A Compassionate Approach to Working with Anxiety – with Briony Martin (Apr. 2024)
We enjoyed an interesting and thought provoking in-person seminar with our host, Briony Martin. The full day involved an excellent mixture of both theory, presentations, group discussions and 1-1 sharing on the topic of anxiety. Briony presented the neurological information…
Using Transference and Counter-transference to Decode Clients’ Unconscious Communication – with Dr Ruth Birkebaek (Mar. 2024)
Dr Ruth Birkebaek has offered another well paced, highly compassionate and informative workshop, full of great client examples and a live therapy demonstration on “Using Transference and Countertransference to Decode Client’s Unconscious Communication”. She began by asking delegates to think…
Endings in Psychotherapy with Josefine Speyer (Feb. 2024)
The seminar was very enriching and enjoyable. Josefine shared with us her experience working with death and the dying and the importance for psychotherapists and counsellors to effect as good an ending to the therapy process as possible. Josefine feels that a…
Autism in the Therapy Room hosted by Louise Ordish and Helen Franklin (January 2024 – In Person, Shaw House, Newbury)
Around twenty practicing counsellors came to the Autism in the Therapy Room event. The day provided an experiential exploration of autism: both in terms of what it’s like to be autistic and what it’s like to work with clients on…
Psychotropic Medication and Psychotherapy with Dr Adrian Hayes MRCPsych (November 2023 – Online)
Recording available. Dr Adrian Hayes, psychiatrist and psychotherapist, introduced the broad categories of psychiatric medication including uses; how they work; their effects; and side effects. A few of us (as non-scientists) were concerned that Dr Hayes’ presentation might be delivered as…
The Paradox of Needing to be Seen and Fearing Exposure in Social Media: The role of shame, commodification of the body and their clinical implications – with Christiane Sanderson
This event was held online on Saturday 23rd September 2023 This training examined how the use of social media has become a powerful substitute for the reflection and mirroring of the primary caregiver to validate our way of being and to…
Polyvagal Theory and Internal Family Systems, Integrating Polyvagal Theory (PVT) and Internal Family Systems (IFS) into your clinical practice and life (April 2023)
Twenty six therapists gathered in person at the lovely Art Gallery at the White Horse Bookshop in Marlborough for a day’s learning on the subjects of Polyvagal Theory (PVT) and Internal Family Systems (IFS). The energy and liveliness of the…
How to be a ‘Bad’ Therapist: Deconstructing the ‘rules’ of our profession, reimagining how to work with integrity and creativity (March 2023)
Allison Priestman, provided us with a very inclusive, interactive and live seminar to the online group. The subject of being a "bad therapist" evoked many feelings and interpretations from the group and we felt that it somehow gave us the…
Exploring the Sibling Matrix: How Siblings Shape our Lives with Val Parker (March 2022 & February 2023)
Bramham Therapy was excited to welcome Val Parker, a psychodynamic psychotherapist, group analyst and supervisor, who’s recently published book, A Group Analytic Exploration of the Sibling Matrix: How Siblings Shape our Lives, has been received with widespread critical acclaim. Not…
Therapeutic Errors and Psychotherapeutic Presence with Dr Ruth Birkebaek (February 2022)
Bramham Therapy invited the wonderful integrative psychotherapist, Dr Ruth Birkbaek, back to speak to us about Therapeutic Errors and Psychotherapeutic Presence at a hybrid online/in-person event. The ‘errors’ she was referring to are not ethical issues, but rather the subtle,…
Working Therapeutically with Clients with High Functioning Autism – with Helen Franklin and Louise Ordish (Nov. 2021)
We were treated to a full day’s seminar on this very important and topical subject, both speakers generously shared with the participants their experiences both personal and professional which added much depth to the seminar experience. The seminar was well…
Working with LGBTQI+ clients, with Amanda Middleton (Oct. 2021)
This CPD addressing a broad range of transgender issues (LGBTQI+) was a really interesting, stimulating and challenging few hours with an absolute expert in her field. Amanda encouraged delegates from the outset to challenge any preconceived ideas and provided a…