Dealing with Affairs

ONLINE WORKSHOP OVER 3 DAYS

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This workshop is a part of our:
Certificate in Working with Couples
Click above to see all modules and an overview of the entire certificate.

Dates : Tuesday 20th – Thursday 22nd 2027

Times: 9.30am – 2.30pm (GMT – UK time) with a 45 minute break for lunch and 2 other short breaks. Please log on for 9.15am for prompt 9.30am start.

Trainer : Jean Miller, scroll down to see more about the trainer

Location : Online

Cost : £209 if booked by 20th February 2027,
£229 if booked by 20th March 2027,
£259 full price

We now offer protection against cancellation. This must be purchased within 48 hours of booking the workshop. Click here for more info

If your booking is accepted that means there was space for you. If it is full, email sambaker.pa@gmail.com to join the ‘reserve list’. Then, if anyone drops out we will notify you, if there is a ‘last minute’ place for you. We will also let you know when we plan a new date.

Please note, that the general rules of engagement of the profession (confidentiality etc) apply when attending this workshop.

Dealing with Affairs

Content of the course:

By the end of this course you will have

Understood the prevalence of affairs, and different types of affair
Explored some of the reasons why they happen
Thought about common reactions to an affair
Considered the ‘therapist’s job’ when working with this topic
Looked at distorted and defeatist beliefs
Explored what is required in saying sorry and forgiveness
Explored how the process of differentiation affects affairs, integrity and blame
Practiced working with these issues as a therapist

Based on work by Rona Subotnik, Gloria Harris, Kate Epstein, Esther Perel and David Schnarch

Trainer : Jean Miller

Jean is a highly experienced psychotherapist, having worked in the field for over 25 years. She specialises in Psychosexual and Relationship therapy and in communication skills. She works in a pluralistic way, using a range of approaches including attachment theory and CBT with a relational and existential underpinning. She believes that an empathetic, therapeutic relationship is extremely important.

She has supervised and trained therapists for many years. She has been a course director, associate director and faculty member for LDPRT and related courses. She was also the course director of a foundational counselling and psychotherapy course (LFCCP). She also works as a family mediator, specialising in healing longstanding family rifts.

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Who should attend : This course is open to all counsellors, psychotherapists, psychosexual therapists, coaches and health workers who wish to deepen their thinking and understanding of kink.

Maximum Number : 30

APPROVED FOR CPD : This course has been accredited by NCIP- National Council Of Integrative Psychotherapists. A Certificate of Attendance form for Continuous Professional Development for 5 hours will be sent by email once you have filled in the feedback form.

OUR EXPECTATION : Is that you will attend this workshop for the full length of the course, have your video on, your mobile off, and fully participate.

There are some online talks on zoom that allow you to come and go, or to choose not to participate in the exercise and breakout rooms. This culture has started to creep into our workshops. We have even had people say they want to leave to go and pick up children from school or walk their dog! People dropping in and out is very disruptive – especially when there may be group exercises that are planned for the same group to participate in a number of times.

Because of this, we want to be clear about our expectations. This workshop has been planned with the assumption that you, and everyone else, will attend for the full time. If you book on this workshop we expect you to: be there for the whole workshop, participate in the breakout rooms, and have your video switched on. Please also put your mobile to one side and on silent, only checking your phone during breaks.

SOMETHING WE ALL NEED TO BEAR IN MIND
When powerful feelings are revealed and processed, it is not unusual that our own psychological issues are triggered and flow into the mix. Wilfred Bion is a respected name in the world of group working. He wrote extensively and cogently on issues that invariably occur in groups. We would like to agree basic guidelines with you – based on his findings – to ensure the success of our work together. Bion’s central focus was the disruption (he called it ‘resistance’) that may arise within a group that shifts it away from its agreed task. Our focus, our agreed task for this workshop is NOT therapy for the members or to criticise others.

CANCELLATIONS : Any request to change (e.g. defer to alternative dates) or cancel your place at a workshop, that is made at less than 21 days before the course start date will be charged in full. Any cancellation / amendments / requests to defer before 21 days, will be subject to a 12.5% handling charge.

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