Appropriate for counsellors working with any age. Experience the benefit of sandplay both in your personal life and your work with clients.

Appropriate for counsellors working with any age. Experience the benefit of creativity both in your personal life and your work with clients.

Sandplay: Appropriate for counsellors working with any age. Experience the benefit of sandplay both in your personal life and your work with clients. Creative Therapies: Appropriate for counsellors working with any age. Experience the benefit of creativity both in your personal life and your work with clients. Combine both days for a weekend of training. £40 saving.

In this module, we shall: - - identify the key elements of attachment history and development.
- identify the four major styles of attachment in children and young people. - describe how healthy development occurs within a secure attachment relationship in children and young people.
- consider how early attachment experiences and own adolescent years influenced personal development.
- consider the neuroscience of human attachment and the implication for
practice and adolescent brain development.
- demonstrate how to link attachment and developmental theories into own counselling practice.

In this module, we shall: - - consider normal and interrupted development between 0-16 years and the resulting behaviours.
- explore the circumstances in which children may fail to thrive in the absence of a secure environment.
- consider the importance of attachment history when working therapeutically
with children and young people.
- reflect upon own adolescent attachment issues from an attachment perspective.
- evaluate and reflect on the impact of your own child and adolescent years on the therapeutic relationship with young clients.

In this module, we shall: - - explore child and adolescent development as a sequence of changes physically, emotionally socially and cognitively from birth to adulthood.
- identify how children and young people progress from dependency on their
parents and carers to increasing independence.
- identify how nature and nurture influence development, as well as environmental and educational factors.
- explain how attachment theory has influenced child and adolescent
development.
- explain how cognitive and psychological theories influence child and adolescent
development.
- examine the crucial life transitions from nursery to high school and beyond (4-25yrs).

In this module, we shall: - - explain how the role of play is an essential method of communication for
childhood and adolescent development.
- explain how the development of play throughout the ages has supported children and young people’s communication development.
- consider and reflect on the Axline's principles of play and how this informs the therapeutic process.
evaluate the importance of a holistic approach to child and adolescent play in a counselling setting.
- explore how social media has influenced adolescent development and social interaction.
- explain how play impacted own development as a child and young person.

In this module, we shall: - - discuss the different experiences that constitute childhood trauma, and how this
can impact children and young people psychologically and emotionally.
- explore the research into adverse childhood experiences and the health and wellness risks resulting in later life.
- identify the effects of toxic stress on a child’s developing brain and nervous system.
- understand the concepts of vicarious trauma, compassion fatigue, burnout and
secondary trauma in the counselling profession.
- develop an awareness of the risk factors and vulnerabilities of the counsellor.
- understanding how to proactively prevent secondary trauma and self-care.
- participate in age-appropriate interventions and therapy for counselling children
and young people through traumatic events and experiences.

In this module, we shall: - - explain the key elements of collaborative assessments when working ethically
with children and young people.
- describe the various methods of therapeutic assessments available to
practitioners.
- identify how to implement safe clinical practice when working with children and
young people identify risk and protective factors for children and young people.
- recognise the different policies around children’s rights across the UK.

In this module, we shall: - - describe the limitations and challenges that may be faced when working
within a school setting and how to manage the complexities of
confidentiality.
- explain how to work with care experienced children in a counselling setting.
- understand the use of clinical and ethical skills within multi-agencies, in line with BACP Competencies for Working with Children and Young People.
- identify risk and protective factors for children and young people.
- describe the administration, policies and procedures essential for counselling children and young people.

In this module, we shall: - - reflect on how stories past and present have been used throughout the ages to pass on traditions.
- explain how storytelling and metaphor, in a therapeutic setting, can help children and young people understand their life experiences and shape their future.
- identify the key legislation for working therapeutically with children and young
people.
- describe relevant elements of the National Guidance for Child Protection in UK.
- explain why 'good enough' therapeutic endings are essential in relation to working with children and young people.
- understand the difficulties often experienced by children and young people
regarding endings.