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Two Victorian Professional Development Events

Saturday 4 October 2008	Career Counselling and Coaching Tools
Wednesday 12 November 2008	Career Conversations Evening

Career Counselling and Coaching Tools - Saturday 4 October 2008

Three distinct counselling and coaching techniques will be explained and demonstrated by individual presenters, all of whom are highly knowledgeable and experienced in their fields

While providing a general overview, these workshops will

Highlight the differences between techniques that may be used to assist career development practitioners in their work with clients, so that they might develop a broader repertoire of tools to use in meeting diverse needs
Provide the opportunity to practice some real skills
Allow practitioners to identify areas of particular interest in which they might wish to undertake further professional development
Assist practitioners to develop links and network with others who share their particular interests

Session Titles and Presenters:

"Applying CBT principles to help clients to overcome obstacles in their career decision making" Presenter – Carmel Kostas
“Using NLP to enhance rapport and communication with clients” Presenter - Celia Prosser
“Using Gestalt Therapy to develop Response-ability” Presenter – Sam Luxemburg

Workshop and presenter details are available on the following pages. See registration form for payment methods

Details

Date:	Saturday 4th October 2008
Time:	9.15 am - 3.30 pm
Venue:	Conference Room 2124, Melbourne University Private, 442 Auburn Road, Hawthorn
Parking:	Plenty of undercover parking at the rear, enter via Woodburn Road from Auburn Road
Public Transport:	15 minute walk from Auburn or Tooronga stations
PD Hours:	6 PD Hours
Cost	$121.00 - Member of CDAA
	$154.00 - Member of CICA
	$187.00 - Non-Member
	Discounted earlybird rates apply for registrations make before 22nd September.

Program

Session 1

Applying CBT principles to help clients to overcome obstacles in their career decision making
A career coach and client may work on a career decision that appears positively achievable to both, yet the client is hesitant to take action or make progress with what seems a straightforward goal.

Applying Cognitive Behaviour Therapy techniques can help clients make the mind shift to a more optimistic and authentic state, by challenging irrational beliefs and encouraging self-responsibility. This practical session explores how to use the ABCD model as a technique for asking questions to help client’s see the advantages and disadvantages of thinking that leads to specific behaviour. By separating their beliefs and attitudes from the issue, clients can more easily find solutions.

Session 2

Using NLP to enhance rapport and communication with clients
This workshop provides an overview of Neurolinguistic Programming and explore tools that participants can use in their work with clients and also in their personal lives.

Participants will complete practical exercises aimed at forming relationships of trust and responsiveness to themselves and others. Using representational systems we will look at how we re-present information on the inside by using our senses, and how to use this to help us communicate more effectively with others. We will finish off with a general discussion about what else NLP involves and schools that offer NLP training.

Session 3

Using Gestalt Therapy to develop Response-ability
Gestalt Therapy arose in the 1950s from the work of psychoanalyst Fritz Perls and dance therapist Laura Perls. It embraces humanism, existentialism and an ethic of personal responsibility. Gestalt emphasises being in the here and now, dealing with what is (not what we imagine or think), recognizing and honouring our experience, and taking responsibility for our actions, feelings and thoughts.

The most used technique in Gestalt is the “two chair” method where each polarity of the client's dilemma is represented by a chair and a dialogue develops in the form of debate, argument, negotiation and/or resolution. However, it is rarely as straightforward as this and, in keeping with Gestalt principles, the client's work is directed via awareness. Response-ability is thus the ability to respond in a variety of ways utilizing self-awareness and a willingness to explore and take some risks.

In this workshop you will get a demonstration of awareness in the here and now, including the “two chair” method and hence learn some of the techniques

Career Conversations Evening - Wednesday 12 November 2008

Theme for the evening: My Favourite Career Book

Date:	Wednesday 12 November 2008
Time:	Arrive from 6pm (prize awarded at 8.15)
Where:	La Notte Restaurant, 140 Lygon St Carlton, (near Queensberry)
Catering:	A la carte menu (Italian), drinks at bar prices
Cost:	Free entry - purchase own drinks and meal as required
Agenda:	Informal discussion around theme (see below)

Come along armed with your favourite/new/interesting career-related book. This might be a text,‘How-to’ book or even a novel that highlights a unique career path. Be prepared to read a salient (short!) paragraph or two to your companions (you might like to photocopy a few to hand out to your table mates). A lively discussion will follow in an informal setting.

You don’t have a favourite career book? Don’t worry, come along anyway and you will be given a‘mystery text’ to use for the evening.

We are delighted that Warren Frehse, a CDAA member and author of Manage Your Own Career: Reinvent Your Job; Reinvent Yourself has agreed to provide some insights as to what it is like writing a book, what compelled him to write and what being an author-in-print is like. Warren is a career transition and management consultant with over 24 years experience in human resources, having held senior roles spanning the banking and finance, transport, media and humanitarian sectors.

Warren’s professional experience includes being a sought after media commentator on career issues having regular columns in major newspapers and online career websites, and is a speaker on career topics.

There will be a fantastic prize of a collection of career books by Cambridge University Press for the person who provides the most valuable text/contribution for the evening.

How to Register
Contact Julie Farthing: julie@careerdimensions.com.au or telephone 0412 555 305
by 7 November, 2008

As we need to confirm numbers with the restaurant, in order to maintain our goodwill please let me know if you have registered but are unable to attend.

IN THIS ISSUE:

www.cdaa.org.au

For further information please contact Julie Farthing on:

julie@careerdimensions.com.au

Registration Forms and Programs

4 October 2008

- Program (pdf)

- Registration form (pdf)

- Registration form (doc)

12 November 2008

- Flier (pdf)

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