Courses

The First of Six Sessions is the Beginning of the End

Presented by

Sandra Watson

On

Saturday 3rd September 2011

9.30am - 17.00pm

Endings are particularly important  when working within the constraints of a

Six Session Model.

In our contemplation of endings let us look at the most crucial session of therapy, in other words, the ending of the first session. The important criterion for a good ending of a first session is that the client wants to return.  

As the first session draws to a close, the getting acquainted process is well under way. Some initial understanding of the client’s expectations and goals have been made, client and counsellor have decided – for now, at least – that they will work together, an initial contract has been (or is being) developed and a relationship has begun to come into being.  Much has been done and it is time for this session to end. How the first session is ended sets the tone of endings for the duration of the work, in terms of both the client’s and the counsellor’s approach to endings.

The aim of the day is to enhance counsellors’ understanding and skills in their short term counselling practice.

The day will include conceptual information, discussion and experiential exercises. The multiplicity of endings occurring throughout the duration of a six session model will be explored during the workshop.

Sandra Watson is a UKCP Registered Psychotherapist who lived and worked in Peterborough for 22 years and has recently moved to the Grantham area, providing long, medium and short term therapy. She originally trained as a Psychodynamic counsellor and went on to train as a Gestalt Psychotherapist.  She has, since 1994, actively integrated psychoanalytical, humanistic and relational approaches in her work.  In 2007 she became a Certified International Integrative Psychotherapy Trainer and Supervisor.