1. Listening  - Basic Skills Course   

(Saturday 16th and 23rd January 2010)

· Develop  understanding of self

· Enhance listening skills, responding skills, questioning skills, challenging skills

· Consider the change process and transitions

· Developing understanding of the need for strong boundaries

· Invite reflection on patterns of communication and listening styles

2. Listening Basic Skills Course - Spiritual Reflection

(Saturday 30th January 2010)

• Explore your understanding of spirituality
• Consider the quality of listening within your spiritual life
• Experience imaginative ways of relating to God

3. Person Centred Theory

(Tuesday. 24th Nov. and Tuesday 1st Dec. 2009)

· Consider the model of self

· Core conditions for healthy growth and development

· Experience of self-worth

· Locus of evaluation

· How to practice skills from this perspective

4. Person Centred Theory - Spiritual Reflection

(Tuesday 15th Jan 2010)

· Reflect on the impact of this theory on your relating to God

· Do you allow yourself to experience God’s empathy, congruence and acceptance?

· How important is your concept of self-worth in your relationship with God?

5. Cognitive Behavioural Theory.

(Dates to be confirmed

· Explore how your thoughts impact your emotions and behaviour.

· Ways of working with negativity, low mood and anxiety and its effects

· The kinds of messages you give yourself and your underlying belief systems

· Ways of practising counselling skills from this perspective

6. Cognitive Behavioural Theory - Spiritual Reflection

(Dates to be confirmed)

· What image of God do you relate to?

· How do your thoughts and emotions affect your image of God?

· Do you see God as acting towards you in a positive or negative way?

· What is the message you give yourself about how God relates to you?

7. Psychodynamic Theory

(Dates to be confirmed)

· Take a brief look at the assumptions this theory presents

· How the self develop from this perspective Freud’s theory of personality id, ego and super-ego

· Understanding defences and basic needs Stages of development

· What the focus for using counselling skills from this perspective would be like

8. Psychodynamic Theory - Spiritual Reflection

(Dates to be confirmed)

· When you consider your personal relationship with God – what gets in the way?

· What defences do you have before God or what are your patterns of relating?

· How has your relationship with God developed since you were aged 7/14/21?

· Has it changed?

· Where might it have stopped developing and what do you need for spiritual growth?

· What do you project onto God?