Authentic Counselling Training

Counselling Training: Tutor Team

[Under construction: 23 August 2004]

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Three tutors are currently involved in delivering courses in the counselling training programme. Both the Certificate in Counselling and Diploma in Counselling courses have more than one tutor involved with each class, whereas only one tutor leads the Introduction to Counselling course. Each member of the tutor team is an experienced and continuing counselling practitioner.

Alan Brice, BA; Dip in Advanced Counselling & Therapy Skills; Certificate in Supervision; BACP Accredited Counsellor

Alan is a person-centred therapist. At the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, Alan is Director of Student Welfare and counselling courses co-ordinator. He also has an independent practice in both counselling supervision and counselling training and has been involved in the delivery of counselling training for more than ten years. Previous work experience includes working with single homeless people in the Tyneside area, developing particular areas of interest in drug and alcohol work, mental health difficulties and lesbian and gay issues. His counselling and research interests include person-centred theory; self-harming and suicidal clients; the therapeutic use of e-mail (he has articles published on this) mental health difficulties and lesbian and gay issues. He is currently Secretary, and formerly Chair, of the Research Sub-committee of the BACP subdivision: Association for University and College Counselling; and sometime external examiner for counselling modules at colleges and universities.

Peter Hughes, BSc; PGCE; Advanced Certificate in Counselling.

Peter is an independent person-centred counsellor, counselling trainer and counselling supervisor. For 20 years he has counselled (and continues to counsel) in educational and workplace settings. For 15 years he has taught counsellors, social workers and community/youth workers in universities and colleges regionally and nationally. His teaching spans a range of subjects including: counselling, counselling skills, group work, communication skills, conflict resolution, assertiveness, stress management and relaxation. The counselling supervision he undertakes works deeply from, although not exclusively within, a person-centred tradition. He is a group facilitator with an emphasis on group and personal process. He is co-author of a chapter in The Handbook of Counselling and Psychotherapy on the management of counselling sessions, and on reluctance, resistance and stuckness; and copyeditor for many counselling publications.

 

Jo-Ann Ridley, B.A., PGCE; M.A. in Counselling

Jo-Ann is a humanistic counsellor, based largely within the person-centred tradition. She co-ordinates student counselling at Derwentside College, where she is also a student counsellor, and teaches both counselling and psychology. She has taught on the counselling training programme at the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, and has been involved in training staff at Derwentside Mind. She has taught counselling to overseas students for the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne, teaching on the MA in Education both in Newcastle and in Hong Kong. Her interests include sub-personalities, and cross-cultural issues relating to counselling.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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This document in all parts is copyright © Peter Hughes from the date of construction given above.

Please feel free to make use of them for solely personal purposes. However, should you wish to use them for teaching, training, commercial or other purposes, you are required first to obtain my permission.