Steven James Counselling

A modular programme of intensive 3 day courses. Designed for counsellors, psychotherapists, psychologists and other mental health professionals who wish to develop or consolidate CBT skills for their therapeutic work

Level 2: 29th - 31st July 2011 This builds on a basic understanding of CBT and introduces additional CBT techniques with specific reference to issues around food, loss and trauma

Level 3: 14th -16th October 2011 A follow-on course to develop competence as a CBT Practitioner, applying techniques when working with issues around fractured relationships

Level 4: 27th - 29th January 2012 This last course revises and expands on previous material and offers the opportunity for an assessment of competency in the CBT techniques studied across the programme

Taught in small groups, the programme utilises a mixture of teaching styles, including demonstration, interactive discussion and coaching within a low anxiety learning environment. There is an emphasis on practical work to develop competent use of the CBT techniques

Each course runs from 9.30 a.m. - 4.00 p.m. at Steven James Counselling, Unit 9 Park Place, 6 North Road, Poole, BH14 0LY and costs £295 per course. If you would like to book 2 or more courses then please contact the office on 01202 740044 to discuss concessions.

Steven James Counselling are pleased to present (Veronica) Ronnie Freeman BSc MSc CPsychol, Chartered Counselling Psychologist as the tutor for this programme.

Ronnie is an integrative therapist working with traditional models of psychotherapy and CBT when change in a shorter period of time is required. Together with her private therapy and supervision practice, she has a long-standing contract with the Probation Service and travels around the UK delivering CBT based training to health and educational professionals. She taught on the Masters and Degree programmes at Southampton University for 15 years and developed the first CBT course that ran there. As a Chartered Counselling Psychologist and practising therapist herself she is committed to training focused on practical use in the workplace.

Ronnie has been delivering effective CBT training programmes for 5 years. Those who have attended report that the CBT techniques they have acquired during the courses have added tremendous value to their counselling, especially those unused to working short-term with their clients. These counsellors say they are glad to have these skills as part of their counselling portfolio now that CBT is so prized in the therapy field.