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Page reviewed July 2005
Comprehensive wellness/wellbeing/personal effectiveness/corporate effectiveness training by workshops, evening classes, home study or a combination of these.
TOWARDS OPTIMUM WELLBEING FEATURES
- Fully comprehensive - deals with all aspects of wellbeing
- Features physical and mental components
- Based on over 25 years research and personal experience
- Constantly updated and expanded
- Contains 12 units and additional workshops
- Telephone support included
- Additional one to one sessions available
- Home study courses are now available
- Elements can be run especially for your organisation
- Tailor made courses available
INTRODUCTION
Hi, I'm Derek. Thank you for taking an interest in the courses I run.
For over 20 years many other's have taken an interest and made great strides "Towards Optimum Wellbeing" by participating in the programme. I hope you will also join us and improve your life and wellbeing.
How it began
"Towards Optimum Wellbeing" derives from my own personal quest for health and wellbeing.
It began over 25 years ago when, having suffered for over 2 decades from "Stress Related Disorders" - yes, I've been there! - I left work and went to University to study for a Degree in Psychology. There I learnt about stress and its disorders and began my own education in how to relinquish it. I swiftly cured myself of my physical stress related problems and when I graduated I decided to help others, on a one to one basis, to rid themselves of dis-stress and associated illnesses. Within a short period of time I realised that the relaxation and biofeedback techniques I used to help my clients were only the beginning. My students also needed to learn how to change their thinking, how to be assertive and how to change many other aspects of their lives. Thus the "Towards Optimum Wellbeing" Programme of courses and Workshops began.
We initially held classes in the homes of some of my one to one students in order to help them progress further. At the same time I obtained training and qualifications to back what I was teaching them. Then, 18 years ago, I had the opportunity to start the programme within the Adult Education arena - with Avon/Bristol/Woodspring Adult Education and the University of Bristol. My private work continued in tandem with this together with corporate bookings for some aspects of the courses.
With the help of small groups of my ever enthusiastic students the courses progressed and expanded, mirroring my own search for enlightenment in the Mind/Body/Spirit paradigm.
I have left the public Adult Education Service behind me, for a variety of reasons. The courses ran for Avon/Bristol for 15 years. When I removed the programme it had been accredited for 6 years and 7 of the Units and 3 of the Workshops were running. The programme is now run privately to enable me to attract the students most suited for this sort of tuition and to expand in a way that may not be appropriate within the Education Service.
We currently have 3 separate programmes running covering all aspects of health, wellbeing and self-enhancement. In the following material you will find basic information on all three.
The first of these - "The Basic Skills Training Programme" contains all you will need to know to move from sickness to health and a basic level of "Optimum Wellbeing" from a physical and mental standpoint. It includes planning for Optimum Wellbeing, Stress Management, a Comprehensive Relaxation course including Biofeedback, Changing Your Thinking, Assertion and Burnout Prevention Skills and many other aspects of Wellbeing. All the techniques taught in this programme are scientifically tried and tested.
The second of these - "The Advanced Concepts Programme" increases our knowledge and skills with regard to "Optimum Wellbeing" at a deeper level.
The third - "Advanced concepts of the Inner and Spiritual World" looks at aspects of the inner and spiritual world that may be currently hidden from us. Things like intuition, coincidences, whispers, subtle energy, life after life and many others.
This final section of the programme is still very new to me and in consequence exciting and dynamic. In this part of the TOW programme you will be working alongside me at "the cutting edge" so to speak.
My thanks go out to all those students and enthusiasts who have helped me with TOW's expansion/progression in the earlier stages of this and the rest of the course during the past 25 years or so.
Our philosophy has always been - "If it works keep it. If it doesn't, discard it". In this way TOW consists of skills and concepts that work!
I can honestly say that I thoroughly believe in what I teach, not only from my own experience, but also from having watched the progress and achievements of all those who have successfully worked through the Units and Workshops.
If you would like to learn more about the courses click here for a brief summary of the 3 programmes and associated workshops. You can also E-mail me below or ring me on 01934 876181 for the 3 free brochures that contain the complete syllabus.
Derek Webster BSc(Hons)Psych DACE SFBCIA MAAPB MISMA MNSFH
Applied Psychophysiologist
Stress Management and Life Skills Consultant
Director of the "Towards Optimum Wellbeing" Programme
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