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Evening Meetings
Review of Evening Talk, Thursday, 14th September: ‘ME/CFS – What is it and how may therapists work with this challenging condition? An insider’s view of this complex and often misunderstood condition’ with Denise Exall
Denise began by sharing her journey with ME/CFS and its challenging impact on her life both personal and professional. It is an often misunderstood illness and when working with clients affected by it, NICE recommends, therapists have some supervision from a...
Review of July Evening Talk, Hiding in Plain Sight – Neurodiversity in the therapy room with Mark Redwood.
Mark started the talk by reflecting on the hiddenness of neurodiversity in the therapy room and reflecting on the broadness of the subject matter of neurodiversity focusing reflections on ADHD, Autism and the crossovers between them. Mark reflected on and asked 3...
Review of Evening Talk Wednesday 21st June. On Life with Adult Children
Annette was a very interesting speaker, who based her talk on her research findings, published in her book “Once a Mother, Always a Mother” available at Once a Mother, Always a Mother: On Life With Adult Children: Amazon.co.uk: Byford, Annette: 9781911383697: Books...
Review of Evening Talk on Wednesday, 17th May at 7.30 p.m. in Chandlers Ford . Exploring the Intersectional Narrative. Going Skin Deep, with Divya Sharma.
What I and several others enjoyed most about Divya’s talk was her personal story of relocating from Rajastan and adjusting to life in Britain, a process that has been going on for 18 years for her. Divya explained that she and many people are In a ‘Third Culture’, not...
Review of the April 19 evening talk: Trauma and Toxic Habitual Behaviours with Jenna Clark
A most inspiring and energetic speaker. Jenna shared her extensive professional history working with young people and adults, both victims and perpetrators of all forms of domestic abuse and human trafficking. She reflected on her own childhood experiences and how...
Reviews of the Evening on EMDR with Del Atkins on March 13th.
The evening started with our AGM - and a room full of eager participants to learn more about EMDR. EMDR stands for Eye Movement Desensitisation Reprocessing, developed by Francine Shapiro in 1987. When walking through a park she found herself moving her eyes from...
Review of Evening Talk, Monday, February 16, 7.30pm, at Chandler’s Ford. An introduction to working with GSRD clients (Gender, Sexuality and Relationship Diversities) with Silva Neves.
A very lively and interesting talk by Silva Neves. The energy in the room was very enthused and engaged. Silva presented an overview of GSRD, challenging the heteronormative and mononormative social constructs and the impact this has an individual’s developing sense...
Review of the Evening Talk via Zoom on Monday, 16th January 2023 with: Phoebe Simmons: ‘Improving your wellbeing with Positive Psychology’
Phoebe, a psychological coach, is an easy speaker to listen to who has a good understanding of her subject. She led us through an intriguing evening about the benefits of Positive Psychology. We had been asked to complete a questionnaire (www.viacharacter.org)...
Review of Evening talk on November 16th, 2022 on zoom: Why Menopause matters in the therapy room. With Diane Danzebrink, founder of Menopause Support,
Diane’s journey to giving this talk to HACP members, was and is a deeply personal one. She shared very crucial aspects of her journey, including serious and one could arguably say dangerous gaps in our medical system. Diane had a full hysterectomy (i.e including...
Review of October 12th Evening Talk, Adapting to Trauma – going beyond a trauma-informed approach – with Miriam Taylor
This was the second hybrid trial evening talk, with 14 attendees in the room and 50 attending via Zoom. Miriam presented her approach, established over many years of practice, for working with traumatised clients. She began the talk with a grounding exercise and went...
Training
Review of HACP Day Training. Saturday June 10th, Breathing and Relaxation, With Zana Parker.
Zana Parker is a counsellor in private practice, an experienced antenatal educator and hypnobirthing instructor through which she first identified the power of breathwork. Using ‘everyday language’ rather than the technical language of Neuroscience she invited us to...
A Review of Imagination in Psychotherapy and Everyday Life: Therapy with images as a primary focus’ on May 13th, with Allan Frater
Allan Frater is a psychotherapist, supervisor, trainer, author in private practice. In his book - ‘Waking Dreams - Imagination in Psychotherapy & Everyday Life’ 2021 TransPersonal Press, Glasgow, he shares this complex subject in a professional and accessible way....
A brief review of the Day Workshop via Zoom on Saturday, 11 th February 2023 Emma Chapman: ‘An introduction to the Polyvagal Theory’
Emma, a counsellor, trainer and University lecturer is Person Centred and integrates elements of CBT and other theories if needed by clients. Emma began by explaining the Polyvagal Theory had emerged around 1994 (Stephen W. Porges). The key learning outcomes...
A review of the workshop on 19th November 2022 on Zoom Helena Cook, MA(Cantab) explored: ‘The need for Clinical or Therapeutic Wills.’
Helena, an experienced psychodynamic psychotherapist and counsellor in private practice, is also a qualified lawyer whose depth of knowledge she generously shared within this workshop. Her aim was to help us understand what would be needed to protect our clients in...
Review of a Day Workshop on Saturday, 5th November 2022 A Beginner’s Guide to Supervision, with Diane Hardiman,
Diane is an experienced supervisor, trainer and higher education lecturer with an ongoing passion for this subject (and animal assisted therapy) and a helpful, creative way of making things simple to understand. She would safely be the guide as we embarked on...
Review of HACP’s Autumn Conference held on 23rd September 2022 ‘Moving towards Greater Racial Diversity, Equity and Inclusion’ At Chilworth Manor Hotel – the Speakers were Myira Khan and David Weaver
Myira Khan (www.myirakhancounselling.co.uk) Accredited counsellor and founder of the Muslim Counsellor and Psychotherapist Network, www.mcapn.co.uk. David Weaver, (www.bacp.co.uk) President of the BACP and a leadership coach, mediator and senior partner of DWC...
COMING TO OUR SENSES, with Emma Palmer at Park Place, Sunday 22nd May, 2022
Emma, and the peaceful ambience of Park Place Centre, co-created a seemingly rare opportunity to step back, breathe out, relax and connect with space within the natural world through the feeling of the earth beneath our feet and the trees, flowers and birdsong around...
Working with clients with a psychiatric diagnosis. What might a psychiatric diagnosis mean to you, your client and for the psychotherapeutic process?’ with Dr Rachel Freeth in Chandler’s Ford on March 5th 2022
‘Diagnosis can turn the fright of chaos into the comfort of the known, the burden of doubt into the pleasure of certainty, the shame of hurting others into the pride of helping them, and the dilemma of moral judgement into the clarity of medical truth.’ (Reich,W) The...
Talk About Sex with Lottie Passell-Syms 30 October 2021 North Baddesley Village Hall
Lottie greeted us with excitement and enthusiasm for the day ahead. The venue was great and everyone had enough space to feel safe. Lottie is a Psychosexual & Relationship Therapist, with a busy private practice where she sees clients who are struggling with...
A brief review of the DAY WORKSHOP: Saturday, 4th September 2021: Medical model perspectives on mental health and mental disorder. What might they mean to you, your client and for the psychotherapeutic process? With Dr Rachel Freeth
I will not attempt to repeat the content of Rachel’s presentation because the excellent 5 page hand-out, ‘Key features of the medical model framework,’ is available to you. Just ask for it by emailing info@hacp.co.uk. Also Rachel has written a scholarly book on the...