worked, facilitated, and consulted extensively in the corporate world,

Karen Goodfellow MTC, RCS is a Registered Counseling Supervisor providing supervision to therapeutic counsellors who want end-to-end support in bringing their practice to the next level. Karen has extensive education and experience in the helping professions and organizational world from which to draw from:

     - has run a successful therapeutic practice in the helping professions since 2001,

     - Transpersonal Psychology Diploma (with high honours)

     - Marketing Certificate BCIT

     - Life on Purpose Coach  

     - Worked, facilitated, and consulted extensively in the corporate world

     - Biodynamic Cranio-Sacral Therapist

As a Registered Counselling Supervisor and Master Therapeutic Counsellor who has worked in the counselling field since 2008, Karen offers competency-based supervision for counsellors (can work with supervisees regardless of their modality choices), specializing in:

     •Workshop design (see below for more information)

     •Groups: end-to-end support (online or face-to-face) including start-up, group dynamics, group development stages, types of                  groups, facilitating skills, etc. 

     • Bringing counselling work into the corporate arena 

     •Client interactions and/or Parallel Process

     •Healthy Boundaries

     • Advanced Systemic Constellation training

     •Trauma work (Somatic Experiencing Release) and Healing-Centred Engagement

     •Emotional support.

Format: Counselling Supervision Sessions are either Individual, dyadic or Group Sessions. 

COUNSELLING GROUP SUPERVISION SCHEDULE

One area I specialize in is assisting therapeutic counsellors delivering their psycho-educational workshops (whether for personal or professional development). 

Having custom-designed well over 1000 workshops to 30,000 personal or professional clients or teams, I've developed a comprehensive system for counsellors to design, deliver and debrief workshops. I've delivered Train-the Trainer workshops to Fortune 500 companies and Facilitation Workshops to individuals, teams and grassroot groups with high accolades.

“DESIGNING POWERFUL ENTRY-LEVEL WORKSHOPS” (2 half-days Online)

Description

Would you like to design (or redesign) a day-long workshop and enhance your facilitating skills? Join a group of fellow therapeutic counsellors to explore strategies for powerful workshop design. Bring your ideas for designing a workshop. You will leave this workshop with new insights about course design and a draft course plan.

Goals

During this workshop you will:

1.Become familiar with learning-centered course design principles and strategies;

2.Apply these principles to the (re)design of one of their courses;

3.Exchange feedback with peers to improve course design and facilitating approaches.

Learning Outcomes 

Knowledge

     • Increase understanding of roles and responsibilities of facilitators

     • Increase awareness of adult education techniques and unique learning styles

     •Theory and practice of Learning Outcomes (Knowledge, Skills & Ability) vs. Learning Objectives (specific tasks TBD)

     • Understanding the importance of participant readiness to learn

     •How to plan appropriate group processes that create and sustain a participatory environment

     •Assessing your audience and their needs in order to customize your workshop

     •Create appropriate processes to achieve desired learning outcomes

     • Develop your Workshop Design Toolkit

Abilities/Skills

     •Establish the context in order to draft the content

     •Incorporating cultural awareness and sensitivity

     •Design or redesign a 1-day workshop (leave with a 1 day workshop outline) for an entry level or beginning group

Attitude/Values/Dispositions

     • Embrace the idea/principal of unconditional positive regard and understanding all members have equal value with valid learning styles

Learning Objectives

• Demonstrate purpose and benefits of icebreakers, check-ins and check-outs
• Describe the 4 Learning Styles and understand the benefits of them in groups
• Describe the facilitator’s responsibilities in Group Development Stage 1 and how to incorporate into the workshop design
• Describe the Workshop Design Toolkit
• Self-Reflection-Identify one’s own Strengths, Challenges and Roadmap
• Define different models of facilitation (solo, shared, co-facilitation and rotating)
• Understand the "Participant Persona" Template
• Use the "Facilitator Guide" Template

Format

The workshop uses many adult education techniques (e.g. interactive activities, theory, group discussion, self-reflection, experiential exercises, and participant feedback sharing on their designs) where participants apply workshop design principles to a specific workshop they are working on. Given the level of in-depth, hand-on work, the class size is limited to 6 participants at each session. Please allow 1-3 hours of homework on your workshop design between the 2 sessions.

Each participant will receive an online manual.

Schedule

DAY 1       November (date TBD)     9am  - 1pm PDT

DAY 2       November (date TBD)     9am - 1pm PDT

Value:  $395 (includes GST and is the total for both half day courses combined) (Visa, MasterCard, or e-transfer)

To register: karengoodfellow@telus.net