Day 1
Welcome to day one. We have created some great video seminars for you to watch before we all meet. Find them here.
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To enable a prompt 9:30 am start, please arrive 10 minutes early at the Proud Trust - venue directions will be sent by text
Intentions
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Develop a social justice perspective for working with relationship diversity
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Consider own lived experience and how it impacts the work
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Consider how GSRD, feminist, decolonising practice informs the work
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Understanding relationship diversity in historical and cultural context
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Practice working with client scenarios
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Develop reflexive thinking in group supervision
Timetable
9.30 - 10.45
Welcome
Stage 1 (Imagining)
Introductions: name, pronouns, why choose this course? Professional and personal experience of O&P
10.45 - 11.15
Social Justice Throuple
Stage 2 (Discussing)
How we weave a Social Justice Lens through our work
11.15 - 11.30
Break
11.30 - 12.15
Contracting
Stage 3 (Contracting)
Group Agreement - Elevation of contracting considered
Co-creating a course agreement
Reflecting on our personal relationship agreements
12.15 - 13.00
Introducing Niki D’s 7-Stage Model
An overview of the model and it’s application in practice
13.00 - 14.00
Lunch
14.00 - 15.00
Observed Practice Session
Niki and Alex demonstrate therapeutic practice with a twosome in an open relationship
Focusing on Stages 1-3 of the 7-Stage Model
15.00 - 15.15
Break
15.15 - 16.00
Supervision
Alex and Niki lead two group supervision sessions focused on O&P client work
16.00 - 16.30
Check out and reflections
A chance to reflect on the day