Free online courses

These are professional courses we developed and were CPD accredited. We are in the process of restructuring so wanted to make them available to everyone free of charge except for the final training which is £50 as it is very indepth. All are PowerPoint presentations only, there is no audio. You can download the slides as well.

By Trevor Runner

Attachment Based Parental Alienation

Obtain a thorough understanding of attachment theory
Understand the role of attachment in the development of personality
Recognise the driving engine of alienation
Obtain an understanding of the role-reversal core
Understand how parents induce symptoms in parental alienation
Understand the trauma re-enactment narrative
Recognise the child’s experience

Child Protection And Mental Health

To understand your child protection responsibilities as a practitioner
Know the current legislation concerning child protection
Prevalence of parental mental health issues
Impact of parental mental health on children
Parental mental health as an ACE
Identifying and responding to concerns
Intervention models
How to balance parents rights with child protection

Family Systems Theory

Recognising the family as a system
Understand the role of family and individual life cycles
Understand the four main theoretical approaches to family therapy
- Structural
- Systemic
- Strategic
- Milan approach
Recognise how family systems theory can be applied to dysfunctional families

Understanding Personality Disorders

Diagnostic criteria
History of personality disorders
Role of attachment and trauma
Identify the ten main PD’s
Explore in depth:
- Avoidant
- Narcissistic
- Borderline
- Antisocial
- Dependent
Working with PD’s
Treatment options

The Trauma Legacy

Categories of trauma
Understand what developmental trauma is
The neurological response to trauma
Effects of Childhood Trauma
- traumatic injury
- traumatic grief
- traumatic attachment
- traumatic sexualisation
- traumatic identity formation
7 stages of developmental trauma
ACE’s as a social, educational and health issue
Recognising traumatised children and supporting them

Narcissistic Abuse And Parental Alienation

Understand the signs of narcissistic abuse and parental alienation
Recognise the impact on children
Overview of the main theories
Overview of latest research
Understand the relationship between narcissistic abuse and parental alienation
Implications for practice
Intervention and treatment models

Cluster B Personality Disordered Parenting

Unit One – Understand the diagnostic criteria for cluster B personality disorders
Unit Two – Parenting Styles for Cluster B Personality Disorders
Unit Three – Impact of PD’s on Parenting and Children
Unit four – Parental Personality Disorder and Risk
Unit five – Parent Child Attachment Related Pathology (parental alienation)