Counselling Children & Young People

The price of this course is £610. We are offering an early bird discount of 20% until end 14 August 2022 which brings the cost down to £488. 

This course is suitable for counsellors wanting to develop their practice to work therapeutically with children and young people.

• To be more aware of the differences when working with CYP clients as opposed to adult clients
• To have an understanding of child development theories and attachment
• To explore a model of how to work safely with grieving and traumatised children
• To have explored working with other common themes in CYP counselling such as bullying, anxiety, low self esteem, anger, relationships, eating disorders and self and identity
• To look at safeguarding and confidentiality, managing boundaries with parents and carers appropriately and be more confident in working with suicide and risk
• To have had the chance to role play and practise therapeutic situations
• To explore and experience creative ways of working with children and young people such as free play, drawing and talking and sand tray therapy
• To be able to connect to your own inner child in the service of children you may be trying to help
• To understand requirements of working with children in an organisational context

For more information on our courses, including making a booking or cancellation, please see course information.