Stress Management Workshop
The photos below are from a recent workshop on 'Stress Management' which I facilitated in January 2024.
Exploring Self-Esteem in Adolescents
In November 2023 I facilitated a workshop with a colleague called 'Exploring Self-Esteem in Adolescents -How to use Cognitive Behavioural Therapy when counselling adolescents with Low Self Esteem'
Training workshops in Nairobi, Kenya
These workshops are really exciting and allow our worlds to unite between The West and Africa by sharing a therapy that could be very effective due to its short term nature and therefore being more cost effective.
Doctoral Research
I am currently on the Doctorate in Psychotherapy for Professional Studies at Metanoia Institute, London. My research project title is: '‘On developing a culturally-adapted CBT model: ‘A qualitative investigation on the experiences of Kenyan counsellors using the CBT 5 aspects model with their clients’. I have had ethical approval from the ethics committee and obtained a Kenyan Research License.
I have run an online pilot workshop for the research participants (17 in total) to explain how the CBT 5 aspects model works and for us all to get to know each other somehow. Then the research participants recruited clients who they used the CBT 5 aspects model with. I flew out and interviewed the research participants in 2 focus groups. 12 participated in a focus group in Nairobi and 5 in a focus group in Eldoret (Northern Kenya). We had a follow up online focus group where both groups came together to compare notes.
Now back in Uk, I am beginning the journey of analysing the data using Reflexive Thematic Analysis and then to see what the findings are!
Fieldwork Research
The photos below are from recent fieldwork research in the form of a focus group in Nairobi for a doctoral thesis on: ‘On developing a culturally-adapted CBT model: ‘A qualitative investigation on the experiences of Kenyan counsellors using the CBT 5 aspects model with their clients’
There was also a second focus group in Eldoret in Western Kenya.
February 2023
In February 2023 we ran a 2 day workshop~
Day One: Workshop to discuss some key aspects of CBT which can be employed in an eclectic approach. Richard Mutea; Georgina Green. Day Two: ‘Supervision. How best to prepare and use it.’ Visiting speaker: Nik Coleby. The workshops were interactive and included practical tasks on thinking about what current theoretical approach is used to inform therapists' underlying current practice. Exercises also incorporated CBT giving participants an opportunity to experience what it was like using it.
03 December 2022
Today we had a fantastic day on the subject of "Introduction/Refresher CBT Workshop with Psycho-ed on Trauma". Salima was co-facilitating with me.
We covered the 5 W's, FIDO, formulation, 5 aspects model, assessment.
In the afternoon we explored the difference between PTSD and trauma.
We explored how memories are stored in different ways and the function of the trauma memory v an ordinary memory.
We looked at psych-ed around the hippocampus and amygdala.
The group were interactive and connected.
Good luck with moving it all forwards !
May 2021. One Day Online workshop on PTSD
This was our second workshop online and was very successful on Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD).
We are looking forward to face to face sessions back on soon!
October 2019 Behavioural Activation for Teenagers
2 Day workshop
February 2019 - new setting
Workshop on Behavioural Activation Day 1 and General Anxiety Disorder (GAD) Day 2
16/17th February 2018
2 Day workshop on CBT for Depression
Please see the poster on it to the right.
Giving out certificates for the 2 day workshop
October 2015
1 day workshop on CBT skills
