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SHORT COURSES AND INTRODUCTORY COURSES
Short courses and introductory courses are available in Cambridge
and we can also arrange to teach an existing group in your locality. A minimum of ten participants is needed. Courses include Introduction to Body Psychotherapy, Introduction to Biodynamic Massage, and Relaxing
Mind and Body (stress and relaxation from a body psychotherapy
perspective), Working with Anxiety, Work with Physical Symptoms, Holistic Anatomy and Physiology.
Please see Training in Biodynamic Massage for full details of the Holistic Anatomy and Physiology course, which is suitable for counsellors, psychotherapists, and complementary therapists wanting to know more about the relevance of the subject to their work.
MINDFULNESS BASED STRESS REDUCTION COURSE
A weekly course for healthcare professionals, creative arts therapists, counsellors and psychotherapists as continuing professional development.
BIODYNAMIC MASSAGE STUDY DAY
Continuing professional development for
Biodynamic massage therapists.
PSYCHODRAMA
One day courses with Barbara Tregear and Hilary Taylor which are suitable for counselling and psychotherapy students, counsellors, psychotherapists and similar
INTRODUCTION TO BIODYNAMIC MASSAGE
Suitable for complete beginners, counsellors,
healthcare professionals. One day course to
learn basic methods and theory of Biodynamic
Massage.
WORKING WITH PHYSICAL SYMPTOMS We often meet clients who present with physical symptoms. How do we work with these clients and their symptoms, both on a physical and verbal level? How can we usefully think about the psychology of symptoms? Are there typically body psychotherapy ways of looking at symptoms? How can we have a psychological understanding of physical symptoms that avoids treating the body as a mere repository of what the mind cannot contain?
OPEN EVENING
Free evening with talk and opportunity to discuss training courses offered at CBPC. Light refreshments. No need to book.
INTRODUCTION TO BODY PSYCHOTHERAPY The course will introduce some of the skills and theory of body psychotherapy<
Each person has their own rhythm and in any relationship with another there is a process of tuning into the other person and then making adjustments to accommodate the rhythm of that individual. Often our personal rhythms are disrupted from the way that we were brought up. And, in addition to that we can feel that life is too fast, and that we are not in charge of the pace of it. Equally life can seem too slow, uneventful or even on hold and stuck with nothing getting started or completed. Any relationship involves a movement towards the other and then more towards oneself - inner and outer relating. Movement towards the other can mean getting lost and not knowing where we begin and end. In daily life this can mean not knowing what we want, or living at a pace that isn't quite right for us and being swept along by the crowd. Movement away from the other can mean feeling lonely and isolated, rather than feeling at peace in solitude.
Gill Westland, UKCP registerd Body Psychotherapy and full member of the European Association of Body Psychotherapy is Director of Cambridge Body Psychotherapy Centre. She worked for 10 years in Mental Health as a Deputy Head Occcupational Therapist and Clinical Supervisor at Fulbourn Hospital, Cambridge. She is the External Examiner for the Karuna Institute and Co-editor of a new journal "Body, Movement and Dance in Psychotherapy" (March 2006) published by Taylor and Francis.
This course is based on the renowned programme developed by Dr Jon Kabat-Zinn at the University of Massachusetts Medical Center 27 years ago. The course was originally offered in the outpatient clinic to those facing the challenge of living with illness, pain, depression, and chronic stress and is now increasingly sought by those wishing to learn about the benefits of mindful living in a structured programme. The programme also offers elements of Mindfulness Based Cognitive Therapy (MBCT) for those recovering from depression (Teasdale, Williams, and Segal).
Professionals will learn about mindfulness as a way of being more present with themselves and their clients; learn how to take care of their own well-being more effectively; learn about the potential benefits of mindfulness based approaches for their clients.
The programme is practise based, participatory and educational. Participants are required to commit themselves to one hour of formal daily practice at home. Guidance notes and CDs are provided.
Next course Spring 2008 Thursdays 6.00-8.00 p.m. for 8 weeks
£200.00
Course Leader: Carol Hunter, assisted by Gill Westland
Carol Hunter has worked as an Arts Therapist in NHS Mental Health for the past 20 years. She has been practising Mindfulness and related meditation for many years and undertook training with Jon Kabat-Zinn and colleagues in the USA in 2000.
To book please send brief details about yourself e.g. profession, place of work and reasons for wanting to do the course with a cheque for £200.00 made payable to CBPD(T) to CBPC Training Office, 8 Wetenhall Road, Cambridge, CB1 3AG.
To be arranged
Please book by
£65.00
Course leader: Gill Westland
Next course Saturday 15th March 2008
Further details and booking from Barbara Tregear Tel. 01223 365963
Next course Sunday 25th May 2008
£70.00
Course leader: Gill Westland
A Workshop for complementary therapists, counsellors and psychotherapists
This two day workshop aims to provide some ideas around these questions. Using practical experience from clinical work and theoretical approaches both from body psychotherapy and object relations, we shall explore the most commonly presented symptoms, and also any symptoms that participants wish specifically to be covered. There will be ample opportunity for participants to bring their own clients into the group, as well as their own symptoms.
KATHRIN STAUFFER PhD, UKCP registered body psychotherapist was born and brought up in Switzerland. Originally a Biochemist, she trained in Body Psychotherapy at the Chiron Centre. She is a staff member of Cambridge Body Psychotherapy Centre and teaches Biodynamic Massage and Anatomy and Physiology at CBPC and the London School of Biodynamic Psychotherapy. She also helps to compile "Positive Health's" Research Database section.
Next course Saturday/Sunday 7/8 June 2008 date to be confirmed
£150.00
Course leader: Kathrin Stauffer
Friday May 16th 2008
7.00 p.m. to 9.00 p.m
Venue: CBPC, 28 Ditton Walk, Cambridge, CB5 8QE
Please see map on this site of how to reach the centre.
RELATING, RHYTHM AND BOUNDARIES
The day will explore relating and boundaries from a body psychotherapy perspective. It will include exploration of rhythms - find our own and in relationship, inner and outer movements in relationship, finding inner and outer ground, personal and relational boundaries, space and distance, and the emotional cycle of self regulation.
Suitable for health-care workers,
counsellors and those wanting to know about body psychotherapywith a view to further training.
Saturday 21st June 2008
£70.00
Course leader: Gill Westland
To book please send the full fee, cheques made payable to CBPC to 8 Wetenhall Road, Cambridge, CB1 3AG. Please also include brief details about yourself e.g. profession, area of work, reason for wanting to do the course.