Friday 27th February 2026.

ONLINE via Zoom and CATCH-UP for 28 days.

Event Times: 10.00am – 4.00pm GMT (London)/ 11.00am – 5.00pm CET (Paris)/ 5.00am – 11.00am EST (New York).

Tickets: £115 or £99 (full ticketing information at the end of this listing).

Please note that this workshop will be delivered on a Friday.

Summary: An exploration into the key issues relating to self-esteem and how to best support clients to let go of the negative self-narrative.

*Self-Esteem: Working with the Negative Mind*

Event Description:

You know how it is, someone, a client, a friend, who seems to lead their life rather well, tells you that they are terrified of some social event because they won’t know what to say. Or the youngster who has passed all their exams tells you that they are sure they will fail. Or the colleague who has practised for 15 years confesses that she feels she is a failure and doesn’t really know what she’s doing. Etc. etc. etc.

What you are witnessing is the day-to-day, normative operation of poor self-esteem, endemic particularly in the female population. A narrative endlessly retold and internally consolidated of worthlessness, failure, self-doubt. It gets in the way and, in our clients, can prove totally debilitating. It can disrupt work, relationships, social life, everything and at its worst will make it impossible for them to come anywhere near reaching their potential.

In this workshop esteemed Professor Julia Buckroyd will address a number of key issues in relation to self-esteem in the hope that we can enable our clients to let go of their damaging narrative and find a more creative way of engaging with themselves. These are as follows:

• Where does our sense of self come from? How are our core beliefs about ourselves influenced by life experience and trauma?
• How is the self-talk, the narrative about ourselves, good or bad, get maintained?
• Dealing with the inner critic and finding self-acceptance through compassion for ourselves.
• The work of change – the challenge of letting go of a time-expired narrative. What our brain thinks about this.
• Arriving at a workable self-story which acknowledges capacities as well as limitations – I’m good at this, but not so good at that.
• The liberating effect of authentic engagement with ourselves.

This workshop is suitable for both experienced therapists and those new to working with self-esteem issues, and suitable for therapists of all modalities.

Trainer:

Julia Buckroyd is Emeritus Professor of Counselling at the University of Hertfordshire and a therapist in private practice, specialising in working with people with all sorts of problems with food, weight, shape and size. She has been a regular presenter with Brighton Therapy Partnership since 2013 and is a popular trainer who teaches often complex themes with candour and humour.

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PRACTICAL INFORMATION ABOUT THIS WORKSHOP

Online Workshop: This workshop will be delivered via Zoom. Bookings close 24 hours before the start of the workshop , and joining details will be sent to all delegates after bookings close (the Thursday before the workshop between 2pm and 6pm). Please note that by booking a ticket for this workshop, you are agreeing to our terms and conditions for Zoom events, so please read through them carefully before making your purchase.

Catch-up:  This workshop will be recorded. A link to the recording will be emailed out to all delegates on the Thursday AFTER the event. This recording will then be available to view in your own time for 28 days. Full details are included in emails sent to delegates. After this time the recording will no longer be available, so if you are planning to use the catch-up function, please ensure that you have adequate time to view the recording within this time frame.

Discounted Ticket Price – £99 

Available until Saturday 7th February 2026, subject to limited availability. Pick this ticket if you are on a reduced income or a student counsellor/psychotherapist.

Standard Ticket Price – £115

Available until 11am on Thursday 26th February 2026 when bookings close, subject to limited availability. Pick this ticket if you can afford to pay this, or if all the discounted tickets have been sold.

*Please be aware there are a limited number of tickets at each price point, including where a Super Early Bird ticket price is offered*

Please note that the use of the new subscriber code is limited for each workshop and when the maximum number is reached the code will no longer work.

Ticket Payment: 

Bookings must be paid for either via Paypal, Credit/debit card (via Paypal, no Paypal account required), or bank transfer. All payments via bank transfer must be made by 11am on Thursday 26th February 2026 to secure your place! 

CPD Certificates: 

All delegates will be supplied with a CPD Certificate. This will be available after completing a short feedback survey, the link for which will be sent out on the Thursday AFTER the workshop takes place.