Skills in how to support parents to:

• Develop the art of PACE, mental state talk, social joy and relational repair. 
• Understand transactional analysis and avoid psychological games.
• Use DDP interventions effectively e.g. speaking about/for the child.
• Mentalize, attune to and engage with children at different developmental stages: from infancy to teenage years. 
• Make the shift from stress-inducing to stress-reducing interactions. 

• Engage in conversations on sensitive issues. 
• Have regular enriching interactions rather than family members in separate rooms/on their own devices.
• Stay regulated and contactful in the face of behaviours that challenge. 
• Put down boundaries in a way that is respectful and non-shaming. 
• Address their own mental health and unprocessed trauma, recognise when they’ve been triggered and what to do about it.

Who is it for:

TISCUK Diploma Practitioners (including assessment),  wellbeing training equivalent, counselling or psychotherapy qualification.  Senior counselling/psychotherapy trainee status (at least second year and started supervised clinical work). 

As this course is being delivered in association with our partner organisation, The Institute for Arts in Therapy & Education, you will be asked to attend a  small group interview free of charge, unless you have already studied there.

Please note: This course is a skills based progression route for TISUK Practitioners and qualified counsellors or therapists. If you are not already a qualified counsellor, psychotherapist or psychologist this training will not enable you to set up in private practice as a parent-child therapist. If you are in private practice you will need to ensure you have relevant clinical supervision during and after your training. You will also need to ensure you are registered with BACP, UKCP or other, or actively working towards registering with your clinical hours.

Cost:

  £895 per person (no VAT)

Qualification Received: 

On successful completion of the assessment delegates will receive an Advanced Certificate in Parent-Child Therapy.

COURSE STRUCTURE: 

The sessions are live, online and interactive, so delegates are required to have a camera and microphone on their device and delegates are expected to have their cameras on for the duration of the training. The delivery of content is intensive and in order to complete the course and take the assessment 100% attendance is required on all days. There will be 7 days of training including:

• 2 x half day supervision sessions
• 1 assessment day

To complete the course assessment delegates must demonstrate relational skills with peer and staff throughout the training and give a short PowerPoint presentation on Day 7 evidencing effective relational work with a parent or group of parents. Please note: the training can be attended without assessment and the award.