This month we’re bringing you four presentations on the themes of neurodiversity, anxiety in supervision, men's mental health and more.

View clips of the presentations to get a preview of what's available in the CPD hub that have been delivered by experts in their field.

Neurodiversity and Counselling - first contact

Callum Jones explores the challenges of working with neurodivergent clients in private practice and what practical steps practitioners can take to be more inclusive to this group of clients. He explains the frequently used terms neurodivergent, neurodiverse, neurodivergence and neurotypical. He also gives an overview of the history of the Neurodiversity Movement, the Neurodiversity Paradigm (Singer, 1996), and viewing neurodivergence through the lens of intersectionality.

“I’m not anxious, you’re anxious” – exploring anxiety in supervision

Dr Michelle Seabrook discusses the anxieties you may experience around private practice, on a personal level, as a practitioner and in supervision (as either the supervisor or supervisee). She explores how anxiety affects supervisors and counsellors in the supervisory space and how anxiety appears in the supervisory relationship and how you can use it to enhance the relationship and make progress in your practice. Mish asks you to examine your own vulnerability and invites you to view anxiety as a positive source of energy that can catalyse change and movement in your practice.
Michelle’s presentation discusses important but also potentially upsetting subjects. Ensure you read the precis and learning outcomes of the resource before engaging with the content. Please consider your own self-care and what steps you can take to tend to your emotional and physical well-being. This presentation mentions suicide. 

Missing boys – the unacceptable norm

Ben Nuss examines the disparity between service need and service use amongst boys and young men. He reflects on the crisis of male mental health and how young men often go undiagnosed and untreated; he asks what the counselling profession needs to do differently to reach these missing boys.

Ben’s presentation discusses important but also potentially upsetting subjects. Ensure you read the precis and learning outcomes of the resource before engaging with the content. Please consider your own self-care and what steps you can take to tend to your emotional and physical well-being. This presentation mentions suicide.

Outside In: Exploring how a connection with nature can arise in the therapy room

Julie-Ann Huggins explores the need for therapists to access and experience their ecological self and address ecological self issues before they can effectively introduce nature-connectiveness into therapy. She explores how therapists can be comfortable in bringing nature connectiveness into the therapy room, highlighting the importance of undertaking a personal journey to find your ecological self. Shedemonstrates the need for therapists to access and experience their ecological self and address ecological- self –issues before they can effectively introduce nature-connectiveness into therapy.

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