Description:
OPD Points: 5
You will have the opportunity to:Structure parent intake sessions prior to meeting the child, that allow time to assess risk and hear the identified expectations, needs, hopes, wonderfulness and fears of the family.Discuss confidentiality and what the first session with the child may look like.Develop contracts of agreements for contact between sessions.Assess the family’s capacity and willingness to work collaboratively with you.Become curious about your own position on ‘good enough parenting’ / judgements, and how your own childhood experiences will most certainly play into your work.Consider what resources the parents may find helpful.
Key Learning Objectives / Outcomes:
Learning methods used?Interactive presentationLarge group discussionsPair and small group discussionsLive demonstrations of methodsReflection opportunities for application of approachesResponding to your particular questionsSharing opportunity of useful resources form the participants
Presenter / Provider:
Kim Billington
Presenter Qualifications:
Kim enjoys passing forward her ever-evolving counselling skills and knowledge, supporting and inspiring practitioners to discover their own style and ways to connect with their clients.Kim’s current work includes child and family counselling, co-facilitating Men’s Behaviour Change programs and clinical supervising at Monash University.Methods and tools in Kim’s therapeutic toolbox include, Mindfulness, Narrative Therapy, ACT, Creative Expressive Arts, Existential Therapy, befriending emotions using metaphors and storytelling, Tree of Life work and creative timelines to understand the life-long emergence of identity.Kim has been facilitating groups and workshops about storytelling, parenting, emotional intelligence (ie.Tuning Into Kids) and creative therapeutic work for over 25 years.
