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Become a certified UI designer * Learn how to create beautiful, pixel-perfect user interfaces * Accelerate your career with an in-demand skillset * Get a professional qualification in just 12 weeks * Manage your own schedule with our flexible, self-paced online course Expand your career options UI skills are needed worldwide, and demand is growing. With a globally recognised qualification, you’ll become a more valuable, sought-after professional. Design with confidence You’ll understand the ‘why’ of good UI design by knowing the principles behind it. You’ll be able to defend your decisions and design with confidence. Work in a creative, rewarding job UI designers add personality and visual appeal to user interfaces. It’s an enjoyable career that rewards creativity: the perfect entry into tech for visually-minded people. A flexible, university-backed curriculum Our curriculum is university credit-rated and approved by the industry. Over 12 weeks, you’ll learn the principles and skills you need to become a confident UI designer. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Study method Online, self-paced Duration 12 weeks Access to content 12 months Qualification Professional Certificate in UI Design Awarded by Scottish Qualifications Authority trading as SQA Additional info Exam(s) / assessment(s) is included in price Tutor is available to students -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- DESCRIPTION During this 12 week, online course you will learn: * Introduction to UI Design * Brand and Personality * Layout * Design Principles * Interactivity * Typography * Colour, shapes and effects * Iconography and imagery * Design process * Presenting ideas * UI design tools You will also work on a project and your portfolio with access to weekly mentor sessions, an active student community, and support from our student success team. WHO IS THIS COURSE FOR? * Graphic designers and digital designers who want to upskill to UI design * UI designers who want to strengthen their knowledge and craft * UX professionals who want to become more rounded product designers * Anybody with a design background looking for a creative job in tech REQUIREMENTS You don’t need experience in design or technology to enrol in our courses, although having one or both is a definite bonus. Our students come from a diverse mix of backgrounds, including project management, development, graphic design, product management, business analysis and so on. You need to be motivated and committed. We set a high bar. Studying for one of our professional qualifications requires a certain amount of time, energy and focus. You need to be comfortable learning in English. All video lessons, course materials, webinars, correspondence and the final exam are delivered in English. CAREER PATH Students typically graduate into UI Designer jobs. The average UI Designer salary in the UK with 3-5 years experience is £62,500. This is based on data from Payscale, Totaljobs, Indeed, Talent, and Glassdoor

OUR LEVEL 3 SPORTS MASSAGE COURSES WILL GIVE YOU EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO BECOME A SPORTS MASSAGE THERAPIST IN YOUR OWN RIGHT AND BE ABLE TO PRACTICE STRAIGHT AWAY. To provide learners with the confidence, knowledge and skills required, to be able to provide a safe and professional treatment to a range of clients, helping in injury prevention, improving physical wellbeing and aiding the healing process of injuries. THE COURSE IS SPLIT INTO 5 UNITS: * Anatomy & Physiology for Sports Massage * Principles of Exercise, Fitness & Health * Soft Tissue Dysfunction * Professional Practice * Sports Massage Techniques HOW WILL I BE ASSESSED? The assessment process includes the following; * 5 Unit questions * 1 Assignment * 50 question multiple choice Anatomy & Physiology exam * Practical Maintenance exam * Practical Pre Event exam * Practical Post exam -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEVEL 3 SPORTS MASSAGE COURSES To provide learners with the confidence, knowledge and skills required, to be able to provide a safe and professional treatment to a range of clients, helping in injury prevention, improving physical wellbeing and aiding the healing process of injuries. THE COURSE IS SPLIT INTO 5 UNITS: * Anatomy & Physiology for Sports Massage * Principles of Exercise, Fitness & Health * Soft Tissue Dysfunction * Professional Practice * Sports Massage Techniques THIS QUALIFICATION ENABLES YOU TO: * Gain employment as a Sports Massage Therapist * Gain insurance * Set up your own business as a Sports Massage Therapist * Progression on to the Level 4 Sports Massage Course HOW WILL I BE ASSESSED? The assessment process includes the following; * 5 Unit questions * 1 Assignment * 50 question multiple choice Anatomy & Physiology exam * Practical Maintenance exam * Practical Pre Event exam * Practical Post exam -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- VENUE BTST Academy & Clinic, Holly Farm, Clipstone Road, Edwinstowe, Nottingham, NG21 9JD COURSE DELIVERY 11 days held over Weekends and 1x Friday COURSE QUALIFICATION Active IQ Sports Massage Diploma [https://btstacademy.co.uk/level-3-sports-massage-courses/] and Emergency First Aid [https://btstacademy.co.uk/first-aid-at-work-course/] * COURSE DATES 2024 MAY; 18th & 19th, 25th & 26th JUNE; 7th*, 8th & 9th, 29th, & 30th JULY; 13th & 14th or SEPT; 7th & 8th, 13th, 14th & 15th OCT; 12th & 13th, 26th, & 27th NOV; 9th & 10th PRACTICAL ASSESSMENT DATE 14th July 2024 or 10th Nov 2024 COURSE DAYS WILL RUN FROM 9:30am – 4:30pm PRICE £ 1400.00 TUTOR Laura Simmons ASSESSOR Clare Sargent & Laura Simmons INTERNAL VERIFIER: Becky Tyler EXTERNAL VERIFIER: Will Mansford – Active IQ AWARDING BODY: Active IQ PAYMENT ON BOOKING; You can either select to pay:- The non refundable deposit of £400 or the Full Amount at time of booking. PAYING A DEPOSIT: If you select to pay the deposit you will receive communication via email to discuss & confirm a payment plan, all monies owed must be paid in full 1 week before course end date STUDENT FINANCE: For finance options please call us on 01623 709942 ELCAS * 1x day First Aid course is not available for ELCAS funded learners COURSE ATTENDANCE: *We ask that all dates are attended but appreciate this is not always possible and therefore any missed days will need to be completed via home study. However if there are more than 2x days you are unable to attend, please contact us at btstacademy@outlook.com [btstacademy@outlook.com] to discuss before booking. REFUNDS; Please note that your deposit is non-refundable. If you start your practical training and then withdraw from the course you will still be liable for the full course fee.

Join us for an energising & relaxing afternoon of yoga with a 5* vegan picnic in the park! -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- AGENDA 11:00 - 11:30 Meet & find a good spot 11:30 - 12:30 Yoga class 12:30 - 13:00 Relax, Chat & Chill 13:00 - 14:00 Picnic 14:00 Stay as long as you wish ABOUT THIS EVENT * 4 hours Yoga & Picnic in the Park Come join us for a relaxing afternoon of yoga with a delicious vegan picnic in Clapham Common Park! Finish your weekend with a rejuvenating yoga session surrounded by nature. Afterwards, enjoy a delicious 5* vegan picnic with like minded yogis. Don't forget to bring your yoga mat and maybe picnic blanket. The perfect way to unwind and connect with others in a beautiful outdoor setting. See you there!

ONLINE SCREEN ACTING COURSE GREAT ON-SCREEN PERFORMANCES LEAVE THEIR MARK IN OUR MEMORIES. SOME PERFORMANCES EVEN BECOME ICONIC.  Here at the Studio, we’ve brought knowledge gained across producing, writing, directing and coaching to bear on the question of how to do great, memorable screen acting performances. We’ve discovered that it comes down to the actor’s ownership of the character. Indeed, when we think of memorable or iconic screen performances we find it difficult to separate the actor from the character. There is a sense in which the character becomes the character. Or another way of thinking about it, the actor owns the character. The skill of becoming or owning the character is even harder on screen than it is on stage. On stage, performances rely heavily on the actor’s skill in voice and movement – as well of course their ability to use emotions the way they are supposed to. Mastery over physicality, voice and emotion is often what makes the stage actor memorable in a role. But if the stage actor relies on voice and movement primarily, what does the screen actor need to hold onto to elevate their on screen characters? How does ‘becoming the character’ look like for the actor working on screen? This course is a first step into helping you create memorable characters on screen – character performances you own. Over the course of the 5 weeks, the Online Screen Acting Course will deliver key insights into how to do screen acting the most powerful but also, most efficient way. Key to our practice will be teaching you how to read scripts deeply and helping you see how you can search the text for clues into characterisation that may lie under the surface. In the final weeks of the course, students will learn how to make confident choices, take the risk of committing to some choices while at the same time remaining flexible enough to change, adapt and adjust their performances in line with the casting director notes or the director’s requirements. Take the first step into learning screen acting technique the powerful, intuitive but yet also easy way. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COURSE REQUIREMENTS * INTERMEDIATE ACTORS WELCOME: To join the course you will need at least intermediate acting skills. Good script analysis skills are presumed. * BEGINNING ACTORS: Consider doing the Script Analysis Course. You will benefit much more from this course if you are well equipped with sound script analysis skills. * EXPERIENCED ACTORS:  This course is recommend for you! Elevate existing acting skills. Key Points * SMALL GROUP (MAX 10 PEOPLE) TO POWER LEARNING * SESSIONS CONDUCTED LIVE OVER GOOGLE * CLASSES AVAILABLE TO WATCH BACK WHILE THE COURSE IS RUNNING * 50% THEORY, 50% PRACTICE/HOMEWORK PLAYBACK LEARNING OUTCOMES * Gained an understanding of how to use the camera for maximum effect * Practiced on-camera Building Character exercises * Learnt useful tools to control facial expressions conveying nuance and specificity * Practiced useful techniques to direct emotional delivery and behaviour * Discovered exercises to strengthen Fay Beck's principle of the 'Outside-in/Inside-Out Perspective' COURSE TERMS MAY 25TH – JUNE 22ND 2024 5 Consecutive SATURDAYS Join us from any timezone around the world. The course runs at generally convenient times for the following Timezones: Universal Time Coordinated (UTC): 09:00 AM – 11:00 AM Greenwhich Mean Time (GMT): 10:00 AM – 12:00 PM (EG. LONDON, GB) Central European Time (CET): 11:00 AM – 13:00 PM (EG, BERLIN, PARIS, ROME) (UTC+4): 13:00 PM – 15:00 PM (EG, DUBAI) Australian Western Standard Time (AWST) 17:00 PM – 19:00 PM (EG. PERTH) Australian Central Standard Time (ACST) 18:30 PM – 20:30 PM (EG. ADELAIDE) Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST) 19:00 PM – 21:00 PM (EG. Brisbane, Sydney, Melbourne) Not a convenient time for you? Don’t worry this course will run again at a time more suitable for your timezone. Keep up with upcoming by signing up to our newsletter!

WHAT TYPE OF GROUP IS THIS? I provide healing to clients in a group, hosted in my studio in St Neots. These sessions were originally started in 2014, and ran for several years. I have decided to offer them again, as I feel that people need support in general. The healing rebalances the heart chakra, helps a person to feel grounded and safe, and releases tension and anxiety. These healing protocols are a small part of the full advanced frequency healing modality. Clients receive the healing seated, rather than laying flat on a couch.  This helps me to see the areas that require attention.  I have space for 4 clients in each session. This currently runs on a Sunday morning, starting at 11.00am and lasting approximately 60-90 minutes.  It is important that you wear comfortable clothing, in layers to allow for the change of temperature in my studio.  Please bring water to drink.  I have toilet facilities and parking is unrestricted along my street, though I do ask that you respect my neighbours by parking safely and keeping noise to a minimum. For you to join I will require your full name, date of birth and email.  This helps me to tune into your energy system and also send you any further information if necessary.  All your personal information is completely confidential and never shared without your permission. You can book in advance and pay online, or pay cash on the day, though I will need to speak to you if you have not attended before.   IMPORTANT INFORMATION * If you prefer to pay by cash, you can book by ringing me.  Please bring the right amount with you and please book in at least 3 days before the day you wish to attend.  * If you have booked by phone and are unable to attend, please let me know immediately so I can offer a space to someone else.  It is very important that you let me know whether you can attend or not because it helps me to run my business effectively and means that you are acting in a consistent and honest way.  * If you have booked online and cannot attend I will move you to the next session, or you can offer your slot to someone else, or I can run the session on you by distance.

OVERVIEW This official Microsoft Power BI training course will teach you how to connect to data from many sources, clean and transform it using Power Query, create a data model consisting of multiple tables connected with relationships and build visualisations and reports to show the patterns in the data. The course will explore formulas created using the DAX language, including the use of advanced date intelligence calculations. Additional visualisation features including interactivity between the elements of a report page are covered as well as parameters and row-level security, which allows a report to be tailored according to who is viewing it. The course will also show how to publish reports and dashboards to a workspace on the Power BI Service. COURSE BENEFITS: * Learn how to clean, transform, and load data from many sources * Use database queries in Power Query to combine tables using append and merge * Create and manage a data model in Power BI consisting of multiple tables connected with relationships * Build Measures and other calculations in the DAX language to plot in reports * Manage advanced time calculations using date tables * Optimise report calculations using the Performance Analyzer * Manage and share report assets to the Power BI Service * Prepare for the official Microsoft PL-300 exam using Microsoft Official Courseware WHO IS THE COURSE FOR? * Data Analysts with little or no experience of Power BI who wish to upgrade their knowledge to include Business Intelligence * Management Consultants who need to conduct rapid analysis of their clients’ data to answer specific business questions * Analysts who need to upgrade their organisation from a simple Excel or SQL-based management reporting system to a dynamic BI system * Data Analysts who wish to develop organisation-wide reporting in the form of web reports or phone apps * Marketers in data-intensive organisations who wish to build visually appealing, dynamic charts for their stakeholders to use COURSE OUTLINE Module 1 Getting Started With Microsoft Data Analytics * Data analytics and Microsoft * Getting Started with Power BI Module 2 Get Data In Power BI * Get data from various data sources * Optimize performance * Resolve data errors Lab: Prepare Data in Power BI Desktop Module 3 Clean, Transform And Load Data In Power BI * Data shaping * Data profiling * Enhance the data structure Lab: Load Data in Power BI Desktop Module 4 Design A Data Model In Power BI * Introduction to data modelling * Working with Tables * Dimensions and Hierarchies Lab: Model Data in Power BI Desktop Module 5 Create Model Calculations Using DAX In Power BI * Introduction to DAX * Real-time Dashboards * Advanced DAX Lab 1: Create DAX Calculations in Power BI Desktop, Part 1 Lab 2: Create DAX Calculations in Power BI Desktop, Part 2 Module 6 Optimize Model Performance * Optimize the data model for performance * Optimize DirectQuery models Module 7 Create Reports * Design a Report * Enhance the Report Lab 1: Design a Report in Power BI Desktop, Part 1 Lab 2: Design a Report in Power BI Desktop, Part 2 Module 8 Create Dashboards * Create a Dashboard * Real-time Dashboards * Enhance a Dashboard Lab: Create a Power BI Dashboard Module 9 Perform Advanced Analytics * Advanced analytics * Data Insights through AI Visuals Lab: Perform Data Analysis in Power BI Desktop Module 10 Create And Manage Workspaces * Creating Workspaces * Sharing and managing assets Module 11 Manage Datasets In Power BI * Parameters * Datasets Module 12 Row-Level Security * Security in Power BI Lab: Enforce Row-Level Security

– the practical skills you need High levels of anxiety can be very debilitating – this workshop gives you important insights and a wide range of proven techniques to help reduce long-term anxiety, panic attacks, GAD and much more… -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Accredited CPD Certificate : 6 hours * Length 1 day (9.30am - 4.00pm) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Jo is incredibly adept at teaching this important subject, backed up with > evidence and so many useful techniques. Thank you > > CATHERINE, FAMILY SUPPORT WORKER WHAT WILL YOU LEARN * Tried and tested psychological techniques for dealing with over-anxiety * Why it’s important to distinguish between two fundamental kinds of anxiety – and methods for dealing with both * How to recognise panic attacks and deal with them effectively * The genetic factors that make some people more vulnerable to anxiety * Ways to change a poor sleep pattern caused by anxiety * New perspectives on what drives anxiety – including when its basis lies in trauma * Why some people may dissociate (appear to ‘tune out’ or not be present) when very stressed, and what to do about it * The three different components of anxiety – and why anxiety can get out of control * How anxiety affects the body – and how the body affects anxiety * Why people become hypervigilant – and how this can be reduced * How to separate a person from their anxiety * Five effective methods for bringing down physiological arousal very quickly – and safely * Why social anxiety occurs and how to handle it * Tips for reducing anxiety in those with additional conditions, such as autistic spectrum disorder, ADHD, bipolar and borderline personality disorder * What happens in the brain when we become anxious – insights from neuroscience * How guided imagery speeds up treatment for high anxiety plus special tips for using it with clients suffering from over-anxiety * How stories can complement therapy for anxiety * A range of new skills and techniques for reducing severe anxiety, with plenty of opportunity to practise them yourself on the day     > Very useful - lots of practical new anxiety management techniques > > COUNSELLOR WHY TAKE THIS COURSE https://directory.cpdstandards.com/providers/human-givens-college/ More and more people’s lives are being blighted by anxiety, causing distress to all involved. The anxiety may have initially been focused on realistic, understandable concerns – such as financial difficulties, health, job insecurity or unemployment, relationship problems (particularly complex in blended families) or fears about the future in an increasingly uncertain world – but has spiralled out of control. Or it may have no clear cause and manifests as an ever-present feeling of being ‘wired’, tense or vulnerable, very often accompanied by out-of-control thoughts. The person may be hypervigilant, unable to relax and highly miserable. Left unaddressed, chronic anxiety can also badly affect sleep and physical, as well as mental, health. The good news is there’s much that we can do to reduce this suffering. This highly practical course focuses on giving you the key information and practical skills you need to lower anxiety levels and help people manage their own anxiety better. It concentrates on generalised anxiety (including generalised anxiety disorder – GAD), social anxiety and panic attacks, but also addresses how to handle anxiety that is a feature of conditions such as autistic spectrum disorder, ADHD and bipolar and borderline personality disorder. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GOOD TO KNOW This day complements the Online Course: ‘Understanding anxiety – and managing it without drugs’ Trauma, phobias and obsessive compulsive disorders are dealt with on separate practical skills training days (see “The Rewind Technique – Effective treatment for trauma (PTSD) and phobias” and “Obsessive compulsive disorder – understanding OCD and how best to treat it.”) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COURSE PROGRAMME The ‘How to Control Chronic Anxiety’ course starts at 9.30am and runs until 4.00pm. * From 8.30am Registration (Tea and coffee served until 9.25am) * 9.30am Understanding the causes, indications and impacts of chronic anxiety * 11.00am Discussion over tea/coffee * 11.30am Approaches to help overcome difficulties with anxiety * 1.00pm Lunch (included) * 1.45pm Anxiety and associated conditions * 3.00pm Discussion over tea/coffee * 3.15pm Using guided imagery and mental rehearsal * 4.00pm Day ends -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WHO IS THIS COURSE SUITABLE FOR? Anyone who works with or treats people who may be highly anxious – such as psychotherapists, counsellors, health and social care professionals, educators and individuals working in a variety of capacities in any number of organisations. The course will also provide valuable understanding and practical help for anyone struggling to deal with their own chronic anxiety or for those in relationships or families affected by chronic anxiety.* The day offers the chance to gain life skills of benefit to everyone. * Please Note:  This course is not a substitute for individual therapy but there are lots of techniques that anyone suffering from anxiety can take away and use themselves. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://directory.cpdstandards.com/providers/human-givens-college/ This course has been independently accredited by the internationally recognised CPD Standards Office for 6 hours of CPD training. On completion of this training you’ll receive CPD certificates from the College and the CPD Standards Office.

– the practical skills you need Discover how to combine key new insights into the causes and symptoms of depression with a range of powerful psychological techniques to make treatment easier and more consistently effective … -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Accredited CPD Certificate : 6 hours * Length 1 day (9.30am - 4.00pm) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Practical, inspiring and full of hope > > DR GINA JOHNSON, GP WHY TAKE THIS COURSE Until recently depression was little understood but key new insights into its causes and symptoms have made treatment easier and more consistently effective. On this day you will learn how combining these insights with a wide range of different psychological techniques enables the majority of cases to be lifted surprisingly quickly … even severe ones. Although antidepressants can play a role in reducing symptoms, they can also be dangerous and prove hard to withdraw from – research shows that appropriate counselling is more effective at lifting even the most severe depression, with a much lower rate of relapse.  The approach you will learn on this workshop is in this category and is proving very effective – 10,000s of people have already been successfully helped with the knowledge and skills you will learn on the day. > I feel much more confident in my understanding of the process of depression > and how to target it with helpful interventions > > DANIEL COOPER WHAT WILL YOU LEARN * New insights into why depressed people wake up tired and unmotivated, and what to do about it * Information about the links between inflammation and depression * Clear, practical steps for lifting even severe depression * Demonstrations of the skills that quickly break the cycle of depression, move people on and prevent relapse * A profound understanding of why these work and are a big improvement on drug therapy * Practice sessions in using these proven skills and techniques yourself * What to do if you suspect someone may be feeling suicidal * How to establish what’s not working in a person’s life and why, using a case history * Techniques for tackling rigid thinking, negative expectancy and the pessimistic rumination that causes depression * How to work with your clients to find effective ways they can get their innate emotional needs met well and in balance * A range of additional useful tips and strategies that you can easily incorporate into your work * The opportunity to watch a film of master therapist Joe Griffin working quickly and successfully with a highly depressed patient * You will also have plenty of time to ask questions of the tutor, who is also a practising therapist herself… > Everyone, not just the caring professions, should do this day. > > GENERAL PRACTITIONER    WHO IS THIS COURSE SUITABLE FOR? * If your life is affected by depression in any way – perhaps the staff or students you are responsible for at work present with depression, or a friend or family member is depressed – you will benefit from attending * Anyone who, for whatever reason (personal or professional), would like to better understand the causes of depression and be able to offer practical help to people who are depressed * If you would like to know how best to prevent relapses and help clients build long-lasting resilience against future setbacks, this workshop is for you * Anyone concerned about the side effects of drug treatments for depression, who would like to know about the easy-to-learn psychotherapeutic techniques that can lift depression quickly, will benefit from attending * It is essential training for counsellors, psychotherapists, social workers, occupational therapists, HR professionals and all other health and welfare professionals – since depression is now so common, it is crucial to understand it and know how to treat it quickly and effectively. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- GOOD TO KNOW This workshop complements our online course: How to break the cycle of depression. Guided imagery and visualisation and Therapeutic Language are useful skills to have for implementing the strategies taught on this workshop.    -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COURSE PROGRAMME * From 8.30am * Registration (Tea and coffee served until 9.25am) * 9.30am Understanding depression and what you can do about it * 11.00am Discussion over tea/coffee * 11.30am Exploring how to work with depression * 1.00pm Lunch (included) * 1.45pm Practice in using the HG approach * 2.45pm Discussion over tea/coffee * 3.00pm Guided imagery for depression * 4.00pm Day ends -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This course has been independently accredited by the internationally recognised CPD Standards Office for 6 hours of CPD training. On completion of this training you’ll receive CPD certificates from the College and the CPD Standards Office.

We are excited to announce the Online version of the Step by Step Course. It will include live demonstrations of the process that you will then follow. Unique opportunity to be guided step by step and experience meditative practice of icon painting.

Discover the highly effective psychological techniques that are helping people overcome all kinds of addictions and compulsive behaviours… -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Accredited CPD Certificate : 6 hours * Length 1 day (9.30am - 4.00pm) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Hugely informative - one of the best addiction training days > > ADDICTIONS COUNSELLOR NEXT available date:  Tuesday 27th February, London – join Emily Gajewski [https://www.humangivens.com/person/emily-gajewski/] for this popular addiction recovery training workshop – to ensure your place, book online now or call our friendly team on 01323 811690. Other dates and venues available. When combined with key insights into the addictive process and what drives it, the techniques covered on this day prove effective at helping people successfully quit a wide range of addictions. They also help to reduce withdrawal symptoms, minimise relapses and give people the best chance at effective, long-lasting recovery…   WHAT WILL YOU LEARN * New insights into the addictive process and why people become addicted * Common traps to avoid when treating addictions * A range of psychological techniques for overcoming addiction * How to develop a treatment plan and deepen a client’s commitment to change * Ways to overcome resistance – and prevent relapses ALSO COVERED: * Demonstrations – by a leading expert in addiction counselling – of the powerful skills that help to quickly break the patterns of addictive behaviour * Guidance and practise in using some of these yourself * How to break the cycle of shame involved in addictions, using self-compassion and generation of hope * Essential motivational interviewing techniques – and how to incorporate them into the ‘cycle of change’ * Up-to-date knowledge of the most useful ways to beat a wide variety of addictions – and prevent relapse * Increased understanding of the addictive trance and its false promises * How to use harm-reduction techniques * Why the social-based model of addiction is more helpful than the disease-based model * An understanding of the importance of guided imagery in overcoming addictions and substance abuse (particularly ‘counter-conditioning’ which is taught on Guided Imagery 2: additional techniques) * Co-morbid conditions – the link with addiction and how to deal with them as effectively and quickly as possible > A total revelation – very uplifting > > MENTAL HEALTH WORKER WHY TAKE THIS COURSE The numbers of people affected by addictions and substance abuse continue to rise – causing immense mental, physical and financial suffering to individuals, their families and colleagues – while the resources to help are dwindling. But thankfully it is possible to help most addicts transform their lives – often in only a few sessions – as you will discover on this practical day which draws together, from various schools of solution-focused therapy, the most effective and proven techniques for treating addictions (including motivational interviewing and self compassion techniques) with essential neuroscientific insights into the addictive process to create powerful interventions. You will leave the day with renewed confidence knowing how it is possible to help most people with addictions, enabling them to transform their lives, often in a small number of sessions. The skills covered are essential to have (along with guided imagery) if you wish to improve your effectiveness when helping people quit any addiction, including: alcohol addiction, smoking, gambling addiction, shopping, social media addiction, sex, substance abuse, self-harm and eating disorders. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PLEASE NOTE You will leave this workshop with essential information and a variety of skills that you can implement straight away. However, the key concepts and most effective ways of treating addictions, which you will see demonstrated and explained, incorporate guided imagery skills. We therefore recommend, if you aren’t proficient in these already, that you attend the Guided imagery and visualisation for therapeutic change workshop (either before or after this one). The counter-conditioning technique that you will see demonstrated and explained on ‘Stopping Addictions’, is taught in detail and practiced by workshop participants on Guided Imagery Day 2: additional techniques. ‘Stopping Addictions’ complements our online course Tackling Addiction and what you will learn on it will also be very useful if you support or work with people who self-harm. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COURSE PROGRAMME The ‘Stopping Addictions: effective treatment and recovery’ course starts at 9.30am and runs until 4.00pm. * From 8.30am Registration (Tea and coffee served until 9.25am) * 9.30am How and why people develop addictions  * 11.00am Discussion over tea/coffee * 11.30am Dealing with resistance * 1.00pm Lunch (included) * 1.45pm How to create the optimal environment for positive change * 2.45pm Discussion over tea/coffee * 3.00pm Utilising the imagination * 4.00pm Day ends -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WHO IS THIS COURSE SUITABLE FOR? All members of the caring professions, including: psychotherapists, addiction counsellors, drug workers, youth workers, nurses and detox support specialists, doctors, sober companions and drug and alcohol workers, therapists, vocational counselors, clinical psychologists, occupational therapists, psychiatrists, cognitive behavioural therapists, teachers and education professionals, social workers, supervisors, physiotherapists, support workers and anyone wishing to improve their understanding of addictive behaviour and how to treat it. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://directory.cpdstandards.com/providers/human-givens-college/ This course has been independently accredited by the internationally recognised CPD Standards Office for 6 hours of CPD training. On completion of this training you’ll receive CPD certificates from the College and the CPD Standards Office.