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“Meaning-Fullness” critiques traditional psychiatric diagnosis, advocating for an existential/phenomenological approach to mental health. We aim to explore the lived experiences on irregular perceptions of reality with an open mind. Each Saturday includes: a live dialogue between Prof. Ernesto Spinelli and an International Existential Therapist; a moment to share your thoughts and feelings with the teachers; and a final integration facilitated by Bárbara Godoy. This series of ten dialogues set out to explore the multifaceted dimentions and complexities associated with Existential Therapies. It attempts to engage with various interpretations of insanity through the lens of patients often painful, confounding, and deeply unsettling life experiences. Meaning- between Prof. Ernesto Spinelli and Dr. Jan Resnick “Meaning-Fullness aims to develop an alternative approach to traditional psychiatric diagnosis of psychopathology through an understanding of the existential vacuum and a phenomenology of language and the body. There is a growing epidemic of mental un-wellness even though there has never been so many psychiatrists and psychologists available. This contradiction demonstrates how a bio-medical approach is far too limited at best and a radical mistake, at worst. Through the use of theory, philosophical discussion and case studies, Meaning-Fullness seeks to elaborate how mental disturbance and emotional suffering, traumatic and dissociative experience, emptiness and meaninglessness, can be understood differently and then worked with in psychotherapy. When an existential/phenomenological perspective informs the therapeutic relationship, terms like treatment, healing, cure, recovery, growth and development, can be seen in a different light from the standard narratives and take on a wholly different meaning.” Dr. Jan Resnick. Dr. Jan Resnick is a senior psychotherapist, supervisor, and author. He has a PhD in Psychology (Psychoanalysis). As founder and Director of Training, he ran a Nationally Recognized and Accredited Registered Training Organisation called The Churchill Clinic for 18 years which became the largest such organisation in Australia for conferring post-graduate qualifications for training Psychoanalytic Psychotherapists. He was the Founding President of the Psychotherapists & Counsellors Association of Western Australia where he later received an Outstanding Achievement Award after serving 10 years on the Management Committee. He was an Editorial Advisory Board Member of the national journal Psychotherapy in Australia for 20 years and currently, an Advisory Board member of Blue Knot Foundation (formerly ASCA – Adult Survivors of Child Abuse). He is accredited by the Royal Australian New Zealand College of Psychiatrists to supervise psychiatry registrars in psychotherapy and has taught in the Advanced Psychotherapy Training Program. He has presented at many conferences including last year in Valencia, Spain for the International Association for Relational Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis, also for the Mental Health Practitioners Network of Australia, and 3 times for the RANZCP Psychotherapy Section bi-national conference. He runs a supervision group for Psychiatrists practicing psychotherapy for the past 15 years and supervises Developmental Paediatricians at the State Child Development Centre in West Perth. He has presided over 4 mental health charities and has over 100 publications including two books. His book based on his clinical work as a couples’ therapist is How Two Love, Making your Relationship Work and Last. His latest book published by Karnac Books (Oxford) is called Meaning-Fullness, Developmental Psychotherapy and the Pursuit of Mental Health, an existential/phenomenological and relational approach based on his clinical work over more than 47 years. Prof. Ernesto Spinelli was Chair of the Society for Existential Analysis between 1993 and 1999 and is a Life Member of the Society. His writings, lectures and seminars focus on the application of existential phenomenology to the arenas of therapy, supervision, psychology, and executive coaching. He is a Fellow of the British Psychological Society (BPS) as well as an APECS accredited executive coach and coaching supervisor. In 2000, he was the Recipient of BPS Division of Counselling Psychology Award for Outstanding Contribution to the Profession. And in 2019, Ernesto received the BPS Award for Distinguished Contribution to Practice. His most recent book, Practising Existential Therapy: The Relational World 2nd edition (Sage, 2015) has been widely praised as a major contribution to the advancement of existential theory and practice. Living up to the existential dictum that life is absurd, Ernesto is also the author of an on-going series of Private Eye novels. Date and Time: Saturday 19 July from 2 pm to 3 pm – (UK time) Individual Dialogue Fee: £70 Venue: Online Zoom FULL PROGRAMME 2025: 25 January “Knots” with Prof. Ernesto Spinelli and Bárbara Godoy 22 February “Healing” with Dr. Michael Guy Thompson and Prof. Ernesto Spinelli 22 March “Difference” with Prof. Tod DuBose and Prof. Ernesto Spinelli 12 April “Polarisation” with Prof. Kirk Schneider and Prof. Ernesto Spinelli 3 May “Character” with Prof. Robert Romanyshyn and Prof. Ernesto Spinelli 21 June “Opening” with Dr. Yaqui Martinez and Prof. Ernesto Spinelli 19 July “Meaning” with Dr. Jan Resnick and Prof. Ernesto Spinelli 25 October “Invention” with Dr. Betty Cannon and Prof. Ernesto Spinelli 15 November “Hallucination” with Prof. Simon du Plock and Prof. Ernesto Spinelli 13 December “Hysteria” with Bárbara Godoy and Prof. Ernesto Spinelli Read the full programme here > Course Organised by:

This course is aimed at those who would like to work as a learning support assistant in a school or further education setting. Level 3 Certificate in Supporting Teaching and Learning will give you an understanding of the skills and knowledge needed to support learners in the classroom.

This course is aimed at those who would like to work as a learning support assistant in a school or further education setting. Level 3 Certificate in Supporting Teaching and Learning will give you an understanding of the skills and knowledge needed to support learners in the classroom.

This qualification prepares learners to become early years educators, enabling them to work with children from birth to five years and gain knowledge and understanding of the development of children aged five to seven years. Upon achieving this qualification, you will be able to work within the early years education sector. Requirements: 864 Guided Learning Hours Work placement experience in either paid of voluntary setting. Aged 16+ Payment plans are available - contact us for more info. Bundles to include CPD & Functional Skills are available - contact us for more info. Mandatory Units: 1. Introduction to the role of the early years educator 2. Holistic child development 3. Children with special educational needs and disabilities 4. Effective communication in an early years setting 5. Safeguarding and welfare requirements 6. Health, wellbeing and safety 7. Promoting an effective early years curriculum 8. Assessment of children's learning and development 9. Understanding play for learning and holistic development 10. Partnership working

A masterclass in devising therapeutic metaphors This inspiring online training day gives you powerful, non-intrusive ways to help distressed young people – and others – overcome difficulties in their lives – the skills you will learn can also be used with adults Accredited CPD: 6 hours Length: 1 day (9.15am - 4.00pm GMT) LIVE ONLINE – Join Pamela Woodford live online on Tuesday 18th June 2024 for this enjoyable, experiential CPD accredited training day – you will have plenty of opportunities to ask questions, take part in exercises to practice the steps involved, come up with pertinent metaphors and create your own story. Limited numbers. BONUS RECORDING – you will also get a recording of the tutor sessions for a limited time afterwards to maximise your learning. >> If you can’t make this date please register your interest below and we’ll let you know as soon as a new date is available. Fantastic online training, engaging and thought-provoking throughout. The confidence Pamela has given me will impact positively on my everyday practice, I am truly inspired...PSYCHOTHERAPIST Why take this course Children’s natural affinity with stories gives us an incredibly powerful, non-directive way to help emotionally distressed and abused young people, who can sometimes be hard to reach in any other way. On this practical live training event you will learn how to tap into your own metaphorical brain to create therapeutic stories and metaphors ‘in the moment’ that are appropriate to each individual’s circumstances and experiences. Throughout the day Pamela – a master storyteller and highly experienced psychotherapist – draws on her own case histories, metaphor and story examples as she guides you through the steps involved in ‘thinking on your feet’ and creating a story yourself in the moment. By the end of the day you will have lots of new, innovative ways to engage with and help distressed children deal with the experiences they have had – whilst also offering them hope, understanding, and new ways of thinking and feeling about life and themselves. Indeed, you may well be surprised at how quickly positive psychological changes occur as a result of the stories you will create and tell ‘in the moment’. Stories also play a crucial role in child development – through the ways the different characters think, act and overcome difficulties, children gain important templates for understanding the world and dealing with the challenges and situations they will meet in life – both now and in the future. They are a wonderful way to help build resilience. Storytelling and the careful use of therapeutic metaphor are crucial elements of successful counselling and psychotherapy – they help bypass assumptions and rigid thinking to offer a new, broader way of looking at things, awaken innate resources and offer crucial hope – just what struggling children need… Wonderful, interactive online course. Pamela is a joy to listen to – I learnt so muchCOUNSELLOR What will you learn A clear understanding of how to address emotional issues in children Simple ways to calm and relax children – “it’s the way you tell ‘em” Tips for igniting your own imagination and creativity How to ‘think metaphor’ to find the right one for each situation A step-by-step guide to creating your own stories – the 6 steps for creating short stories with metaphors specifically tailored to quickly bring about positive psychological changes in children and young people Breathing life into inanimate objects and taking inspiration from nature – how to tune into your metaphorical mind Valuable experience in creating your own therapeutic story from scratch How to use your stories and metaphors The importance of paying attention to the words children use when telling you something Case histories which illustrate the effectiveness and flexibility of stories – and show why they are such powerful therapeutic tools, even with difficult cases How to find your own metaphors and connect them emotionally to distressing situations Using embedded suggestions in stories – exercise Different ways to use therapeutic stories, such as those in Pamela’s acclaimed Brighter Little Minds series, to develop emotional literacy The importance of incorporating all of our senses How to adapt stories to use with adolescents and adults Tips for thinking creatively ‘on your feet’ to come up with suitable metaphors and ideas there and then in the moment Flexible skills that can easily be adapted to working with adults Why subtly entwining a child’s interests into a story makes its impact stronger How to introduce a story or therapeutic metaphor naturally into your conversation Feedback on the story you create and time to ask questions of the tutor – a highly experienced and creative psychotherapist who has spent decades working therapeutically with distressed children and young people A greater appreciation of the subtle power of metaphor, imagination and embedded suggestions and how to use them to help the young people you care for Increased confidence in creating and telling therapeutic stories yourself A variety of story examples and ‘scripts’ Lots of new ideas from Pamela Woodford’s ‘treasure chest of healing spells’ to spark your own creativity Tips for improving your own storytelling abilities Such a helpful live online training day – the use of metaphor via story form is a powerful toolHEAD OF BEHAVIOUR SUPPORT SERVICE – EDUCATION Course Programme The ‘How to create healing stories for distressed children’ live online workshop starts at 9.15am and runs until 4.00pm. (GMT). 9.15am Join the Zoom meeting 9.30am What can go wrong for children? How stories can help 11.00am Comfort break and discussion 11.10am Using metaphor, relaxation, imagination and embedded suggestions 1.00pm Lunch break 1.40pm Setting the scene and creating the story 3.10pm Comfort break and discussion 3.20pm Sharing the stories you have created 4.00pm Day ends Who is this course suitable for? Anyone working with emotionally distressed children or young people, including: Psychotherapists, therapists and counsellors Teachers and educational professionals Childcare and healthcare professionals (and students) Foster carers Adoptive parents – and perspective adoptive parents Social workers Parents and carers Interested friends or family who wish to help a young person they know And anyone who would like to attend for personal reasons 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.

Nursery Assistant and Child Attachment Course Overview This course is designed to provide learners with a comprehensive understanding of the role of a Nursery Assistant and the critical aspects of child attachment. Covering key areas such as child development, attachment theory, and child psychology, the course equips learners with the knowledge required to support children effectively in their early years. Learners will explore the importance of early childhood development and how attachment plays a pivotal role in shaping children's emotional well-being. By the end of the course, learners will be prepared to work in environments where nurturing and safeguarding children's development are essential. Course Description This course delves into the fundamental principles of child development, attachment theory, and child psychology. Learners will examine how attachment influences children's emotional and social growth, with an emphasis on recognising signs of attachment disorders. The course also covers topics like the importance of early years development, child protection, and keeping children safe and healthy. Through an engaging learning experience, participants will gain a deep understanding of the role of nursery assistants in supporting children's overall development. The course ensures learners are well-equipped to handle sensitive situations in childcare settings, providing a solid foundation for those pursuing careers in early years education and child development. Nursery Assistant and Child Attachment Curriculum Module 01: Introduction to Nursery Assistance Module 02: Understanding Child Development Module 03: Importance of Early Years Development Module 04: Introduction to Child Attachment Module 05: Introduction to Child Psychology Module 06: Fundamentals of Attachment Theory Module 07: Assessments of Attachment Module 08: Attachment Disorder Module 09: Care for Children Module 10: Keeping Children Healthy and Safe Module 11: Child Protection (See full curriculum) Who is this course for? Individuals seeking to support children's emotional and psychological development. Professionals aiming to enhance their knowledge in early childhood care. Beginners with an interest in child development and psychology. Those pursuing a career in nursery or childcare settings. Career Path Nursery Assistant Early Years Educator Childcare Worker Child Protection Officer Teaching Assistant in Early Years Education Social Worker specialising in Child Development

Course Overview The Child Psychology and Child Care Diploma offers a comprehensive exploration of child development and professional childcare practices. Learners will gain valuable insights into emotional, cognitive, and social growth from infancy to adolescence, enhancing their understanding of children's behaviour and needs. This course blends foundational theories with current research to prepare learners for diverse roles supporting children's wellbeing and development. Through this programme, participants will build knowledge that can be applied in educational settings, childcare centres, or within family support services. By the end of the course, learners will be equipped with the confidence and competence to work in child-centred environments, foster positive child development, and apply psychological principles effectively. Whether aspiring to a childcare career or aiming to support children's growth in various contexts, this diploma provides the essential knowledge and credentials to succeed. Course Description The Child Psychology and Child Care Diploma delves deeper into key areas of child psychology, early childhood development, behavioural theories, attachment styles, and childcare techniques. The course covers a broad spectrum of topics, including cognitive development stages, emotional regulation, safeguarding responsibilities, and strategies for promoting healthy learning environments. Delivered through engaging study materials and clear explanations, learners will explore case studies and theoretical frameworks that underpin effective childcare practices. Throughout the course, participants will develop a solid understanding of how biological, emotional, and environmental factors shape children's growth. Skills gained will include recognising developmental milestones, supporting children's individual needs, and fostering positive behavioural outcomes. Suitable for both newcomers and those seeking career enhancement, this diploma empowers learners to make meaningful contributions to children's lives across educational, residential, and community settings. Course Modules Module 01: Introduction to Child Psychology Module 02: Stages of Child Development Module 03: Emotional and Social Development in Children Module 04: Cognitive and Language Development Module 05: Behavioural Theories and Child Behaviour Management Module 06: Attachment and Relationships Module 07: Child Care Fundamentals Module 08: Safeguarding and Child Protection Module 09: Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) Module 10: Promoting Healthy Learning Environments (See full curriculum) Who is this course for? Individuals seeking to build knowledge in child psychology and childcare. Professionals aiming to enhance their qualifications in childcare and educational settings. Beginners with an interest in child development and care practices. Parents, caregivers, and volunteers wishing to support children more effectively. Teaching assistants or nursery staff aspiring to specialise in child development. Career Path Childcare Worker Early Years Educator Teaching Assistant Child and Youth Support Worker Family Support Worker Special Educational Needs (SEN) Assistant Nursery Manager Child Welfare Officer Community Outreach Worker

Nanny Care Worker Course Overview The "Nanny Care Worker" course provides learners with essential knowledge and skills to thrive in a career as a nanny. It covers a range of key areas, including child development, child safety, healthy living, and effective time management. By focusing on practical, professional caregiving skills, the course ensures that learners are prepared to provide exceptional care for children. On completion, learners will be equipped to manage daily routines, foster relationships with children, and create a safe and nurturing environment. The course also offers valuable insights into career progression within the nanny industry. Course Description This course is designed to give learners a comprehensive understanding of the core responsibilities of a nanny care worker. Topics include child development, ensuring children’s safety and health, creating structured routines, and understanding early years provision. The course explores the critical role of nutrition and healthy living in a child's upbringing, alongside essential time management skills for nannies. Learners will gain insight into the role and profile of a nanny and how to establish a successful career in this field. By the end of the course, learners will possess the skills necessary to provide high-quality care and support in a professional childcare environment. Nanny Care Worker Curriculum Module 1: Introduction to Nanny Care Workers Module 2: Understanding Child Development Module 3: Care for Children Module 4: Healthy Food, Healthy Living Module 5: Keeping Children Healthy & Safe Module 6: Early Years Provision Module 7: Establishing Relationships and Routines Module 8: Time Management for Nannies Module 9: Nanny’s Job Profile Module 10: Establishing a Nanny’s Career (See full curriculum) Who is this course for? Individuals seeking to become professional nanny care workers. Professionals aiming to expand their childcare expertise. Beginners with an interest in working with children. Those looking to enter the nanny or childcare industry. Career Path Nanny Childcare Assistant Early Years Practitioner Family Support Worker Child Development Specialist Child Protection Officer

Parenting Skills Training Course Course Overview The Parenting Skills Training Course provides essential knowledge and strategies for parents, caregivers, and professionals working with families. This comprehensive course covers key aspects of parenting, including child development, communication techniques, managing challenging behaviours, and supporting emotional and social growth. Learners will gain valuable insights into building positive relationships with children and fostering a nurturing environment at home. The course aims to equip participants with effective strategies to handle a variety of parenting challenges and enhance their understanding of children's needs. By the end of the course, learners will be prepared to apply their newfound skills in real-world situations, improving family dynamics and child well-being. Course Description This course covers a wide range of topics aimed at enhancing parenting skills and improving the relationship between parents and children. Participants will explore child development stages, effective communication techniques, positive discipline strategies, and methods to support children's emotional health. The course also focuses on understanding children's behaviour, managing conflicts, and fostering resilience. Throughout the course, learners will engage in detailed discussions and scenarios, providing a deeper understanding of the complexities of parenting. By the end of the course, learners will have developed skills to confidently manage challenging situations and promote the well-being of children in their care. Parenting Skills Training Course Curriculum Module 01: Introduction to Parenting Styles and Child Development Module 02: Building Positive Parent-Child Relationships Module 03: Effective Communication Techniques Module 04: Managing Challenging Behaviours Module 05: Supporting Emotional and Social Development Module 06: Discipline Strategies and Behaviour Management Module 07: Managing Stress and Self-Care for Parents Module 08: Promoting Resilience and Positive Mental Health Module 09: Parenting in Diverse Family Dynamics (See full curriculum) Who is this course for? Individuals seeking to improve their parenting skills Professionals aiming to work in family support and child welfare Beginners with an interest in child development Caregivers looking to enhance their child-rearing practices Career Path Family Support Worker Childcare Specialist Parent Educator Social Worker Educational Support Assistant