Have you experienced feeling attracted to your client, supervisee or trainee? Have you had times when you feel others are attracted to you?
Human beings are sexual creatures and yet this area is little talked about and rarely discussed. How do we manage it? What do we do with those feelings? What sense do we make of them? Do we always pathologize and explain them away with theory?
As experienced trainers we have numerous personal, supervisory and training examples of attraction. In a recent workshop we ran we experienced an open and stimulating exploration amongst the attendees and it seems that this is still an area that needs more attention.
In this workshop we will consider object relations theory to explore the client/therapist process of attraction and the impact on the therapist’s practice. We would also like to propose that sexual feelings can be a legitimate aspect of the therapeutic encounter.
Course Content
Presenter
Anita is an experienced therapist, trainer and supervisor and a member of the Ellesmere training team. She is passionate about her work and her involvement with the TA community and has 20 years clinical experience. She has an interest in addiction and object relations theory as a model of relationship.
Kathie is the director of The Ellesmere Centre RTE and holds the ethos of inclusivity and community. Her passion is mental health and she has recently developed a Community Interest Company to make psychotherapy more accessible within this field.
This workshop in a collaboration between the Link Centre and Onlinevents
At the Link Centre we pride ourselves in delivering high quality options tailored to needs of clients and delivered in a relaxed, comfortable yet stimulating environment in which people feel safe to learn and develop. We work with individuals, groups, organisations, and educational establishments using the depth of our psychological knowledge, to facilitate growth and development.
Our training centre is located in the heart of the countryside, in Plumpton, East Sussex. It provides a variety of training rooms, extensive parking, and disabled access, to help meet the needs of individuals attending our courses. As well as this the centre has extensive grounds that can be enjoyed during lunch and tea breaks.
We also offer in-house coaching, training and consultancy that is tailored to the needs of our customers.
Our trainers and consultants are all fully qualified, experienced, skilled and accredited to both national and international level.
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