Unlock the power of group therapy with this  dynamic, practice-based training  designed to equip you with the skills and confidence to run transformational therapeutic groups for vulnerable children, young people and adults. Guided by leading facilitators, you’ll explore  emotion-focused therapy,art therapy interventions, and psychoeducation to help people name, express and process painful life experiences.  Learn how to help group members develop  empathy, reflection, and emotional awareness and a true sense of belonging, building the foundations for lifelong mental health.

Discover key models of  Group dynamics,Emotion focused therapy, Transactional Analysis, and trauma-informed practice, while gaining hands-on experience and expert live skills practice supervision from the trainers. With a strong focus on  safeguarding,assessment, and  referral, this course prepares you to create truly healing group spaces.

Written and designed by Dr Margot Sunderland, leading child psychotherapist and acclaimed child mental health author this course is jointly run by TISCUK and the Institute of Arts in Therapy and Education

Aliyah Ali (now CEO of Daddyless Daughters), talks here of how she may not have ended up on the school to prison pipeline if there had been therapeutic groups in her secondary school.

• What makes a group therapeutic?
• Emotion focused therapy in groups
• Theory and practice of group facilitation
• Supervised practice of group therapy skills
• Using the arts in therapeutic groups
• From alexithymia to naming the pain
• Using psychoeducation in groups

• Supporting group members to develop empathy/psychological awareness
• Key theories of group dynamics
• Psychological games (T.A.) played in groups
• How community groups heal
• Family group dynamics reflected on not re-enacted
• Selection process, safeguarding and knowing when to refer on

Who it is for: 

 TISCUK Diploma or wellbeing training equivalent, counselling or psychotherapy qualification, or senior counselling/psychotherapy trainee status (with at least 100 live training hours with a tutor present).

Cost:

£745 including the assessment day, or £645 without the assessment, no VAT (early booking recommended due to limited places)

Qualification Received: 

Advanced Certificate in Therapeutic Group Work with Children,Young People and Adults

COURSE STRUCTURE: 

4 trainings days and 1 assessment day, live online. Online sessions are live 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 100% attendance is expected. 

Assessment Day: Delegates will undertake a short PowerPoint presentation. This presentation should demonstrate how you have applied the course content in practice. To be eligible, you must have facilitated small-group work with children, young people or adults using the key models and theories introduced during the training.