Workshops
Facilitation for change, challenge and growth.
Caring for young people is arguably the most important job we will ever do, and yet comes with the least training.
Why parenting workshops?
- Do you struggle to be the parent you want to be?
- Do you feel burnt out as a parent?
- Do you work with children and want to improve your effectiveness and mutual communication?
- Do you want to be able to increase your children’s happiness and self-confidence?
- Do you want to be able to solve individual and family problems without conflict?
- Do you want to be able to improve your (and your children’s) communication skills?
- Do you want to create warmer, more satisfying family relationships?
How can I help?
I am passionate about enabling carers to maximise their impact and enjoyment in this vital role, in turn improving children’s resilience, independence and happiness. I understand the challenges that parents and carers face and I bring a wealth of experience from teaching and my own parenting journey.
I run courses for any person working with infants, children and teenagers. As your Parent Effectiveness Training (P.E.T.) workshop leader, I will help you build valuable skills to help manage relationships and facilitate harmony. Courses are face to face in Sevenoaks and online.
Being a parent or carer doesn’t always mean that you instinctively know what to do.
Parent Effectiveness Training (P.E.T.)
This model was created by award-winning psychologist and Nobel Peace Prize nominee, Dr Thomas Gordon, in 1962. He believed that parents and carers should have access to the same skills as counsellors and therapists.
Since then, millions of parents and carers have benefited from incorporating these time-tested communication methods into their family life.
P.E.T. is based on coaching principles such as active listening, individual responsibility, and solution-focussed problem solving.
P.E.T. follows best practice in terms of communication and conflict-resolution.
P.E.T. workshops
P.E.T. is a series of eight parent workshops.
The workshops provide a structure to make caring for young people easier. They help you learn these new skills:
- PROBLEM OWNERSHIP – How to decide whose problem it is
- ACTIVE LISTENING – How to help others with their problems
- ‘I’ MESSAGES – How to influence others to change
- PROBLEM SOLVING – How to find solutions that meet everyone’s needs
- CONSULTING – How to talk about differences in values
Using these skills, you will be amazed at the dramatic improvement not only in family life, but in all your relationships.
“Parents should be trained not blamed.”
Thomas Gordon
Other workshops
While living in Myanmar, I created a workshop programme for expat partners. It followed coaching principles and focused on enabling participants to adapt and prosper abroad.
Contact me if you are interested in other workshop programmes.
Interested? Questions? Get in touch …
What people say …
I have definitely come away feeling more positive about the future. Each step showed me more about who I am. I enjoyed the parts on values, strengths and well being. I had an A-Ha moment on Values when I found my 5 values were not as out of sync with my life as I thought. I think the step by step approach looking at different areas was good and I liked the timing of Ali's emails.
These are tools I will carry with me in my everyday life trying to make my life as purposeful as possible. The communication was just right and the WhatsApp messages gave it a very personal touch. I have thoroughly enjoyed my course, I have learned a lot about myself and I have gained many tools I can use to make sure my time abroad will be as meaningful and purposeful as possible.
The pre-work was thought provoking and gave me much needed time to explore and invest in my own situation. The face-to-face sessions generated lots of discussion and I was able to learn a lot from the experiences of others in the group. I found that the modules and group discussions allowed me to delve deeper into my own situation, helping me to identify and examine opportunities and develop a workable plan for the future.
The 360 degree approach supported me on my learning journey - identifying where areas for development lie but also highlighting how all such areas interact and frequently complement each other.
The well-being module helped me identify activities that could be acted upon straight away to improve physical and mental health. Thank you for a useful and enlightening experience.
Thanks again for the great training sessions. I learnt a lot. You are a brilliant teacher.
Thank you for the wonderful training. I enjoyed it very much and really appreciate your detailed explanations and clarifications from multiple angles. Students must have such a fun learning experience with you!
Thank you so much for the training, it has helped me to be more engaging with the students in terms of differentiating their learning process and to think of activities and collaborative ideas to include all types of students. It was very helpful to learn about different theories, which have helped me understand myself as well as the students.