Mindfulness & Counselling Skills Joint Course Mindfulness is a philosophy & state of mind derived from Buddhist faith, but applicable to both multi-faith & non-faith therapy work. It is being used extensively in private & state provided therapy services as an appropriate way of addressing emotional issues & assisting in the management of long term conditions. This course provides personal reflection & professional techniques using mindfulness, & relates them closely to the National Occupational Standards for Healing. Further core knowledge lessons provide a sound training in Counselling Skills, including discussion of the revised Counselling National Occupational Standards.  The counselling models discussed include humanistic, psychodynamic, gestalt & basic CBT along with crucial counselling skills. This course is recognised for professional membership of the Society for Holistic Therapists & Coaches. ...

Mindfulness & Life Coaching Joint Course Mindfulness is a philosophy & state of mind derived from Buddhist faith, but applicable to both multi-faith & non-faith therapy work. It is being used extensively in private & state provided therapy services as an appropriate way of addressing emotional issues & assisting in the management of long term conditions. This course provides personal reflection & professional techniques using mindfulness, & relates them closely to the National Occupational Standards for Healing. Further core knowledge lessons provide a sound training in Life Coaching.  This course is recognised for professional membership of the Society for Holistic Therapists & Coaches. ...

Mindfulness-Based Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Advanced Course Mindfulness is a philosophy & state of mind derived from Buddhist faith, but applicable to both multi-faith & non-faith therapy work. It is being used extensively in private & state provided therapy services as an appropriate way of addressing emotional issues & assisting in the management of long term conditions. This course provides personal reflection & professional techniques using mindfulness, & relates them closely to the National Occupational Standards for Healing. Further core knowledge lessons provide a sound training in Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, including discussion of the revised Counselling National Occupational Standards. Together mindfulness & CBT have been brought together to form:  Mindfulness based Cognitive Behavioural Therapy (MBCBT). MBCBT is a modern & increasingly popular combined therapy approach which combines well evidenced results, with a deeper philosophical model.  This course is recognised for professional membership of the Society for Holistic Therapists & Coaches. ...

Money Management Course Money governs what can be done in any situation. More careful management of money should always provide better value for that which is spent, but even more than that, an awareness of monies available will enable you to make informed decisions on what can be afforded at any one time. Acquiring the skills & knowledge needed to ensure you manage your money efficiently is important both in your private life as well as helping you to manage your money successfully in business.  This course goes a long way to provide you with these skills. ...

Mood Disorder Management & Coaching Practitioner Course This course is designed to provide meaningful training & knowledge to therapists & coaches who wish to offer assistance to clients with mood disorders such as Bi-Polar & Borderline Personality Disorder. The course teaches how to provide complementary support & coaching alongside ongoing medical supervision & intervention, & enables the therapist to understand how to fit into the overall care plan for the client. Therapy standards are related to National Occupational Standards (NOS) where appropriate & this course is SHTC accredited for professional practice. This course is also suitable for sufferers from Mood disorders, & those providing support or care to sufferers. Therapy models include life coaching, counselling, relaxation therapy, autogenics, CBT (cognitive behavioural therapy) & elements of eastern philosophy. Graduates may call themselves Holistic Therapists or Holistic Life Coaches. ...

Moon Gardening Course This course is a journey through your garden & the work to be done in it during the 12 months of the year. With the help of the moon we can improve the harvest without using any fertilizer to enhance it. Plants grow healthier & are sturdier if you work with them at the right time. The moon travels within 27.2 days through the 12 zodiacal sign. Each sign has a specific quality of day & rules over a part of a plant. Aries is a fire day. It rules over fruit. Therefore we do whatever we can when it comes to plants which end up in fruit. If you feel the soil you can feel the warmth of the day in it. Plants planted during fire days need more water. At the end of the course you should be able to use all the knowledge in your garden & see improvement by doing so. Anybody can do it. Be it an old hand in gardening or a person just starting out to the adventure. Anybody interested in gardening could have a lot of fun doing this course. ...

Motivating the Workforce Course Delivering a good performance at work has been shown to be a function of ability, experience, reward &, above all, motivation. We are purposive beings & we continually select goals which are important to us & seek to achieve them. It is this goal-directed activity we call motivation. Given the importance of employees as an organisational resource, it is obviously crucial that managers should understand the nature of motivation so that they can better manage those forces, both internal & external to individuals, that lead some to apply only minimal effort to their work tasks while others expend much greater effort & consequently are much more productive. However, motivation is a very complex subject, influenced by many variables. There is no one answer to what motivates people to work well but rather a number of sometimes competing theories, each subject to varying degrees of criticism. Collectively, however, these theories provide a valuable basis for study & discussion & a fund of ideas. Mullins (1993) argues that it is up to managers to judge their relevance & how they might be drawn upon & applied in their particular work situations. By the end of this course, you should be able to: define motivation & explain the importance to managers of understanding it. explain how motivation theories are classified into content theories & process theories. describe the nature of human needs. explain Taylorism & its motivational implications. understand the motivational implications of the Hawthorne experiments. appreciate Maslow's hierarchy of needs & its motivational implications. set out Alderfer's ERG theory & its motivational implications. explain Herzberg's two-factor theory & its motivational implications. describe expectancy theory & its motivational implications. understand equity theory & its motivational implications.  ...

Motivation by Rewards Course If you are a fan of history you may have read tales of children & adults in previous centuries who were beaten as they worked, punished for non-performance & in many cases publicly humiliated when things went wrong. The view of those in charge was that fear of punishment would lead to a greater motivation towards success. More recent research has shown that motivation by reward, recognition of good behaviour & careful support & encouragement can achieve far more than any form of punishment. That is not to say that there is never an occasion when punishment is appropriate but when trying to generate excellence in performance, reward programmes are a good place to start. Increasingly reward programmes are gaining publicity. Schools are starting to implement them all over the world & even local authorities are seeking to embrace the key principles as they reward people for recycling their rubbish, paying their bills on time or for demonstrating community spirit.  But how do you start a rewards programme if you have not had one before? How do they work & why is it important that they do? To explore this issue & to give you very practical information that you can adapt to your own situation, this Motivation by Reward programme explores all the key areas & provides examples of how to set up your own scheme. ...

Moving & Handling Clients Safely This programme has been written for those working in the care industry & whose work may at some point include moving clients from one position to another. Helping learners to develop the skills they need to move & handle clients safely, considering their physical comfort & well-being. The programme also

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Mushroom Growing Course Over the past 30 years the popularity & consumption of mushrooms has expanded in leaps & bounds worldwide. Mushrooms are relatively easy to grow, & with the advent of a range of home growing kits, the home mushroom farm has become a reality for many a home gardener. This course has been written to teach mushroom growing in a way which will be relevant to any country. It puts aside regional techniques & tries to teach you principles & concepts which can be applied to anywhere. This course also teaches you the principles & not just black & white facts. ...