LIVES OF QUIET DESPERATION
WORKSHOP ABOUT MEN
17th & 18th DECEMBER 2021
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DATE 17 & 18 December 2021 Friday and Saturday
TIME 1pm – 5pm (GMT) on both days.
LOCATION: Online
WORKSHOP FOR: The general population, therapists, counsellors and coaches.
COST:
£99 if booked by 18 November 2021,
£115 Full Price
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With Simon Roe
‘Most men lead lives of quiet desperation (& go to the grave with the song still in them) ‘
The above quote, paraphrased from Henry Thoreau, seems as distressingly apt today as it did when it was written over 150 years ago. Despite the advances made by feminism, the ‘new age’ & the ‘men’s movement’ men are still notoriously reluctant to present for any kind of therapeutic support. Yet levels of depression, violence & suicide in men, particularly young men, are worryingly high. What is it that leads to this state of affairs? How, as practitioners, can we engage effectively with men? What unconscious biases or prejudices might we be holding that will interfere with or sabotage our work?
This training will provide participants with hands-on experience of a range of methods & approaches, which they can take away and add to their to add to their tool kits, including personal reflection, group and pair work, creativity, poetry & story.
Some of the topics we will explore include:-
- Not measuring up’ – men and shame
- ‘Boys don’t cry’ – men and grief
- The dangers of ‘nice’ men
- The ‘boy code’ – breaking the silence
- Working with men’s anger & violence
- Men and sex
FEEDBACK FROM PREVIOUS ‘Lives of Quiet Desperation’ participants
‘Simon’s depth of experience in running workshops for and about men was clearly evident. I recommend his course.’
‘This is the first time I have been able to grieve for my father – thank you.’
‘Simon’s workshop is very apposite; much needed at this time. He invites us to look very squarely and honestly at the male and masculine archetypes and find value and integrity. A challenging workshop for therapists and the therapy culture.’
SIMON ROE originally trained as a body psychotherapist with Nick Totton & Em Edmondson and has nearly 30 years’ experience of working with individuals and groups. For the last 25 years’ he has worked almost exclusively with men & teenage boys in a variety of settings including 1-1 psychotherapy, domestic violence work and Rites of Passage events. He is a Respect approved trainer & supervisor www.respect.uk.net for domestic violence practitioners and is the director of Two Wolves Consultancy and Training www.twowolvesconsultancy.co.uk. Simon has recently completed a foundation course in Process Oriented Psychology
www.processworkuk.org – an approach which increasingly informs his practice.
Simon is a fully accredited member of the Association of Facilitators www.associationoffacilitators.co.uk
For more information please visit www.simonroe.net
FOR MORE INFO: If you have further questions or for more information please see our website: https://therapyandcounselling.co.uk/loqd-dec-2021/
CPD FORM: A Certificate of Attendance form for Continuous Professional Development for 7 hours will be sent by email once you have filled in the feedback form.
Organised through Sleeping Mountain Ltd
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