16 Positive Psychology courses delivered Live Online

A masterclass in devising therapeutic metaphors This inspiring online training day gives you powerful, non-intrusive ways to help distressed young people – and others – overcome difficulties in their lives – the skills you will learn can also be used with adults -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Accredited CPD: 6 hours * Length: 1 day (9.15am - 4.00pm GMT) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LIVE ONLINE – Join Pamela Woodford live online on Tuesday 18th June 2024 for this enjoyable, experiential CPD accredited training day – you will have plenty of opportunities to ask questions, take part in exercises to practice the steps involved, come up with pertinent metaphors and create your own story. Limited numbers. BONUS RECORDING – you will also get a recording of the tutor sessions for a limited time afterwards to maximise your learning. >>  If you can’t make this date please register your interest below and we’ll let you know as soon as a new date is available. > Fantastic online training, engaging and thought-provoking throughout. The > confidence Pamela has given me will impact positively on my everyday practice, > I am truly inspired... > > PSYCHOTHERAPIST WHY TAKE THIS COURSE Children’s natural affinity with stories gives us an incredibly powerful, non-directive way to help emotionally distressed and abused young people, who can sometimes be hard to reach in any other way.  On this practical live training event you will learn how to tap into your own metaphorical brain to create therapeutic stories and metaphors ‘in the moment’ that are appropriate to each individual’s circumstances and experiences. Throughout the day Pamela – a master storyteller and highly experienced psychotherapist – draws on her own case histories, metaphor and story examples as she guides you through the steps involved in ‘thinking on your feet’ and creating a story yourself in the moment.  By the end of the day you will have lots of new, innovative ways to engage with and help distressed children deal with the experiences they have had – whilst also offering them hope, understanding, and new ways of thinking and feeling about life and themselves. Indeed, you may well be surprised at how quickly positive psychological changes occur as a result of the stories you will create and tell ‘in the moment’. Stories also play a crucial role in child development – through the ways the different characters think, act and overcome difficulties, children gain important templates for understanding the world and dealing with the challenges and situations they will meet in life – both now and in the future. They are a wonderful way to help build resilience. Storytelling and the careful use of therapeutic metaphor are crucial elements of successful counselling and psychotherapy – they help bypass assumptions and rigid thinking to offer a new, broader way of looking at things, awaken innate resources and offer crucial hope – just what struggling children need… > Wonderful, interactive online course. Pamela is a joy to listen to – I learnt > so much > > COUNSELLOR WHAT WILL YOU LEARN * A clear understanding of how to address emotional issues in children * Simple ways to calm and relax children – “it’s the way you tell ‘em” * Tips for igniting your own imagination and creativity * How to ‘think metaphor’ to find the right one for each situation * A step-by-step guide to creating your own stories – the 6 steps for creating short stories with metaphors specifically tailored to quickly bring about positive psychological changes in children and young people * Breathing life into inanimate objects and taking inspiration from nature – how to tune into your metaphorical mind * Valuable experience in creating your own therapeutic story from scratch * How to use your stories and metaphors * The importance of paying attention to the words children use when telling you something * Case histories which illustrate the effectiveness and flexibility of stories – and show why they are such powerful therapeutic tools, even with difficult cases * How to find your own metaphors and connect them emotionally to distressing situations * Using embedded suggestions in stories – exercise * Different ways to use therapeutic stories, such as those in Pamela’s acclaimed Brighter Little Minds series, to develop emotional literacy * The importance of incorporating all of our senses * How to adapt stories to use with adolescents and adults * Tips for thinking creatively ‘on your feet’ to come up with suitable metaphors and ideas there and then in the moment * Flexible skills that can easily be adapted to working with adults * Why subtly entwining a child’s interests into a story makes its impact stronger * How to introduce a story or therapeutic metaphor naturally into your conversation * Feedback on the story you create and time to ask questions of the tutor – a highly experienced and creative psychotherapist who has spent decades working therapeutically with distressed children and young people * A greater appreciation of the subtle power of metaphor, imagination and embedded suggestions [https://www.humangivens.com/college/therapeutic-language-workshop/] and how to use them to help the young people you care for * Increased confidence in creating and telling therapeutic stories yourself * A variety of story examples and ‘scripts’ * Lots of new ideas from Pamela Woodford’s ‘treasure chest of healing spells’ to spark your own creativity * Tips for improving your own storytelling abilities > Such a helpful live online training day – the use of metaphor via story form > is a powerful tool > > HEAD OF BEHAVIOUR SUPPORT SERVICE – EDUCATION -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Course Programme The ‘How to create healing stories for distressed children’ live online workshop starts at 9.15am and runs until 4.00pm. (GMT). * 9.15am Join the Zoom meeting * 9.30am What can go wrong for children? How stories can help * 11.00am Comfort break and discussion * 11.10am Using metaphor, relaxation, imagination and embedded suggestions * 1.00pm Lunch break * 1.40pm Setting the scene and creating the story * 3.10pm Comfort break and discussion * 3.20pm Sharing the stories you have created * 4.00pm Day ends -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WHO IS THIS COURSE SUITABLE FOR? Anyone working with emotionally distressed children or young people, including: * Psychotherapists, therapists and counsellors * Teachers and educational professionals * Childcare and healthcare professionals (and students) * Foster carers * Adoptive parents – and perspective adoptive parents * Social workers * Parents and carers * Interested friends or family who wish to help a young person they know * And anyone who would like to attend for personal reasons -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://directory.cpdstandards.com/providers/human-givens-college/ This course has been independently accredited by the internationally recognised CPD Standards Office for 6 hours of CPD training. On completion of this training you’ll receive CPD certificates from the College and the CPD Standards Office.

CPD Accredited, Interactive Workshop * 2 hr session * Learn how stress affects our mind and body * Learn how to manage your stress and reduce them to an acceptable level COURSE CONTENTS: * What is Stress * Stress versus Pressure * Statistics * Absenteeism, Presenteeism and Leaveism * Workplace Causes of Stress * Personal Causes of Stress * Short-Term and Long-Term Effects of Stress * Coping Strategies * Mental Resilience BENEFITS OF THIS WORKSHOP: * In 2022/23. 875,000 people suffered from work-related stress, depression or anxiety * The affects of stress are far reaching, affecting one's mind, body, social and personal life * Become more aware of what stresses you, what is does to you and find ways to reduce those stress levels

A webinar about the simple stuff and how it can help get you through when everything else feels too tough.

CPD Accredited, Interactive Workshop * 2 hr session * Learn all about the Five Steps to Mental Wellbeing and how they could be applied into your life * Learn from the comfort of your own home Course Contents: * Introduction to the Five Steps to Mental Wellbeing * The Science Behind the Five Steps * Learn about the Five Steps themselves and how to apply them into our own life  * - Connect * - Be Active * - Keep learning * - Give to others * - Be mindful BENEFITS OF THIS SHORT COURSE: * People's wellbeing have been under great strain. * Stressful lives lead to people suffering from mental health problems. * The Five Steps to Mental Wellbeing are a scientifically proven method of improving one's mental wellbeing, and increasing one's general emotional resilience * In this Five Steps to Mental Wellbeing workshop, we'll show you what you can do to improve your own mental wellbeing and resilience, and can help you help others do the same!

Happiness? Are you serious? I'm struggling enough as it is! Not a nice feeling is it, when things aren't going well? But you push on regardless. Now you tell me, how's that strategy going? What are the consequences of that? Discover the hard facts about long-term success and resilience. This inspirational but hard-hitting presentation will give you the inside track on motivation, success and, yes, what it's got to do with happiness. No ten-point magazine-checklists to brighten your day, that change nothing. Just the straight physics of happiness.

Explore the power of your mindset to affect mood, motivation and happiness + practical ways to bring more positivity to your life.

Build confidence and positivity using techniques from the worlds of neuroscience, positive psychology and mindfulness.

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The Positive Psychology course to explore core values, shape a profound vision and create an actionable plan for your best life.

FAA LEVEL 3 AWARD IN SUPERVISING FIRST AID FOR MENTAL HEALTH (RQF) -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- * Classroom (two day course), Virtual (6 x 2 ½ hour sessions) * Gives learners knowledge of Mental Health First Aid and associated conditions * This course is especially suitable for managers, supervisors and other staff that have the power to make changes in the workplace -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- COURSE CONTENTS: * What is Mental Health? * Why people develop mental health conditions * What the role of a mental health first aider is * Knowing how to provide advice and practical support * Knowing how to recognise and manage stress * Understand the impact of substance abuse on mental health * Understand the first aid action plan for mental health and be able to put it in place * Know how to implement a positive mental health culture in the workplace * Recognising a range of mental health conditions: * Depression * Anxiety * Psychosis * Eating disorders * Suicide * Self-harm * PTSD * Personality disorders * Bipolar disorder * Schizophrenia BENEFITS OF THIS COURSE: * 37% of all work-related ill-health is due to mental health problems * Problems with mental health cover 45% of all working days lost * A whopping 12.8 million working days, or 49, 042 years, were lost due to mental health problems in 2018/19 * 602,000 workers suffered from work-related stress, depression or anxiety in 2018/19 * One in four people will have a mental health problem at some point during their lives * Whether work is causing or aggravating mental health problems, employers have a legal responsibility towards their employees * Work-related mental health issues must to be assessed to measure the levels of risk to staff * Where a risk is identified, steps must be taken to remove it or reduce it as far as reasonably practicable * This two day r employees' mental health and wellbeing -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ACCREDITED, OFQUAL REGULATED QUALIFICATION Our Mental Health First Aid Courses are nationally recognised, Ofqual regulated qualifications accredited by First Aid Awards Ltd in association with NUCO Training. This means that you can be rest assured that your Mental Health First Aid Certificates fulfill the upcoming legal requirements and are a very good way to make sure you and your employees have a supporting workplace to deal with staff's mental health conditions. The Ofqual Register number for this course is 603/3770/9