About this event
This workshop will offer a chance to pause and come together in a reflective space to look back on the year with compassion and self-kindness. A series of gentle exercises and reflections will invite participants to consider the joys, challenges and disappointments of the past year.
We will ask ourselves thoughtful questions such as: what might I like to let go of as this year ends? What do I want to carry forward with me? What do I need at this point in the year?
There will be an invitation to think deeply about our own needs, and to set intentions for how we will look after ourselves during the holiday period.
Learning Objective Participants Can Expect From This Event
- Participants will build a deeper understanding of the benefits of compassionate reflection for personal and professional wellbeing.
- Participants will gain insight into the shared humanity of self-compassion through hearing and witnessing the reflections of others.
- Participants will understand the role self-compassion can play in letting go of difficult experiences and creating space for hope, joy and growth in the year ahead.
Who is This Workshop Appropriate For?
- Counsellors, therapists, helping professionals and anyone looking for a compassionate space for end of year reflection and review.
How May This Workshop Impact Your Practice?
- This workshop will explore how deepening our relationship with self-compassion can strengthen and enrich our commitment to looking after ourselves while looking after others.
ZOOM
This workshop 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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All the colleagues at ONLINEVENTS and the presenters we collaborate with are committed to working in a manner consistent with the BACP Ethical Framework, which can be accessed on the link below. When registering for this event you are agreeing to be present and interact in a manner that is consistent with this Framework.
Alison O’Connor
Alison is a therapist, trainer and supervisor with 25 years experience of compassion focused practice. She has been privileged to work in prisons, Romanian orphanages, with older adults, military veterans and survivors of complex trauma. She worked for several years as Lecturer and Senior Lecturer in Counselling and Psychotherapy at University of South Wales. She is the Co-Founder of Re-Live, an award-winning Arts and Health charity, co-creating Life Story Theatre with people affected by trauma and adversity.
Alison’s Churchill Fellowship in 2016 opened the door to a compassionate approach to wellbeing which links the personal, the political and the spiritual. She co-founded a social enterprise, Moral Injury Partnership, offering restorative retreats for frontline professionals impacted by moral injury and burnout. Self-compassion is at the heart of this programme, as a guide for healing and growth.
Alison is committed to enhancing practitioner wellbeing by co-creating restorative, reflective experiences that allow people in the helping professions to be well in the work they do. Therapists, counsellors, nurses, doctors, care workers, police, teachers, prison staff, all who work at the human frontline. The work hurts at times. Support is vital.
Website | www.alisonoconnor.co.uk
LinkedIn | Alison O’Connor
