The day will introduce and offer some creative and experiential approaches which could be used as part of the healing intervention for children and adolescents in counselling. We will also look at the working knowledge of the Child and Adolescent developmental needs, and looking at the law that surrounds young people and our work with them. Furthermore, it hopes to inspire you enough to pursue such knowledge as a way to further your learning.

This workshop will seek to harness your creative talents and blends theory with experiential components. The Child and Adolescent certificate seeks to assist the counsellor to use their special and unique qualities. Looking at different models of therapy that can inform working with young people. Additionally, the certificate looks to offer some useful ideas or ways of thinking that might add to your work with young people such as the law around counselling young people Attachment and loss issues and identifying areas of concern for young people, looking deeper into different therapeutic approaches which may, in turn, help to build a stronger sense of client/counsellor relationship.


Tutor

Adv. Dip. Couns., Cert. Couns. Child & Adol., MBACP (Accred), UKRCP.

Jan Cavill has worked for many years in an independent school and now teaches at both certificate and advanced diploma level, and is an enthusiastic researcher. As an experienced therapist Jan continues to advance her studies to include psychotherapy and supervision, all of which keeps her very busy.

Outside the clinical environment she loves to walk her dogs through the countryside around the Taunton area, and further afield when time allows. Jan also hopes in the near future to return to her favourite pastime of drawing.