Training, Workshops & Talks
Training topics:
How to get the most out of your school counsellor (& how to make sure you’re both speaking the same language)
Based on a wide experience working in schools and PRUs, this is aimed at school staff and senior leadership. The training equips schools & colleges with an understanding of the basics of therapeutic ideas, an understanding of youth mental health today and some practical ideas to help you get the most out of your school therapy offer and to best support young people with their mental health, both within and outside of a counselling offer.
Ethical and legal boundaries in counselling within schools
What counselling is (and isn’t)
Different approaches to therapy
Confidentiality in a school setting
Working with reluctance from students and parents
What therapists can (and cannot) do
What is a “good referral”?
Practical procedures and other recommendations
Based on experience, current best practice, counselling theory and up to date counselling research, this training will leave you able to make informed decisions about the counselling offer in your school or college to meet the needs of your students.
Travellers in the UK: Cultural Awareness
Tyler is a Traveller himself and has worked with a large number of Traveller organisations including London Gypsies & Travellers, Friends Families & Travellers, The Showmen’s Mental Health Awareness Charity, The National Bargee Travellers Association, Travellers’ Times, The Showmen’s Guild, ACERT and Traveller Pride, of which he is the founder.
This training has been delivered in many forms to a wide range of audiences and gets tailored to the needs and size of the audience.
Typically we cover:
Different Traveller groups in the UK
History within the UK
Current barriers (major focus on health, education, law & planning)
Current best practice
Understanding your Anti-Traveller bias
Cultural differences
Practical tips for engagement and better relations
This training has been tailored to different needs and we can bring in a specific focuses like Prison, Higher Education, Disability & Health, LGBT+ Travellers, Generational Trauma. As mentioned, the training is bespoke and therefore if you have a particular angle or element of the Traveller experience you would like covered get in touch and we can discuss.
As an "Add On" to this training, Tyler can go through your policies and procedures to ensure they are inclusive of Traveller lifestyles.
LGBT+ Travellers today
As the founder of Traveller Pride, the UKs only group for LGBT+ Travellers, Tyler is uniquely qualified to talk about the everyday lives of LGBT+ Travellers in the UK and of their needs and challenges. Featuring case studies & personal testimonies, statistics and a timeline of the history of the LGBT+ Traveller movement, we look into the barriers and common issues faced by LGBT+ Travellers in the UK and at what you can do to understand this population better and to work better with them.
This training has been delivered to LGBT+ organisations wanting to better include Travellers, Traveller organisations wanting to better include LGBT+ people as well as to a number of more general charities. As such, there is a flexibility within this training and we can look at what your needs are within it. As this is such an emerging movement within Traveller advocacy and activism it is a training that is constantly being updated and so your suggestions for content are welcome.
The Languages of Travellers
Tyler’s first degree was in linguistics and had researched, written and given talks on this subject. Nomadic groups are a fascinating example of the development of languages and dialects and how this reflect their changing ideals and relationships with other groups. Including examples from various Traveller groups in the UK and touching on the Polari Myth, this interactive workshop explores what languages have looked like historically for Travellers, what they look like today, what we can learn about Travellers from their language use and in particular what we can learn about values and history through looking at these.
Mental Health of Showmen
Based on a talk delivered at the University of Sheffield, this explores what modern Showmen identity is today and what mental health is like currently within the Showmen community. You may not have spent much time thinking about the community who run your local funfairs, but this talk will help you see the other side of the paybox and understand what factors go contribute positively and negatively to our wellbeing. This talk is based on personal experiences, testimonies from members of the community as well as Tyler's time working for various Traveller organisations including Traveller Pride, The Showmen's Guild of Great Britain and, as a therapist, the Showmen's Mental Health Awareness Charity.
WORKSHOPS AND CREATIVE WORK
Tyler has facilitated groups and works creatively and flexibly in a way that draws people out of themselves and allows for spontaneous meaningful engagement that fits to the needs of the participants. He has facilitated discussion groups, creative arts groups, drama groups, educational groups, process groups, bereavement groups and experiential groups.
The workshops are usually very creative, playful and inclusive. The aim is to use different and unexpected methods to help us express, connect and learn about ourselves. The feedback for these sessions is always positive and what is appreciated is the ability to be flexible and adapt to the needs and level of the group and to where the groups take us. These sessions can be for adults or adolescents, depending on need and focus.
He was done this work with LGBT+ groups, Traveller organisations, schools and PRUs, Universities, Trainee & Qualified Therapists, local community groups, School staff (inset days), Activist groups and more.
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Tyler is an experienced and engaging trainer and educator and has delivered training sessions to various organisations and with a wide range of audiences. Contact now to arrange a talk, workshop or training!
He is a core tutor on the UK’s first LGBT+ affirmative therapy training course and is involved in the teaching at the University of Westminster’s counselling course. Through his work with Traveller organisations he has delivered a number of highly successful talks and trainings about subjects related to Traveller cultural awareness, modern Traveller identity, LGBT+ Travellers, Traveller mental health today and the languages and dialects of the UKs Travellers. His recent experience teaching on Therapy courses means he is also able to bring in psychotherapeutic understanding and can deliver introductory lectures on therapy-related topics.
