We ask delegates on our courses what they have found useful and why.

Here are some of the responses from the Evidence Based Approaches to Counselling
Substance Users course.

 

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• The EBA course is a remarkable combination of explorations of meanings in addiction and treatment, exercises in competencies for both clients and counsellors, and programmed learning goals and their assessments. It is as complete and thorough a guide to dealing with addictions as exists.
  Dr Stanton Peele, Social/Clinical Psychologist and specialist in the addiction field. Winner of the Lindesmith Award for Life Time Achievement from the Drug Policy Foundation.
• Accredited courses such as EBA present an ideal opportunity to those beginning their careers and to those keen to advance their professional skills. As a Government Office we support wholeheartedly the fundamental principles of education, expertise and advancement that training such as this provides.
  Government Office Drug Team Advisor.
• [The staff member] has clearly benefited from the course. Particularly in terms of developing her professional confidence and increasing her knowledge and awareness of interventions and good practice.
  Manager of student who had attended previous EBA programme.
• The strengths of the course lie in the content, which has increased the skill level, information and confidence of students, and theories have directly informed practice.
  Manager of students who had attended previous EBA programmes.