About the Group
Explore, Understand, Empower
This workshop offers practitioners an in-depth look at conceptualising client issues—such as anxiety, depression, and self-injury—through a person-centred lens. You’ll gain practical tools to better understand clients’ experiences, strengthen therapeutic relationships, and enhance your ability to support meaningful change.
What You’ll Learn:
Core principles of person-centred therapy and their application in everyday practice
How to understand and respond to complex emotional presentations, including anxiety, depression, and self-injury
Techniques for fostering empathy, presence, and unconditional positive regard in therapeutic work
Strategies for reflecting on your own responses and enhancing client-therapist connection
Who Is This Workshop For: Mental health professionals, counsellors, and therapists looking to deepen their understanding of person-centred approaches to client work.
Why Attend:
Strengthen your conceptualisation skills for a range of client issues
Enhance your confidence in working with complex emotional presentations
Connect with like-minded practitioners and share learning experiences
Your Group Facilitators
Dr Joanna Naxton
Dr Joanna Naxton, is a Doctor of Counselling Philosophy with extensive experience in counselling, psychotherapy, and mental health research. She specialises in working with complex emotional presentations, including anxiety, depression, and self-injury. Joanna lectures with Sunderland University and East Durham College on a range of counselling and psychology modules.