Offering a new Extended training in Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT)*, Functional Analytical Psychotherapy (FAP) and Relational Frame Theory (RFT), with fortnightly supervision to measure your increasing ACT-consistency. *Delivered by three ACBS peer-reviewed ACT Trainers
Our ACT training is approved by the British Psychological Society Learning Centre for the purposes of Continuing Professional Development (CPD)
(Supervision done remotely through www.wiziq.com)
Trainer: Henry Whitfield Date: Monthly Fee: £360 Format: Small groups of no more than four people per group
While our short intensive workshops enable people to learn and experience the majority of techniques and approaches we teach, they do not provide continuous feedback, supervision and ongoing skill development. To become effective at using this considerable range of tools with flexibility and fluency, ongoing supervision is a necessity. To meet this need, we now offer a 8-month Integrated Mindfulness Therapies (IMT) Programme that can include TIR Accreditation. This programme should not merely be seen as a route to another accreditation, but also as an essential part of learning to work with Mindfulness as your core theoretical model. On going supervised practice is the only way to truly master the many methods and strategies that we teach, whether ACT, MBCT or TIR. Beyond techniques - important basics such as the ability to remain mindfully present, even when your client is pressing your buttons, can be further developed during this programme. This course consists of individual supervision, detailed case formulation, review of some of the methods or techniques. During this course, trainees will have the opportunity to focus on their individual training needs, and address the areas of their practice they most need to improve. Recorded tapes of consenting external clients will be presented to group supervision.
Participants are not required to present clients at every meeting. The purpose of the groups is to perpetuate and develop your knowledge into your practice. To remain ACT-consistent we find ways of keeping the meetings experiential. Just discussing cases can have a mind-y feel. That is, we do live coaching role plays during the meetings. You can do this on your own material, or you can give a brief session to one of the other members of the group. Another benefit of these meetings is learning from the other group member's struggles and cases. These meetings are a continuation of the weekend skills training workshops.
Henry J. Whitfield MSc (CBT/REBT) MBACP, Accredited Advanced TIR trainer and TIR practitioner (TIRA)
Henry founded Mindfulness Training Ltd in 2006. His research interests include the theoretical and practical integration of mindfulness with cognitive behavioural theories, Acceptance and Commitment Therapy processes and in case-formulated applications of mindfulness. After 4 years as a trauma specialist for Victim Support Lambeth, Henry has since conducted empirical research for City and Hackney Mind, and SPCP Regents College, London investigating psychological process in counselling. He also works in private practice, and teaches widely on the subject of Mindfulness-consistent therapies.