Introduction

Welcome to the 8th edition of the NZAC Advertiser for 2021.

In this edition we advise you that it is last chance to for the registration for the Professional Development Symposium Day and the Annual General Meeting (AGM). 

We also have some new opportunities to develop your career with different types courses and workshops being put on (some hosted by NZAC branches and some hosted externally).   Also the latest job vacancies.

NZAC 2021 Professional Development Symposium Day and AGM

This is the last week to register for the NZAC Professional Development Symposium Day on 2 July 2021 and the Annual General Meeting (AGM) on 3 July 2021 in Wellington

Click here to view the Programme and to register for the Professional Development Symposium Day

Click here to register for the AGM

Introduction to Supervision - hosted by the NZAC Manawatu Branch

A course for beginning supervisors

Date:     Friday 13 August – Saturday 14 August; Friday 3 September 2021

Time:     9.00am – 4.30pm

Venue:  Caccia Birch House -130 Te Awe Awe Street, Palmerston North

The Course

This three-day, interactive course is designed to help counsellors or psychotherapists reflect on their own experiences of supervision and explore other views of what supervision is and what it might be, while considering their readiness to be a supervisor. Introductory material on supervisory concepts, processes and practice-related issues will be considered. The course will also include opportunities for practical skill development in small groups.

Participants

Counsellors who have recently started to supervise others are welcome to attend this course, as are practitioners who are considering supervising others.

Content will include:

Roles and responsibilities – building effective supervisory relationships – models of supervision – supervisory processes – relationship and boundary issues commonly encountered in supervision – working with multiple role relationships – ethical and professional considerations – evaluating supervision practice – personal and professional readiness to supervise – supervision for the supervisor.

Fee

NZAC Members/Students $490                                                    Non-members $550

Registration covers morning tea, light lunch, afternoon tea and seminar notes.

Cancellation Policy

If the required number of registrations to cover the speaker fee, venue/AV hire, catering and other associated costs for the day is not received by Monday 31^st May 2021, the committee reserves the right to postpone or cancel the workshop.

About the presenters

Margaret Agee, PhD, MA (Hons), DipGuid, DipTchg, MNZAC (Life Member)

Margaret is an experienced counsellor educator who is now supervising, consulting and guest lecturing. Her background as a practitioner includes school guidance counselling, tertiary counselling, and private practice as a counsellor and supervisor. For many years she was also a telephone and face-to-face counsellor with Lifeline. Her particular areas of interest include loss and grief, family counselling, school counselling, and the integral nature of culture and ethics in all that we do. She is passionate about quality counsellor education and professional development, and about the value of skilled supervision that sustains us and enables us to grow through the challenges we face in our diverse spheres of practice. Margaret and her husband Tom share their home with their two cats.

Johann van den Berg, BA (Hons), PGDipEd (Couns), MEd (Couns)(Hons), MNZAC, MACBS

Johann is a counsellor and supervisor in private practice on the North Shore. In addition to experience as a tertiary counsellor and Lifeline counsellor, he also does some teaching and examining at tertiary level in counselling, and supervision at The Grief Centre. Johann migrated from Africa to New Zealand in 2001 and completed post graduate studies at the University of Auckland as a mature student. Johann continues to enjoy the journey alongside students in their growth as practitioners, as well as the challenges and complexities faced by experienced practitioners. He has a keen interest in cultural difference, migration, marginalization, loss and grief in its various forms, and assisting clients in reaching their full potential. Johann is passionate about the arts and lives on the North Shore with his partner and energetic canine companion. 

Inquiries

For course information   Margaret Agee – margaretagee.nz@gmail.com

                                      Johann van den Berg – johannvdb@xtra.co.nz

For registration              manawatunzac@gmail.nz   Registration form

New Understandings of Loss and Grief - hosted by the NZAC Manawatu Branch

Loss and Grief Workshop for Counsellors and Supervisors

Date: Saturday 4 September 2021 (9.00am – 4.30pm)

Venue: Hancock House, King Street, Palmerston North

Hosted by: NZAC Manawatu Branch

To register please contact the branch:  manawatunzac@gmail.com

Registration form

This one-day, interactive workshop will explore contemporary understandings of loss and grief. It will not only include consideration of mortal loss, but also of non-mortal, ambiguous losses. The Covid-19 pandemic has resulted in extraordinary global changes and subsequent losses. These losses may be obvious and others not so obvious. For many people these losses are subtle and ongoing. The experience of compounded ambiguous losses may possibly predicate complex and complicated grief. This grief is ongoing. It may considerably impact on a person’s day-to-day functioning. The workshop will allow for exploring awareness of these phenomena in our own lives, with clients, and also ways in which clients may begin to re-connect with life

Fee
NZAC Members/Students $199 Non-members $210
Registration covers morning tea, afternoon tea and seminar notes.

About the presenters

Johann van den Berg, BA (Hons), PGDipEd (Couns), MEd (Couns)(Hons), MNZAC, MACBS

Johann is a counsellor and supervisor in private practice in Auckland. In addition to experience as a tertiary counsellor and Lifeline counsellor, he also does some teaching and examining at tertiary level in counselling, and supervision at The Grief Centre. Johann migrated from Africa to New Zealand in 2001 and completed post-graduate studies at the University of Auckland as a mature student. Johann continues to enjoy the journey alongside students in their growth as practitioners, as well as the challenges and complexities faced by experienced practitioners. He has a keen interest in loss and grief, in particular ambiguous loss and grief in it various forms and assisting clients in reaching their full potential. Johann lives on the North Shore with his partner and energetic canine companion.

Margaret Agee, PhD, MA (Hons), DipGuid, DipTchg, MNZAC (Life Member)

Margaret is an experienced counsellor educator who is now supervising, consulting and guest lecturing. Her background as a practitioner includes school guidance counselling, tertiary counselling, and private practice as a counsellor and supervisor. For many years she was also a telephone and face-to-face counsellor with Lifeline. Her particular interest in the field of loss and grief has included establishing the Surviving Loss by Suicide support group (now Solace) in Auckland, involvement in the National Association for Loss and Grief, and membership of Board of The Grief Centre, as well as the International Work Group on Death, Dying and Bereavement. Margaret is passionate about the need for awareness and understanding of the nature and significance of loss and grief, and for the provision of effective support for those experiencing grief in all its forms. Margaret and her husband Tom share their home with their two cats

Please be advised:

Your place at this workshop will not be firm until your registration form and payment have been received.

If you find you are unable to attend unexpectedly, please contact us immediately. No refunds will be given after 2^nd August 2021.

Lunch is not provided but can be accessed from many local cafes or lunch locations nearby, or you can bring your own lunch and are welcome to make tea and coffee on site.

Cancellation Policy

If the required number of registrations to cover the speaker fee, venue/AV hire, catering and other associated costs for the day is not received by Monday 2^nd August 2021, the committee reserves the right to postpone or cancel the workshop

Wellington Transactional Analysis Institute - Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 July 2021

Introduction to Transactional Analysis (TA101)

Date:  Saturday 24 and Sunday 25 July 2021

Venue:  Level 3 41 The Terrace

Transactional Analysis is a method of understanding our own internal world and our interactions with others. It is widely used in psychotherapy, counselling, organisational work and in education.

The TA101 is an internationally recognized training course.

Students who participate in the whole course are awarded the TA101 Certificate. This is awarded by the International Transactional Analysis Association (ITAA).

Recipients of the TA101 Certificate can apply for the appropriate category of membership in ITAA.

The TA101 is a general introduction to Transactional Analysis and is open to anyone wishing to learn more about the human condition. It is also a prerequisite for people wishing to enrol in professional training courses offered by various Transactional Analysis Training Institutes locally, nationally and internationally, that may lead to Certification as a Transactional Analyst.

Cost: $300 (GST inclusive) payable on enrolment.

Numbers: the course is limited to no more than 16.

Tutor:             John C Savage

For more information or to contact John please click here

Working with Reactive Bodies and Minds - Our Own and the Client’s: Polyvagal Theory in practice. One day workshop

Webinar: A Closer Look at Eating Disorders

• Blurb: This webinar aims to increase understanding of eating disorders and breaking common misconceptions and how to support those we care for in our Professional roles.
• Live Webinar Date & Time: Tuesday 6^th July, 11.00am – 1.00pm
• Presenter: Christine Deacon and Kaitlyn Axelrod
• Cost: $79.00 + GST pp with discounts for groups of 5 or more
• Registration link:  https://book.griefcentre.org.nz/EatdisorderNZ

Webinar: Weight Stigma and Body Size Inclusion

• Blurb: In this webinar, Christine Deacon and Kaitlyn Axelrod discuss candidly about body image, weight stigma and body size inclusion.
• Live Webinar Date & Time:  Wednesday 7^th July, 11.00am – 1.00pm
• Presenter: Christine Deacon and Kaitlyn Axelrod
• Cost: $79.00 + GST pp with discounts for groups of 5 or more
• Registration link:  https://book.griefcentre.org.nz/BodyimageNZ

Webinar: Understanding Self-harm

• Blurb: This webinar will look at understanding the nature of self-harm and what recent research development tells us.
• Live Webinar Date & Time:  Wednesday 27^th July, 1.00pm – 3.00pm
• Presenter: Dr Fiona Pienaar
• Cost: $79.00 + GST pp with discounts for groups of 5 or more
• Registration link:  https://book.griefcentre.org.nz/Self-harmNZ

Job Vacancies / Classifieds

We are notified regularly about vacancies for counsellors and they are listed in the Members Only section:

Click here to access Classifieds (Go to "My Classifieds" at the top of the page)

Wanting to advertise through NZAC?

You are very welcome to advertise any counselling positions through us.  Just email our Administration Assistant admin@nzac.org.nz a pdf or link to the advertisement.

The next issue of the NZAC Advertiser is due to be emailed out to our membership nationwide (as well as appearing live on our website: https://nzac.org.nz/publications/advertiser/) on Friday 18 June 2021 and the costs are as follows:

For one issue:

Companies $400.00 
Members & Organisations registered as Not for Profit $120.00  
Vacancies      Free
 
All prices are GST inclusive.
 
The above price also includes a listing of the website events calendar: https://nzac.org.nz/event-calendar

Please provide a working link to your registration page and/or your website to be included.

The advertiser is published online and emailed to the members every three weeks and reaches approximately 3000 + members. You will be emailed an invoice after the date of publication. Please provide your invoicing details.