. ONLY 16 places available
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Learning outcomes of this training:
# Deepen Understanding of ACT Processes.
# Develop fluency in applying ACT metaphors and exercises.
# Learn how to track on several levels at once (interpersonal and intrapersonal).
# Flexibility! in how you apply ACT.
On completion of this course you will have further developed your personal style of ACT, learnt to be more ACT consistent through personal feedback from Martin.
Intermediate level Skills Training - Part 1 (1st Weekend):
This first part Intermediate Skills Training workshop, with Martin Brock is designed for those who have completed our 4 day experiential Introduction and Skills training in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT), but is also open to those who have done such training elsewhere.
The workshop will include a significant experiential component. This means that participants will be invited to explore and deepen their personal willingness with some of their own psychological material, as this is considered a necessary component of becoming a competent ACT therapist.
Understanding one’s own tendencies to avoid difficult psychological experiences will be used to illuminate the way your material interacts with your clients’.
The workshop presenter will be completing rounds during experiential work to give individual feedback
Places on the course are limited to 16 so that all students have the opportunity to for individual feedback.
Intermediate level Skills Training - Part 2 (2nd Weekend):
Enhancing Case Formulations and Working With Specific Client Formulations
Learning with our own video materials.
On this final weekend of our current training programme, we invite students to bring videos of their client work and present materials you have developed for particular client groups and settings.
This training will enable new ACT therapists to deepen their ACT expertise and to gain confidence in their ability to remain ACT-consistent. The training is also designed to give students practice in applying ACT to a range of situations.
We will consider:
# Functional Contextual Models to specific client populations e.g OCD
# Case Formulations across a variety of Presentations
# The Therapeutic Relationship from an ACT perspective
# An ACT Model of Supervision
During the course the workshop presenter will be completing rounds during experiential work to give individual feedback and attendees will be given opportunity to also practice giving Supervisory – type feedback.
We may also video (only those who are willing) one on one work that is carried out during the two days. Martin can then give life feedback before the class on more and more specific applications of your individual ACT work.
If you are uncomfortable with being videoed or do not have the opportunity to video your clients, you will still find this workshop deeply informative. Only a small number of videos are needed to make the workshop a success.
After this weekend you will be also be eligible for the supervision program (only for graduates of this intermediate training as numbers are limited to 8) and the Intermediate Part 2 training. On completing these you should be well on your way becoming an experienced ACT therapist.
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ACCEPTANCE AND COMMITMENT THERAPY: SUPERVISION PROGRAMME
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Trainer: Martin Brock
Date: Monthly June 2010
Fee: £360
Format: Small groups of no more than four people per group, currently limited to 8 places
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While our short intensive workshops enable people to learn and experience the majority of techniques and approaches we teach, they do not provide continuous feedback, supervision and ongoing skills development. To become effective at using this considerable range of tools with flexibility and fluency, ongoing supervision is a necessity.
To meet this need, we now offer an 8-month ACT Supervision Programme. On going supervised practice is the only way to truly master any new approach.
This course consists of individual supervision, detailed case formulation, and a review of any difficulties you are having with the ACT model.
During this course, trainees will have the opportunity to focus on their individual training needs, and address the areas of their practice they most need to improve.
Each attendee will be asked to prepare a description of their client’s issues in writing. Supervision groups meet remotely using conference call and web portal technology. Supervisees upload their case summaries to an online whiteboard for all to view. The session runs for 2hours, each person receiving 30mins of individual attention.
About the Trainer
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Martin Brock, MSc , BABCP Accredited
ACBS peer-reviewed as an ACT trainer
Martin is Director of ACT training for Mindfulness Training Ltd and is the only UK-based ACT trainer to have completed the lengthy peer review process for ACT trainers, upheld by the ACBS. His qualifications include an MSc in Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapy, a Diploma in Nursing, an ENB 650/PG Diploma in Adult Behavioural Psychotherapy and an RMN.
His Clinical experience has spanned over 30 years in the NHS. He has worked as a Cognitive Behavioural Psychotherapist and has been a Principal Adult Psychotherapist for 11 years. In this position he has a lead role for developing Acceptance and Mindfulness Based Treatments within the Trust Psychological Services. His education experience includes teaching, supervising and assessing students within undergraduate and postgraduate provision and he has extensive experience as a clinical workplace mentor within PGDip/BSc/BA/MSc programmes.
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