Gold Coast
Join us for…
Our 7th Counsellor Camp – a national professional development opportunity and conference on Thursday 26th & Friday 27th July, 2012 at Radisson Resort, Carrara, GOLD COAST
Counsellor Camps is a unique opportunity for counselling professionals including students, psychologists, counsellors, psychotherapists, mental heath nurses and workers, social workers and anyone else working with people!
Our aim is for participants to access a cost effective way to attain professional development, networking and burnout prevention through an experiential program and relaxation/retreat.
It has been designed and created BY counsellors FOR counsellors.
Counsellor Camps is a two day professional development retreat to enhance a counselling professionals counselling and intervention skills as well as self care.
Our workshop program for this event includes a range of experiential workshops lead by counselling professional and practicing facilitators in their field of expertise.
The program features a combination of small group experiential workshops as well as 15 minute massage and an hour yoga session for complete relaxation, all included in our cost effective conference fee.
Professional Development points are available* on an hour by hour basis excluding breaks so 11 hours for the two day conference. Certificate of completion will be issued. (*record of such must be kept, check with your association if not PACFA MA).
Our interactive, relevant and professionally facilitated workshops will include a choice of:
- Where did my mojo go?
- Mindfulness relaxation moments throughout the program
- Reducing vicarious trauma
- Where did my mojo go?
- Using sand trays to promote client growth
- Creating a memory box working with grief and loss
- Overcoming ambivalence in the couples context
- Managing and assessing risk
- Using mapping to enhance client stories
- Using art as therapy to reduce client resistance and build resilience
- 1 hour Yoga session
- Massage (15 minute massage included in full day registration fee)
- Reconnecting you, the counsellor and your practice- a group supervision discussion to bring it all together
- Conference Dinner (night of day one optional and extra cost )
Counsellor Camps provides YOU or your staff with the opportunity to learn new skills, hone existing ones, network with like-minded others and relax with a massage or yoga session.
CONFERENCE FEES
Group discounts available contact us for more information.
Bring a friend and receive a 10% discount on program fees only (discount only applies to referrer and is not valid for groups).
Special accommodation rates are available at the Radisson $165 for a single room including breakfast for one and $175 for twin share including breakfast for two people both prices based on Resort rooms visit www.radisson.com/goldcoastau for more information.
2 DAY CONFERENCE
| Non –student | $450.00 |
| Student (counselling related) | $400.00 |
1 DAY CONFERENCE
| Non –student | $310.00 |
| Student (counselling related) | $280.00 |
OPTIONS & INCLUSIONS
| Conference Dinner partners welcome,(dependent on minimum nos) | $70.00 per head (partners welcome) |
| 15 minute massage (longer available at extra cost) | Included in conference fees unless you want longer than 15 minutes- additional fee |
| Yoga session (1 hour on morning of day 2) | Included in day two conference fee |
For more information, please phone us on 1800 44 99 87 or email us at: events@trainingskillscentre.com.au
OUR PROGRAM
Day 1- Thursday 2 August 2011
| Workshop Number | Start Time | Session Content |
|---|---|---|
| - | 9.00am | REGISTRATIONS OPEN |
| - | 9.45am | INTRODUCTION AND WELCOME (Stacey Lloyd)Psychotherapist, educator, facilitator and businesswoman. Founder of Counsellor Camps. Clinical Member of PACFA. |
| 1 | 10.00am | WHERE DID MY MOJO GO? (Stacey Lloyd)In this workshop participants will explore and be immersed in the world of MOJO- what is it, have I got it, where did mine go? |
| 11.15am | MORNING TEA | |
| 2A | 11.45am | WORKING IN THE COUPLES CONTEXT- OVERCOMING AMBIVALENCE (Stacey Lloyd)
This workshop will explore and discuss the considerations and techniques to enable you to work effectively with couples. We will look at practical skilling and tools. |
| 2B | CREATING A MEMORY BOX FOR WORKING WITH GRIEF AND LOSS (Aisling Fry- MA(Couns)) Aisling will allow you to learn a new way of working creatively with clients affected by trauma and/or experiencing grief and loss by creating your own memory box. | |
| 1.00pm | LUNCH | |
| 3A | 1.45pm | USING MAPS TO ENHANCE CLIENTS STORIES (Stacey Lloyd)
Stacey will discuss how you can use mapping to enhance their story, retelling of it and re-storying lead into discovery, empowerment and enhanced coping for your client. You will also be introduced to the use of strengths based cards to assist the clients narrative. |
| 3B | USING SANDTRAYS TO PROMOTE CLIENT GROWTH (Aisling Fry)
This workshop will enable you to have an experiential journey of applying sand tray techniques in the counselling context for adults and children. |
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| 3.15pm | A MINDFULNESS RELAXATION PROCESS | |
| 3.30pm | AFTERNOON TEA | |
| 4A | 3.45pm | USING ART AS THERAPY TO REDUCE CLIENT RESISTANCE AND BUILD RESILIENCE (Stacey Lloyd)
This hands on workshop will enable you to have an experiential journey of applying art therapy techniques as a way of working with your client/s to build resilience. |
| 5.00pm | CLOSE OF DAY | |
| 7.00pm | CONFERENCE DINNER to be held at Jupiters Casino |
Day Two- Friday 3 August, 2011
| Workshop number | Start Time | Session Content |
|---|---|---|
| 5 | 7.45am | YOGA for one hour (Lana Slivar)Yoga is offered as part of your conference package to assist participants to relax and detoxify levels of stress present prior to this session. The yoga session will be at a beginner’s level and be an hour in duration. |
| 6 | 9.15am | REDUCING VICARIOUS TRAUMA BY UNDERSTANDING THE ROLE OF THERAPEUTIC BOUNDARIES (Stacey Lloyd) This workshop looks at ways in which counselling professionals can exercise self care by understanding what vicarious trauma is and how to identify and manage VT. |
| 11.00am | MORNING TEA |
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| 7 | 11.15 | MANAGING AND ASSESSING RISKS (Aisling Fry)This session will allow participants to explore and apply risk assessment tools to assess and manage risk that may arise in the counselling context, eg suicide, DV, FDV, child abuse etc, by developing safety plans. We will also look at how to work with difficult clients. |
| 1.00pm | LUNCH | |
| 2.00pm | ANOTHER MINDFULNESS MOMENT.. |
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| 8 | 2.15pm | BRINGING IT ALL TOGETHER… A GROUP SUPERVISION FORMAT
To conclude your experience and participation in the Counsellor Camp Conference, we will lead a brief and relaxed discussion to consolidate what you have learnt at the Camp; and how it will inform and transform your practice. So, you achieve not only experiential experiences and information from the Camp but also a ‘mind retreat’ and relaxation over the past two days. |
| 3.30pm | CLOSE OF CAMP |
CANCELLATION POLICY
| Cancellations prior to the 20 July (inclusive) are permitted less a $170 administration fee.
Cancellations after this date there is no refund available. Participants may substitute another person in their place should they not be able to attend. |
