About this event
Whether working online or in person creating a conducive spatial environment is as important as the relational space you hold for and with clients.
This presentation will offer practical ideas for curating a space for the therapeutic encounters you offer, in a mindful manner, finding ways to create and reimagine a dedicated place in your home, community or professional setting, to invite centredness and calm.
Bring a sketchpad, loose paper or a notebook, to make the most of this session; to help you visualise and plan, making small adjustments to render the existing space in which you work conducive to a professional and therapeutic environment you can be proud of.
Take part in the Q and A to tailor these ideas to your space, ethos and expertise.
This workshop is dedicated to experienced and newly qualified practitioners who feel uncertain about designing a space that feels supportive, and may be especially helpful to those ready to welcome new ideas to reimagine their setting in an intentional way.
Learning Objective Participants Can Expect From This Event
- Design the environment in which you work to reflect your ethic, professionalism and specialisation.
- Plan a space that you can realise with some small (but significant) additions, considerations and adjustments.
- Understand the implications of the spatial environment in which you welcome clients, its potential and role in the therapeutic encounter and process.
Who is This Workshop Appropriate For?
- Counsellors, coaches, therapists, self-employed practitioners, working online or in person, keen to explore easy yet effective possibilities to design their therapeutic space. This workshop welcomes questions to respond and adapt to working in specific contexts, with individuals (adults and children) as well as groups and couples, in private spaces and community settings.
How May This Workshop Impact Your Practice?
- A practical and dialogic workshop for newly qualified and experienced practitioners wanting to understand, improve or reimagine the therapeutic space.
RECORDING
This event will be recorded and you can use the ticket function to pre-purchase the recording before the event. This will be useful for colleagues who are not able to attend the event live and also for those who attend the event live and want to watch it again.
ZOOM
This event will be hosted on the Zoom meeting platform where we will use our cameras and microphones to interact with each other as a group.
SELF-SELECT FEE
The self-select fee is a radical inclusion policy to open learning for all colleagues. The guide price for this event is £20.00, however, we appreciate that income varies greatly in different locations and circumstances. Please contribute what you can to help us maintain inclusive professional training.
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If you are not a member of a professional organisation, we ask that you participate in a way that is both authentic and respectful, fostering a space of mutual learning and professional engagement.
By registering for this event, you agree to be present and interact in a manner that reflects these principles.
Dr Francesca Bernardi
Francesca Bernardi PhD, is a writer, advocate, artist and creative coach. Francesca trained in Arts Therapies and Art & Design education and has worked as a teacher and artist-in-residence in schools, public galleries, Alternative Provision and Further Education. She most consistently engages in multi-disciplinary research, setting up creative environments for critical participatory work with marginalised communities. Francesca volunteers as an international board member of the Disability Without Abuse Project (Los Angeles), is founding chair of the Antonio Gramsci Society UK, Global Councillor of the Royal Society of Arts (RSA) and Associate Member of CATA (Canadian Art Therapy Association). Francesca is a Visiting Lecturer in Childhood Studies at Leeds Beckett University and Arts Therapies at the University of Roehampton.
You can read her latest work in The Bloomsbury Handbook of Creative Research Methods (2024, Edited by Helen Kara).
