Events diary

SUSSEX COUNSELLING
Ecotherapy
A talk by Martin Jordan

Saturday 9 February at 2.0-4.30pm, Fifth floor conference room, Community Base South Wing, 113-117 Queens Rd, Brighton

The ecopsychology movement presents us with some disturbing news - that our relationship to nature has been damaged by our industrialised society and that this separation is at the root of our psychic distress and our destructive relationship to the environment.

Ecotherapy is a word that has recently come to the fore in terms of a range of therapeutic interventions that might benefit people in distress. A recent MIND report found that walking and other activities in nature have a marked benefit on mental health, stress and self esteem. Ecotherapy can also be seen as a very ancient form of therapy, used by our ancestors in order to gain insight and wisdom.

Martin Jordan is a senior lecturer in counselling and psychotherapy at the University of Brighton. He has had a long interest in Ecotherapy and how natural environments might help us to heal our psyche.

Tickets can be ordered with the booking form on page 20 (cost £10 members & £20
non-members). Enclose a stamped addressed envelope for return of your tickets.

Book now quoting seminar title.

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SUSSEX COUNSELLING
An Introduction to Play Therapy
A One Day Workshop led by Jessica Jager

Saturday 8 March 2008 from 10.0 am - 3.0 pm
Fifth floor conference room, Community Base South Wing, 113-117 Queens Rd, Brighton

Play therapy is a therapeutic approach to working with children who have experienced trauma, loss, separation or have emotional/behavioural difficulties. By using children’s natural form of communication – play – they enter into a dynamic relationship with the therapist that enables them to express, explore and make sense of their painful experiences.

In this interactive workshop, Jessica Jager will provide a brief overview of play therapy. Materials will be available for participants to bring this type of work to life. Case studies, videos and experiential exercises will allow participants to experience the power of play.

Jessica Jager is a qualified Play Therapist and Filial Therapist. She is currently employed with East Sussex CAMHS team and on a freelance basis for Triangle who work with children with challenging behaviour and communication difficulties. She is also doing research in Play and Filial Therapy at The University of York for her PhD.

Tickets cost £20 for members and £40 for non-members. Tea and coffee provided but please bring your own lunch.

Book now quoting seminar title.

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SUSSEX COUNSELLING ANNUAL KEYNOTE SPEAKER
My Dearest Enemy, My Dangerous Friend
a talk by DOROTHY ROWE

at the Brighthelm Centre, North Rd, Brighton
2.0 - 4.30 pm, Saturday 10 May 2008

A Brighton Festival Fringe Event

Sussex Counselling’s keynote speaker for 2008 is the world-renowned psychologist and writer Dorothy Rowe. Following her very successful talk for SC five years ago she has been invited back to talk about her latest work on sibling relationships.

Dorothy Rowe is well-known for her work on depression and fear, drawn from a deeper understanding of how we create meaning, and how the meanings we create determine what we do. She writes regularly for newspapers and magazines, appears frequently in the media, and is the author of 12 books, the most popular of which are Depression: The Way Out of Your Prison which is in its third edition, and Beyond Fear. Her latest book My Dearest Enemy, My Dangerous Friend (published by Routledge in April 2007) is a radical examination of what is often the most important relationships in our lives, our relationships with our brothers and sisters.

Dorothy Rowe has also agreed to sign copies of her books.
CPD certificates will be available.

Tickets cost £12 and can be obtained only from the Brighton Dome Ticket Office from March onwards between 10 am-6 pm, Mon-Sat:
by phone: 01273 709709 (£1.95 booking fee)
in person: Box Office, 29 New Rd, Brighton.
Numbers are limited so please book early.

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Events Diary

Sat 9 Feb
Ecotherapy - a talk by Martin Jordan, 2–4.30 pm at Fifth floor conference room, Community Base South Wing, 113-117 Queens Rd, Brighton. Tickets £10 members, £20 non-members. (SC)

Sat 9 Feb
Loss, Change and Bereavement Revisited – a workshop facilitated by Marie Price, 10am–1pm at Arun Counselling Centre, Dove Lodge, 49 Beach Rd, Littlehampton. Fee £15 members, £20 non-members. (ACC)

Tues 12 Feb
Obesity: Maladaptation to a Modern World – a lecture by Professor Terry Wilkin, 8–10pm at the Brighthelm Community Centre, North Rd, Brighton. Tickets £10. (CED)

Sat 16 Feb
Person Centred Community meeting - 9.30 am (for 9.45) – 12.45 pm, at Garton House, 22 Stanford Ave, Brighton. Cost £5 (SPCC)

Sat 23 Feb
Working with the Suicidal Client - a workshop with Ruth Archer, at Chichester Counselling Services, 32 Little London, Chichester. Cost £35 CCS members, £40 non-members. (CCS)

Fri 29 Feb
Managing the Madness: Thinking about change, leadership, diversity and difference in organisational life – a one day conference with presentations by Mannie Sher, Angela Foster and David Campbell at Brighthelm Community Centre, North Rd, Brighton. Cost £75-£115 (excl VAT) (CED)

Sat 1 Mar
Friends and Family Project – a one-day workshop for anyone supporting someone living with HIV – Terrence Higgins Trust, 61 Ship St, Brighton. Free to attend & lunch provided. (THT)

Sat 1 Mar
Equine Assisted Psychotherapy & Learning Demonstration - with Vicki Champion, 1–4 pm at Plumpton College, Ditchling Rd, Plumpton, E Sussex. Cost £25. (Shine for Life)Person Centred Community meeting - 9.30 am (for 9.45) – 12.45 pm, at Garton House, 22 Stanford Ave, Brighton. Cost £5 (SPCC)

Sat 8 Mar
An Introduction to Play Therapy - a one-day workshop with Jessica Jager, 10am–3pm at Fifth floor conference room, Community Base South Wing, 113-117 Queens Rd, Brighton. Tickets £20 members, £40 non-members. (SC)

Sat 5 Apr
Ecotherapy – the walking cure? – a workshop led by Martin Jordan, 10am–4pm in woodland at Brighton. Cost £50. (Ecotherapy)

Sat 12 Apr
Person Centred Community meeting - 9.30 am (for 9.45) – 12.45 pm, at Garton House, 22 Stanford Ave, Brighton. Cost £5 (SPCC)

Sat 19 Apr
Marginalisation in the 21st Century: is this anything new for the PCA? – a workshop facilitated by Pete Sanders, 9.30 am (for 10.0) – 4.00 pm at Community Base, 113-117 Queens Rd, Brighton. Cost £40. (SPCC)

Sat 10 May
My Dearest Enemy, My Dangerous Friend – a talk on sibling relationships by Dorothy Rowe, 2–4.30 pm at Brighthelm Centre, North Rd, Brighton. Tickets £12 from Brighton Dome Ticket Office (see ad page 7 for details) (SC)

Sat 17 May
Working psychotherapeutically with children and adolescents who resort to violence – a morning workshop and talk given by Marianne Parsons, 9.30am–12noon at Cornerstone Community Centre, Hove, cost £25 (£29.38 incl VAT) (CED)

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Further Info

ACC (Arun Counselling Centre)
Contact: Anna Barnard T: 01903 714417
E: aruncounselling@btinternet.com

CCS (Chichester Counselling Service)
Contact: Pauline Watkins T: 01243 789200
E: office@chichester-counselling-services.com
W: www.chichester-counselling-services.com

CED (Centre for Emotional Development)
Contact: Sally Goodwin T: 01273 709660
E: info@emotionaldevelopment.co.uk
W: www.emotionaldevelopment.co.uk

ECOTHERAPY
Contact: Martin Jordan T: 01273 386403
E: m.jordan670@ntlworld.com
W: www.ecotherapy.org.uk

SPCC (Sussex Person-Centred Community)
Contact: Antonia Davy T: 01273 711404
E: Antonia.davy@lineone.net
SC (Sussex Counselling)
T: 01273 732900
E: seminars@sussex-counselling.co.uk
W: www.sussex-counselling.co.uk

Shine for Life
Contact: Gabrielle Gardner
T: 0800 970 9848 E: shine@shineforlife.co.uk
W: www.shineforlife.co.uk

THT (Terrence Higgins Trust)
Contact: Amy Leftwich T: 01273 764200
E: amy.leftwich@tht.org.uk

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