Adolescents are rarely seen in a positive light and regularly find themselves at the receiving end of the ‘monster’ epithet. But these young people are not soulless savages, they are survivors of adverse childhood experiences; their ‘monstrous’ behaviour is how they manage early terrors and conceal the shamed and hurt aspect of their self. They are children who learned that love only brings pain and intimacy goes hand in hand with abuse. They are emotional orphans who grew up expecting the worst from others, and sadly many of us exceed their expectations.
In order for us, as adults, to help them achieve their full potential for growth and happiness, we need to dare to look into the abyss and venture into the lair of this ‘monster’, the inner den of the so-called ‘feral’ youth, befriend his raw energy and find the beauty within the beast.
So, on the day, we will embark on an exciting venture into an unknown world, a voyage into the uncharted inner landscape of the emotionally wounded teen. Along the way, we will explore how to connect and communicate with hard-to-reach adolescents, and how youth culture, particularly the myth of the superhero, can give us an insight into their inner world.
But most importantly, we will discover that our greatest challenges do not hide beneath baseball caps or hooded tops but lurk deep within ourselves and that the best place to deal with an aggressive teenager is not in the classroom or in the dust of the playground, but in our own mind (Bernstein, 2001). For it is only by reclaiming all that is deep within us, and by extending our love to the estranged parts of ourselves that we’ll be able to fully open our hearts to those who have been wounded so deeply and so painfully.
A range of themes will be explored, including:
David Taransaud is a UKCP Reg. psychotherapeutic counsellor, consultant, author, and trainer with over 20 years' experience working with challenging youth. He is the author of: You Think I’m Evil: practical strategies for working with rebellious and aggressive adolescents (Worth Publishing - 2011). I, Monster: positive ways of working with challenging teens through understanding the adolescent within us (Routledge - 2016). The Rage for Life (IM publishing – 2017)
He is regular contributor to Attachment (The John Bowlby’s Foundation magazine), Play Therapy Magazine and Children, Young People and Families (the professional journal for counsellors and psychotherapists).
David frequently presents workshops across the UK and abroad on how to connect, empathise and form a genuine working alliance with troubled and troubling young people. He also works as a foreign consultant in Karachi (Pakistan) and travelled to Kitgum (Uganda) where he independently set up an Art Therapy service in an orphanage for former child soldiers and young people affected by conflict and trauma. His travel journal, Kitgum’s Orphans; Invisible Wounds was entered in the Social Impact Media Awards (SIMA 2013). An international documentary and educational impact media award honoring members in the independent film and global humanitarian industry.
It can be can be watched on Vimeo: http://vimeo.com/54758687.
| Event Date | 03-12-2022 10:00 am |
| Event End Date | 04-12-2022 4:00 pm |
| Individual Price | £198.00 |
| Location | CCMH |
| Categories | Conferences, Training Days |
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