The Humanitas Short Courses focuses on empowering counsellors and social workers in South Africa with 1 – 5 day in-person or online courses. Our courses include a certificate of attendance and CPD points where applicable. The details of each course is listed below.
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“Mastering Sustainable Change” is a short training course designed for counsellors seeking to understand and implement lasting change in their clients' lives.
“To know yourself, you must sacrifice the illusion that you already do” - Vironika Tugaleva
The Enneagram, a personal growth course for counsellors, will not only assist you in understanding yourself better, but will also help you understand the essentials of the Enneagram, and assist you in understanding your clients better as well.
Through this training course, I aim to equip you as counsellor with a few of the practically applicable tools that I have found to be beneficial when counselling couples.
Join me for this 3 day course where I will openly share my journey with you. I discuss and share the mistakes, as well as the lessons learnt along the way since starting my practice back in 2010.
In this jam-packed, 2 day ONLINE course - put together by Anschel Pieterson (Social Worker in private practice) and Alicia Coertze (Specialist Wellness counsellor with special focus on teenagers); various aspects with regards to self-harm and suicide in working with teenagers will be explored and discussed, and practical implementation thereof will be outlined.
‘Working with Anger’ is a short course tailored for professionals looking to deepen their understanding and proficiency in working with clients who are struggling with anger.
When working with children, as well as teenagers, using the sand tray as an explorative and projective technique is one amongst the favourites to use. The Humanitas short course on Sand Tray training will ensure that you have the foundational knowledge, as well as the practical experience to use the sand tray ethically and safely as an intervention method in your practice.
Have you ever wondered about substance abuse and other addictions; why some people are affected and others not, why addicted people have difficulty stopping their behaviour, where to go for help and how to intervene or support the addicted persons and/or their families? The addictions course aims to challenge pre-conceived perceptions on addiction and acknowledges the devastating effects it has on those living with it.
In this 2 day course, put together by Anschel Pieterson ( Social Worker in Private Practice) and Alicia Coertze (Specialist Wellness Counsellor with special focus on Teenagers), various aspects with regards to working with teenagers will be discussed and practical implementation thereof will be outlined.
If you want to work with children successfully, you have to let go of adult–norms and standards; find the child within, meet your child-client’s level and communicate with them there.