Introduction to Counselling and Psychotherapy: WPF Therapy A Taste of Training

Introduction to Counselling and Psychotherapy: WPF Therapy Taster Days

Are you thinking of training as a counsellor or psychotherapist but have lots of questions? If so, this online two-part A Taste of Training will help you explore what therapy training involves and what it can lead to. This experiential event offers the opportunity to explore your own motivations for training and busts the myths about therapy training. Here are some of the questions which are addressed at A Taste of Training.

Why do this workshop?

• Do I want to be a counsellor, not a psychotherapist? Do  I want to be a psychotherapist?  What is counselling and what is psychotherapy?  Are psychotherapists like a psychiatrist?   What is the difference between a psychotherapist and a psychologist?
• What does psychodynamic mean? Isn’t that Freud?  How do I know what model of therapy is right for me?  If I do the introductory course at WPF Therapy can I go on to train somewhere else?
• What does training as a therapist involve? Why does it take so long to train?  Why do I have to be in therapy?
• I’m a good listener already. Why should I do an introductory course:
• What does it take to be a good therapist? How do I know if it’s right for me?  What qualities do I need to have?
• Why is the introductory course at WPF Therapy so long? Why does it cost so much money?
• Why should I come to WPF Therapy rather than go somewhere else? How do I know what is a good training?  What can I do at the end of the training?  How much money will I make?  What are the professional bodies?  Is it important?

What can you expect at the end of this workshop?

By the end of the workshop we hope that you will have answers to many of the above questions, or if not, a clear direction.  You will also:

• Have a clearer understanding of what a psychotherapy training involves and specifically what is required of you on the introductory course at WPF Therapy.
• Have a basic understanding of the psychodynamic perspective and how this fits in with other theoretical models such as humanistic, CBT and integrative therapy etc.
• Have begun to explore how you relate to others and to yourself and why therapy training requires deep personal work.
• Have a greater appreciation of the skills involved in active listening and how these are developed on the introductory course at WPF Therapy.

Comments from the previous workshop:

• “Thought-provoking and fascinating.”
• “Really helps as part of the decision making process.”
• “Very clear and encouraging.”
• “Very informative, both about WPF as well as psychotherapy generally.”