We are looking for suitably qualified and experienced counsellors/therapists /psychologists to facilitate our “Heart Of England Model”  for domestic abusers, both males and females.

Currently our programme runs regularly in London and Birmingham and we have facilitators available to largely cover our current requirements.

To extend our programme “up north” to the Wakefield, Sheffield / Doncaster, and Manchester regions  we are looking for 3 of 4 new facilitators, particularly females but also males.   There is also a likelihood that we will seek to establish a programme in the Bristol / Cardiff region, too.

To dip your toes in the water of one of the ways we work, pair talking,  the  next Zoom meeting is on Saturday 28th September 9.00 a.m.  to 1.00 p.m.

To take part in this please email David at temperdv@gmail.com

We work in a highly intensive model, 9.00 a.m to 6.00 p.m  for 2 whole weekends in a closed group, led by a male and a female facilitator working co-operatively together.  We view a facilitator’s commitment being to deliver at least 3 courses per year (i.e. working 6 weekends per year) to a maximum of 6 courses per year (i.e. working 12 weekends per year in round figures 1 weekend per month).  Historically Denise and I have delivered 12 courses per year but we view this as probably too “intrusive”  in most people’s own family lives.

Originally the view of the training required was to “take part” in two  courses  to get a feeling for the content and understand something of the make-up of clients and how our group process works, it is with both male and female clients, very few females but …..   And then to deliver two courses with an experienced facilitator before branching out.

With the advent and potential of Zoom the early part of that training has now been   condensed down to a) a zoom meeting to understand and practise “pair talking”   b) a zoom meeting to to understand the theoretical  underpinnings c) a face-to-face day with other trainees to undertake “experiential exercises”  – for which compensatory expenses would be paid. This meeting would very probably be on a Saturday or Sunday and in a location convenient to as many of the potential facilitators as possible.