Delegate Evaluations for Brief Therapy Courses

I had a great training session, captured by the trainer’s passion, enthusiasm and knowledge and down to earth approach.

Shadna K Miah

It will help me to allow parents to come up with their own solutions and conclusions and help me to highlight the positive things that are happening in a family and to build on looking ahead from there. I felt this approach encourages people to take their power back with regards to what happens in their lives.

Janet John Pieppe

It has made me think about how I work with parents and I have gained new ways of working with parents. I found the training to be very interesting and useful and found the day very well presented and enjoyable.

Sarah Howell

Solution Focused is an approach that I will be using within all areas of my family support work. From completing the course, I am now “armed” with tools to use and an understanding of theory and an introduction to skills. Can’t wait to “get out there” and start introducing it to families. A very enjoyable day – many thanks.

, – Dagenham, Essex

Lisa Griffin

Excellent course – helped with changing the language I use with clients. Very clear, relevant and easy to put into practice.

Verran Demanbro

Very enjoyable, stimulating, thought-provoking, inspiring and useful. Excellent use of time, good pace, no sitting around. I will endeavour to weave some or all of these techniques into my current practice. Very good value.

Ken Marriott

Made me feel more confident in the way that difficult situations could be handled. Made me confident to use the strategies. Well delivered.

Margaret Coldhan

Solution Focused Supervision Course:

Excellent! Found the course incredibly useful and offered practical methods, explained in a clear, well paced manner. I liked the examples used and how the trainer relates his experience in the course. Very knowledgeable, good communicator. – Osagie Ehigie, Support Worker,Thames Reach Bondway

The training has given me some very useful tools for Supervision. The trainer kept me focused and interested. – Kim Marie Foot, Acting Deputy Manager, Thames Reach Bondway

Very useful and very specific on techniques to use in Supervision. Very competent, approachable trainer. – Andrew Langford, Manager, Thames Reach Bondway

The Trainer was excellent. The pitch of the course was perfect. – Laura England, Support Work Co-ordinator, Thames Reach Bondway

Really excellent and relevant course. I have become aware of many more useful tools e.g. scaling and reframing (I know have a well equipped toolbox!) Excellent and relaxed presentation and delivery by facilitator. Well paced and entertaining. – Joanne Warmington, Team Manager, Thames Reach Bondway.

Excellent – stimulating and practical tools too! – Louise Montgomery, Team Manager, Thames Reach Bondway.

The training has offered an insight and tools to help develop and improve my Supervision skills starting from today. – Crispin Green, Deputy Manager, Thames Reach Bondway.

Well paced and interesting course, the trainer is a responsive trainer who presents this course very clearly with lots of humour and provides the opportunity for questions and challenges. I came away feeling more confident than I usually do after courses of this type and retaining more knowledge. – Hugh Braillie, Senior Worker, Lewisham Educating Support Scheme

Thames Reach Broadwa

Working with young people & families training:

It has taught me how to interact better with parents – Maxine Roberts, Playworker

Its helped me be more aware of how to deal with parents and children around certain issues – Terri Holley, Playworker

I have been on many of your courses – so that must tell you what sort of an impact it has on me. These training courses are a must for anyone working with children, young people and adults. – Lisa Samms, Project Co-ordinator

Extremely useful in my work with families who have a disabled child/children. Enhanced communication skills with parents and children. – Aly Trenholme, Family Outreach Worker.

Lewisham Childrens Fund

It has given me a lot of useful ideas about Supervision, working with colleagues and with pupils. – Sue Wiseman, Behaviour Support Teacher

Enabled me to have a broader understanding of how and what to expect from Supervision – Karen Wood, Counsellor/Mentor

I felt it to be very structured and I have left the training with a clear sense of how to use the approach – Rebekah Salmon, Social Inclusion Co-ordinator

It has enabled me to see an effective way into supervision with staff and hopefully some input into developing supportive peer practice amongst staff generally – Zara Candassamy, Manager LSU

Vast amount of useful information, including the ability to pull other strengths as opposed to weaknesses – Sylvia Joseph, Learning Mentor

Will enable me to be much more focussed in my work with others and will enable e to focus on my own approach to work. An extremely useful day.- Sian Williams EiC, Inclusion Officer.

Offered a structured, transparent framework for supervision. Good day, informative and well delivered – offering good value. – Paul Senior, Director of Social Inclusion

The content was very relevant to our project in which we are introducing parenting skills with a non-judgemental approach to parents in schools in Barking and Dagenham. We have spent a year delivering ‘user friendly’ workshops to a wide variety of parents and have worked more recently on adapting existing parenting courses to be less paper based for our use.Just prior to the training day we had become increasingly frustrated as we tried to offer something real and relevant and which brought about change, rather than just giving information and ‘parenting at’ people.(Our whole ethos as one of a group of community projects is to see cycles broken and a change of mindset in those that we reach out to.)

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