Bereft

Workshop: Bereft

Facilitator: Tony Buckley

Date: Saturday 4th October 2025

Time: 9.30am - 4:30pm

Training Type: In Person (face to face)

Venue: Willows Counselling & Training, 11 Prospect Place, Swindon SN1 3LQ

Hosted by: Willows Counselling & Training, Swindon

CPD: 6.5 Hours

About the Workshop:

Grief can be an intensely painful emotional journey, depriving people of a loved and valued person from their life. It is particularly common for people to get stuck in a state of intense emotional grief compounded by the fact they may have lost the very attachment figure to whom they would usually turn to at times of stress and difficulty.

This workshop invites an exploration of a wide range of relationship losses and the impact of these occurring in the lives of our clients.

Learning will focus on the affect of losses occurring through separation and divorce of parents as well as loss/death occurring through trauma, drug and alcohol, accident, illness, or suicide. Consideration will also be given to both the subtle and more obvious impacts of relationship loss and separation through adoption processes, imprisonment and military service.

In addition to thinking through various models of grief processing, this training will also examine important attachment and loss insights from the field of affective neuroscience, which support newer thinking about the roots of panic/grief disorders including alternative ways to approach therapeutic treatment in supporting people facing loss.

About the Speaker:

Tony Buckley, BA is a BACP registered therapist who holds a BA Hons degree in Counselling, a Diploma in Supervision and Certificate of Education and Further Education. Tony has studied Cranio-Sacral Focused Anatomy and is currently studying towards a Masters in Neuroscience at Kings College London.

Tony has accrued over 30 years’ experience in the therapeutic field including activities such as teaching, supervision, private practice, and managing teams of counsellor’s in both a university setting and an adolescent counselling service within the voluntary sector. Former professional roles included seven years spent as manager of the Counselling and Trauma Service for Transport for London (London Underground), which offers a time-limited trauma treatment service, psychoeducation, stress reduction groups and response support following critical incidents.

Tony has been teaching Sensorimotor Psychotherapy internationally for over 12 years, delivering all 3 levels of the method in Ireland, Norway, UK, Netherlands, Finland and Australia. In addition to teaching therapists Tony likes to find some time to write and has contributed several articles in the somatic psychology field and co-written a chapter titled "Healing the Traumatized Organization" in the 2012 Wiley-Blackwell book called International Handbook of Workplace Trauma Support.

Practicalities:

Breaks - There will be two short refreshment breaks and a lunch break. Free tea & coffee will be available on site, and there are a number of shops and cafes locally that delegates may wish to use during lunch.

Parking - Limited free parking is available on site on a first come first served basis. There are a number of pay as you go car parks locally. The closest is on Prospect Place, 1 minute walk away.

Train/Bus - Willows Training is accessible by local bus routes. The main Swindon bus and rail stations are approx 20 minutes walk away.

Who is this workshop suitable for?

This workshop has been designed as a source of Continued Professional Development (CPD) for Counsellors, Psychotherapists, other mental health professionals, and students undertaking counsellor/psychotherapy training. It may also be helpful for anyone working in a caring, helping or pastoral profession, including Teachers, Teaching Assistants, Youth Workers and Social Workers.

Tickets

• General Admission

  £76.55 incl. £6.55 booking fee

• Willows Counsellor / Supervisor / Trainer

  £60.29 incl. £5.29 booking fee

• Willows Student

  £49.46 incl. £4.46 booking fee

About Willows Counselling and Training Service

Willows is a registered charity offering Counselling and Counsellor Training in Swindon, Wiltshire. With more than 30 years' experience, Willows is well established in both knowledge and reputation in the local area and beyond.

Willows offers the full suite of qualifying courses for counsellors: CPCAB Levels 2, 3 and Level 4 Diploma. For qualified therapists, they run a Postgraduate Diploma in Trauma (Level 6), an NCPS Advanced Specialist course, as well as a programme of one-day CPD workshops and training conferences.