Advanced Certificate

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The Advanced Certificate in Therapeutic Skills with Adolescents offers participants a base of specialised knowledge, competencies and therapeutic skills in order to work with adolescent clients. The programme meets all of the standards as set out by IACP for counsellors and psychotherapists who wish to work with minors (under 18’s). Eligibility requirements for the programme include successful completion of the Professional Certificate in Adolescent Studies which forms a foundation for the theoretical and clinical learning and skill development in the advanced programme. Participants will focus on therapeutic considerations and the development of clinical skills in order to support adolescent clients. This advanced certificate programme places an emphasis on establishing the therapeutic relationship with adolescent clients, parental involvement and case management. The programme is divided into three modules. Upon successful completion of all modules and all practical and assessment requirements, the following award will be granted: Advanced Certificate in Therapeutic Skills with Adolescents awarded by Blackfort Adolescent Gestalt Institute indicating that at least 75% of psychiatric disorders emerge during this developmental stage. The focus of this training workshop is to illuminate the transformative possibility of working with residual adolescent process - a powerful healing process which is commonly overlooked when working with adult clients. As we grow and evolve, the influence of the adolescent years continues to reverberate throughout our lives, such is the significance of this critical developmental episode in the experience of being human. Many of the adults in our world demonstrate entrenched adolescent configuration styles: they may look like adults; but developmentally may still be a long way off. Their path through adulthood is defined by self-defeating patterns, addiction, interpersonal struggles and other creative adjustments resulting from the unfinished business of adolescence. This has implications for psychotherapeutic contact with our adult clients. Starrs, a recognised expert in the field of adolescent psychotherapy, offers participants a weave of her understanding, exploring the adolescent-through-adult journey from existential, neuroscience and interpersonal perspectives. Suitable for professionals working clinically with adolescents and/or adults.