The Therapeutic Toolkit

Fortis Therapy & Training is a team of dedicated, qualified therapists, counsellors, and trainers based in Grimsby, Scunthorpe, Louth, and Hull.

A 4 day interactive and engaging series of workshops

They will enable you to use different techniques and strategies that will be beneficial when engaging and working with children, young people, adults and families.

Using creative therapeutic interventions can help and enable children, young people and adults, to find a way to demonstrate their difficult emotions in a helpful and engaging way.

More information on this course will be coming soon.

Day 1 – Art and Craft

Working with a variety of art materials / mediums, including clay. You will have the opportunity to explore and see the importance of using creative methods of working with clients as well as experiencing the impact yourself and how it can have to help the therapeutic process and support communication.

The aims and objectives of the day will be:

To explore using creative interventions when working with and engaging others therapeutically
To explore aspects of brain development
To consider the importance of creativity in communication and therapy
To experience working with creative interventions

Day 2 – Puppets and Story Telling

Using stories and puppets as a therapeutic tool. Exploring storytelling and experiencing the use of puppets in supporting children, young people and adults.

The aims and objectives of the day will be:

Techniques to enable the client to create their own stories
What themes can emerge through using storytelling and puppets
To explore a variety of puppets
How puppets enable children to communicate effectively
Techniques on how to use puppets

Day 3 – Objects

Using a variety of techniques and strategies when using objects within the therapeutic process, such as sand, buttons, figures and animals.

The aims and objectives of the day will be:

To think about what is fundamentally important when working creatively with objects in 1-2-1 work
To begin to think systemically using objects
Using objects to understand the family system and patterns
Using a creative idea to understand ‘parts of self’ and relating
To gain understanding of different perceptions of ‘self’
Exploring techniques such as sculpting, projection and witnessing

Day 4 – Lego

Lego-based therapy is a social development programme for children and young people with social communication difficulties. It is used to teach children skills like turn taking, sharing, listening, conversation, teamwork, shared attention and problem solving.

The aims and objectives of the day will be:

To explore the background of Lego Based therapy and its basic principals
To think about practicalities, behaviour and management and modes of intervention and adaptions
To consider assessment process and evaluation
To enable you to set up and run Lego-based therapy groups