Workshop Description

Compassion Focused-Risk Aware 121

Online training

1-to-1 Therapy programme for managing sexual risk delivered over Zoom

StopSO is offering an exciting new online three-day training for counsellors, therapists and other practitioners in how to deliver COFRA 121, a therapeutic rehabilitation programme to help men manage sexual risk and to live more pro-social, satisfying lives. COFRA 121 consists of sixteen 90-minute sessions, is evidence-informed and brings together compassionate mindfulness, CBT and strengths-focused approaches. COFRA 121 offers a structured, yet flexible, easy to follow way of working with contact and internet offenders and those who have not offended but who may be at risk of doing so, or those who are displaying problematic sexual behaviour. The training will be delivered by the author of COFRA 121, Dr Andrew Smith.

The course will be delivered online, via zoom (see below for dates). The COFRA 121 programme manual (featuring a practitioner pack and a resource pack) will be emailed to you beforehand, as the training takes you through each session and explains how to facilitate areas of therapeutic exploration and exercises with clients, including exploring issues and challenges which may arise in actual practice. The resource pack consists of explanatory material and exercises for each of the 16 sessions, that you can photocopy and use with clients, at your discretion.

During the current Covid 19 crisis, practitioners can, if necessary, deliver COFRA 121 to clients via video link as course information and exercises can be emailed to the client before each session.

The training course is available to individuals with a recognised therapy/counselling diploma, who have significant experience of working with this client group, or who work for relevant agencies.

For attendees with a recognised therapy/counselling diploma, successful completion of the course will allow them to apply to go on the list of StopSO therapists and receive referrals (assuming other membership criteria is met).

Training schedule

Day 1

11 am-1 pm – introduction to COFRA 121, and treatment principles about how to work with men posing a sexual risk

2 pm-4 pm – How to facilitate sessions, 1, 2, 3 and 4 (including legal and confidentiality issues)

Day 2

11 am-1 pm – How to facilitate sessions 5, 6, 7, and 8

2 pm-4 pm – How to facilitate sessions 9, 10, 11, and 12

Day 3

11 am-1 pm – How to facilitate sessions 13, 14, 15 and 16

2 pm-5 pm – How to extend the programme into longer-term therapy and plenary

The first training course will take place over the following three days:

Cost of the full 3 days training – £325

Includes full programme manual and reusable resource pack

(A one-off price will be offered to organisations wanting to purchase the training for staff teams)

Available dates – 2024 

Nov 24th, Dec 1st and Dec 8^t 2024 – BOOK HERE

Additional Information

date	Jan 21st, Jan 28th and Feb 4th 2024, April 21st, April 28th and May 5th 2024, Sept 22nd, Sep 29th and Oct 6th 2024, Nov 24th, Dec 1st and Dec 8t 2024