Care of the Practitioner: Awareness, Boundaries and Beliefs
These experiential one day workshops will help you:
The four workshops:
Your Time, Your Boundaries
Your Stress, Your Management
Your Empathy, Your Safety
Your Protection, Your Energy
YOUR TIME, YOUR BOUNDARIES
Many practitioners tend to put everyone else’s needs first and rarely have enough time to relax, have fun, exercise or spend enough time with family and friends. All too often we tend to take care of everyone else and put our own needs aside. This workshop aims to look at some of the underlying patterns and beliefs from the past that prevent us from setting clear boundaries and taking care of our own needs. By creating a nurturing and balanced life we can continue to give far more to our clients without becoming depleted.
After this workshop you will be enabled to:
Start to clear old patterns that stop you taking better care of yourself
Maintain clearer boundaries with patients and others
Use a simple self-help energy flow process to clear emotions
Identify areas of your life that require most attention
Nurture all aspects of yourself: physical, emotional, spiritual and playful
Find more time to do what you love
Attract more patients through your improved well-being
"Since attending this series of workshops, I have benefitted both personally and professionally in setting clearer boundaries and managing myself and my patients better. I feel this course is a 'must' for any practicing therapist, whichever their discipline."
Emma Gordon Stables, Acupuncturist
YOUR STRESS, YOUR MANAMEGMENT#
Many of us tend to create even more stress for ourselves through unhelpful patterns and beliefs. Through releasing those patterns, new possibilities open up for creating a more peaceful and balanced life. Some of the factors that are known to be protective against stress such as social support and managing negative thought patterns are also explored. Strategies such as the Inner Smile, Quick Coherence Technique, Balanced Breathing, grounding exercises, a variety of breathing exercises and stress releasing techniques are interspersed throughout the workshop so that you can experience for yourself which tools work most effectively for you. The majority of these techniques can be used any time, anywhere and may take only a few minutes to connect you to the calm, peaceful state within. They are also very easy to share with your clients so they can start to manage their stress more effectively.
After this workshop you will be enabled to:
Start to clear patterns that may increase your stress
Explore how to release negative thought patterns
Create an effective support network
Identify which quick and easy de-stress strategies work effectively for you
Design a more peaceful working day and working environment
Discover ways to become more peaceful in action
Experience the release of anger through meditation
* includes exercises from the programme 'Values in Healthcare, a spiritual approach' developed by the Janki Foundation for Global Health Care as well as exercises developed by William Bloom on the Endorphin Effect
#Average score for feedback on this workshop was 9/10 for quality, value of material and presentation and delivery
“The workshop gave me the space and structure to pinpoint exactly where the problems lay…… The workshop helps you to shift the angle in a safe and structured way through Sarah’s calm and encouraging manner. There is a feeling of mutual support and respect within the group which facilitates true change.”
Christine Anglade, Homoeopath.
YOUR EMPATHY, YOUR SAFETY #
Empathy is an invaluable part of the healing process, but when it is used unconsciously it can have debilitating effects on the practitioner. This course looks at the latest research from the field of psychology and neuroscience, which helps to explain new ways of understanding empathy and how to avoid it’s detrimental effects. A considerable amount of research indicates that empathy may be the mechanism by which we are drained or ‘infected’ by the emotions of our clients. These tools are valuable for everyone who uses empathic listening in their work. This workshop is particularly important for those acupuncturists who are knowingly sensitive to certain clients, or sometimes feel drained by their work.
After this workshop you will be enabled to:
Avoid being drained by clients
Learn how to empathise consciously with clients in order to take care of yourself
Recognise the subtle, potentially detrimental, effects of empathic listening
Protect yourself through improved body awareness
Develop strategies to ‘shake off’ any emotions or energy from clients
Minimise the cumulative, long term, effects of empathic listening that can lead to compassion fatigue and burnout
Explore strategies to ‘disconnect’ from clients at the end of the session
* Many of these techniques are based on work by Babette Rothschild, the pioneer of Somatic Trauma Therapy and author of ‘Help for the Helper.’
#Average score for feedback on this workshop was 9/10 for quality, value of material and presentation and delivery
"I was beginning to find my practice burdensome. Through Sarah’s teaching I learnt why this was happening and some ways to look after myself. Now I carry my practice more lightly and joyfully. I highly recommend her workshops.”
Acupuncturist, London.
YOUR ENERGY, YOUR PROTECTION #
This workshop will enable you to find the most effective ways to look after yourself energetically while you work. The most important factor in practitioner well-being is to remain connected to the flow of energy. In this workshop we explore different ways of doing this through awareness and focus.
By the end of the workshop, you will be able to:
Discover how to stay connected to the flow of energy
Retain vitality, even while working with challenging clients
Identify how and when your clients’ energy affects you
Clear your energy system and your working environment
Disconnect from patients energetically after a session
#Average score for feedback on this workshop was 8.8/10 for quality, value of material and presentation and delivery
“ After trying for a long time to look after myself better after illness, Sarah managed to synthesise what I needed to do. Having a structure to work from has enabled me to make the transition back to work smooth and easy and to avoid problems in the future. This work is vital for all practitioners. If we can’t look after ourselves, how can we expect patients to look after themselves?”
Your Time, Your Boundaries
Your Stress, Your Management
Your Empathy, Your Safety
Your Protection, Your Energy
Many practitioners tend to put everyone else’s needs first and rarely have enough time to relax, have fun, exercise or spend enough time with family and friends. All too often we tend to take care of everyone else and put our own needs aside. This workshop aims to look at some of the underlying patterns and beliefs from the past that prevent us from setting clear boundaries and taking care of our own needs. By creating a nurturing and balanced life we can continue to give far more to our clients without becoming depleted.
After this workshop you will be enabled to:
"Since attending this series of workshops, I have benefitted both personally and professionally in setting clearer boundaries and managing myself and my patients better. I feel this course is a 'must' for any practicing therapist, whichever their discipline."
Emma Gordon Stables, Acupuncturist
Many of us tend to create even more stress for ourselves through unhelpful patterns and beliefs. Through releasing those patterns, new possibilities open up for creating a more peaceful and balanced life. Some of the factors that are known to be protective against stress such as social support and managing negative thought patterns are also explored. Strategies such as the Inner Smile, Quick Coherence Technique, Balanced Breathing, grounding exercises, a variety of breathing exercises and stress releasing techniques are interspersed throughout the workshop so that you can experience for yourself which tools work most effectively for you. The majority of these techniques can be used any time, anywhere and may take only a few minutes to connect you to the calm, peaceful state within. They are also very easy to share with your clients so they can start to manage their stress more effectively.
After this workshop you will be enabled to:
* includes exercises from the programme 'Values in Healthcare, a spiritual approach' developed by the Janki Foundation for Global Health Care as well as exercises developed by William Bloom on the Endorphin Effect
#Average score for feedback on this workshop was 9/10 for quality, value of material and presentation and delivery
“The workshop gave me the space and structure to pinpoint exactly where the problems lay…… The workshop helps you to shift the angle in a safe and structured way through Sarah’s calm and encouraging manner. There is a feeling of mutual support and respect within the group which facilitates true change.”
Christine Anglade, Homoeopath.
Empathy is an invaluable part of the healing process, but when it is used unconsciously it can have debilitating effects on the practitioner. This course looks at the latest research from the field of psychology and neuroscience, which helps to explain new ways of understanding empathy and how to avoid it’s detrimental effects. A considerable amount of research indicates that empathy may be the mechanism by which we are drained or ‘infected’ by the emotions of our clients. These tools are valuable for everyone who uses empathic listening in their work. This workshop is particularly important for those acupuncturists who are knowingly sensitive to certain clients, or sometimes feel drained by their work.
After this workshop you will be enabled to:
* Many of these techniques are based on work by Babette Rothschild, the pioneer of Somatic Trauma Therapy and author of ‘Help for the Helper.’
#Average score for feedback on this workshop was 9/10 for quality, value of material and presentation and delivery
"I was beginning to find my practice burdensome. Through Sarah’s teaching I learnt why this was happening and some ways to look after myself. Now I carry my practice more lightly and joyfully. I highly recommend her workshops.”
Acupuncturist, London.
This workshop will enable you to find the most effective ways to look after yourself energetically while you work. The most important factor in practitioner well-being is to remain connected to the flow of energy. In this workshop we explore different ways of doing this through awareness and focus.
By the end of the workshop, you will be able to:
#Average score for feedback on this workshop was 8.8/10 for quality, value of material and presentation and delivery
“ After trying for a long time to look after myself better after illness, Sarah managed to synthesise what I needed to do. Having a structure to work from has enabled me to make the transition back to work smooth and easy and to avoid problems in the future. This work is vital for all practitioners. If we can’t look after ourselves, how can we expect patients to look after themselves?”
Andrea Rogers, Homeopath, Somerset
Workshop facilitator: Sarah Kuipers BSc, MHMA, ND, MCAHyp
A homeopath, naturopath, hypnotherapist with over 20 years experience
Currently carrying out a Masters Research Study on stress in complementary medicine practitioners
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Testimonials from Previous Workshop Participants
are also available if you would like to work individually at a time that suits you.
Please phone for details.
“I found our telephone session very helpful, thank you. One of best things has actually been the difference awareness of empathy has made to myself and my eldest daughter… With clients I am taking time throughout the treatment to check in with myself and ensure my breathing and feelings are as they should be and haven't felt drained or headachy at the end of the day…. With family members I have again been careful to focus on boundaries and was surprised that I didn't actually have to tell them anything but just change how I behaved. The EmoTrance technique has also proved very useful and I have used it where I've felt uncomfortable or unhappy about something.
The session I did with Sarah was useful for both my own practice and my personal relationships too. I urge other therapists take some time out to learn more about empathy and protection and without hesitation recommend working with Sarah in particular.”
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Download Sarah's article: "Burnout? It Won't Happen To Me!", featured in the Sep/Oct 07 issue of International Therapist publication. Click on the PDF icon below.
