Training and Counselling
Being a parent is a very important and at times difficult job. We run courses and workshops which help you increase your self confidence and knowledge about being a more effective parent and a happier more fulfilled adult.
Our courses are run in a friendly and informal way and aim to provide you with lots of useful information and practical, everyday strategies that will help you to support yourself and your children better.
The courses can help you build a better relationships with your children, discuss and develop practical parenting skills, anticipate and mange behaviour and emotional difficulties and crisis’. They will also provide you with the opportunity share concerns and learn from the experiences of others.
Workshops for Parents
- Understanding the Secondary School System
- Preparing for School Meetings
- Bullying and raising self esteem
- Understanding and coping with your teenagers
- Loss, bereavement, divorce and separation
- Anger management/ Assertiveness
Courses for parents
- I Can – A 4 week self development course
- Understanding and developing ourselves
- Understanding and developing our children
- Co-operative children – positive parenting course — A six-week course for parents on managing your children’s behaviour at home and in school
These courses are free to all parents but we do ask that you pay a £5.00 deposit. This is refundable when you complete the course, or give at least 2 days prior notice of cancellation.
1:1 Counselling Sessions
We provide a counselling service if you would like to discuss worries or more personal matters on a 1:1 basis.
We provide a private and confidential place, separate from your daily life, where you can explore issues or feelings which are causing you difficulty. It is a way of you addressing some of your concerns by talking them through. A one off drop-in is free, but you must ring and make an appointment first. There will be a charge for the counselling service. The charge will take into consideration how much you can afford to pay and may be as little as £5:00 per session.
How do we know we make a difference?
We evaluate our service through entry and exit questionnaires; monitoring access to other EPC activities [75% access counselling and/or self development courses and/or parenting classes]; clients returning to work; ongoing informal feedback; families engaging more frequently with other services. Evaluations on clients have shown that the therapies we offer have enabled them to move forward effectively. Talk It Over helps many clients to implement solutions to immediate problems while continuing to explore their long term needs. Past experience has shown us that some of our clients require long term support to bring about real and lasting change. Follow up support will be available via ‘top-up’ sessions and telephone support as appropriate.
We aim to bring about lasting change; many clients stay in touch with EPC for a number of years and we know that we have made a difference!
If you would like to book any of the above or need further information on any of our courses please call us on 020 8373 2703.
Please leave a clear message with your name and telephone number and we will get back to you.
Or email enquiries@enfieldparents.org.uk for more information.