The easy way to get rid of Post Traumatic Stress (PTSD)

It's no secret that I am a big fan of Dr David Muss, author of the book The Trauma Trap and innovator or the Rewind technique for PTSD. So I was pleased to receive my latest copy of the BACP professional journal and see he is advertising his Rewind workshops there.

He now charges ￡60 instead of giving the training for free as he did before. I understand the reasons. He only wants people who are really serious about integrating the intervention into their professional toolbox.

As a consequence Rewind will become more widely used and more and more evidence will be gathered that it works better and faster than EMDR and is simpler to perform.

This is good news for those of us who have been using the technique for years and know how effective it can be.

Finally the establishment will not be able to ignore what has been staring them in the face for decades and the people who need swift resolution of distressing PTSD symptoms will hopefully get the treatment they need on the NHS, saving the lives of sufferer, saving families, relationships and keeping people in work and thriving instead of suffering the domino effects of complete breakdown that can be a consequence of trauma.

More power to your elbow David...you are an enigma, super focused and one of my professional heros.

Rewind is such an important intervention that I have included in the NCFE accredited Fusion Therapeutic Coaching Diploma programme. I am now also determined to update my book PTSD Resolution: Reclaiming life from trauma and include more Rewind case studies.

Please contact me direct at [email protected] if you want to contribute.

The NCFE accredited Fusion Distance Learner skills certificate

The innovative Fusion Mental Health first aid model draws on Person Centred Counselling, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, Human Givens Psychotherapy and Holistic Life Coaching to bring together a unique toolbox of skills to help you provide the very best support for your clients. This is not just any coaching course or the GROW model in another format. Fusion has an innovative and unique approach to emotional health and wellbeing which has been tried and tested over ten years with thousands of client successes. 

On the programme you will learn:

• The SAFE SPACE ‘recipe’ for emotional wellbeing
• How to dramatically accelerate client outcomes
• How to conduct a ‘life audit’
• What us the ‘essence of the problem/essence of the solution’
• The important first session: How to pace, turn and lead your client
• When and how to use the Fusion Wheel of Life
• Present, future and super-future focusing
• How to use guided imagery to effect change fast
• integration of therapeutic story and metaphor
• How to successfully treat anxiety and depression, fears and phobias
• How to deal with panic attacks and anger attacks
• What to do to resolve PTSD fast
• The utilisation of powerful brain filters 
• The mindfulness based STOP System
• Effective goal setting 
• And much, much more…

Frequently asked questions

Who can take Fusion’s Therapeutic Coaching Distance Learning programme?

You may wish to use the programme for continuing professional development, personal development or to gain an understanding of the integrated principles and practice of the Fusion Therapeutic Coaching Model.

You are likely to have good communication skills, experience of working in a caring role and have a deep desire to help others.

How does distance learning work?

Distance learning means you can study at home, at your own pace and in your own time. Learners receive a working course manual and study guide, together with a series of written assignments, reflective tasks and questions.

You will also have access to a professional tutor to provide you with support via email, post or telephone. They will be happy to answer any questions you may have and give you advice on successful completion of the course. Ongoing support will last for one year from the date you receive the course.

How long do I have to complete the programme?

12 months. If the course is updated, the information will either be posted on our supporting website or sent to you free of charge. Completion of the course will take in the region of 80 study hours which can be spread over the 12 month period and claimed as CPD hours.

Is there an end of course examination?

No, the programme is completed by an end of course Q and A which you send by e-mail or post for assessment. The Integrated Coaching Academy runs the only accredited Distance Learning Therapeutic Coaching course in the UK.

Do I get a certificate?

A completion certificate will be provided by the Integrated Coaching Academy. If you wish to have Level III NCFE endorsed completion, your work will be assessed by your tutor then internally and externally verified. If successful, a certificate will be issued by NCFE.

UPDATES FOR 2020

If you enrol on the Distance programme and subsequently enrol on the Diploma, the full cost of the Distance course will be deducted from your Diploma fee. Please note it is not a requirement to complete the Distance Learner programme prior to enrolment onto the Diploma and you can, if you choose, apply for a place on the 2020 Diploma.

Assessment of your work

The assessment of your coursework will be carried out by your tutor. A sample of assessments will be referred to an internal verifier.

These are available to be seen by an external verifier from the accrediting body, NCFE.

Is there tutor support?

The course is supported by a friendly and accessible tutor who appreciates the needs of distance learning students. If you experience any difficulties with the course, or need clarification on some points, then please get in touch. We are here to help.

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What is covered in the programme?

The 70,000 word, 426 page work book covers a broad range of theory and skills.

Module 1

The Therapeutic Coaching Timeline

Professional evolution

The Therapeutic Coach: A new paradigm

The big experiment

What is therapeutic coaching? Is it different from counselling?  

About the NCFE accredited Therapeutic Coaching Diploma

Effective Therapy: Affordable training

Module 2

Work Book

Zen philosophy; an auspicious beginning

Setting SMART Goals

Self Reflection

Learning something new

Recognising emotions

Module 3

Communication Micros Skills

S.O.L.E.R

Listen

Mirroring and reflection

Paraphrasing

Summarising

Open questions

Empathy

Carl Roger’s core conditions

About Carl Rogers

Look back, but don’t stare

Module 4

Human needs

Create a SAFE SPACE to get your emotional needs met:

The work life balance

Attunement and the therapeutic alliance

Accelerated rapport

Smile

Information Gathering: Using Clinical Measures and feedback

CORE 10

Taking an emotional needs ‘audit’

Actualising tendency versus learned helplessness

How to restoring hope

Module 5

A first session with a client

Placebo-nocebo

Confidentiality in therapeutic work

Positive expectation

SUDS scaling

Module 6

Dealing with anxiety and panic attacks

Fight or flight

Pattern matching

Thinking errors or cognitive distortions

Resilience and Base Stress

Diaphragmatic Breathing

The Observing Self and Meta awareness

Misuse of the Imagination

What else do I need to know?

Module 7

Setting therapeutic goals

The Magic Question

The Reticular Activating System (RAS)

RAS and focused attention

What are your Hobbies and Interests?

Developing metaphor therapeutically

Module 8

Psycho Education

Triune theory

Sleep

Pattern matching and neural pathways

Patterns of response

Module 9

Supervision and the helping professions

Referrals

Diversity: Celebrating Difference, Celebrating ‘Sameness’

Challenging the labels

HAPPINESSISNOWHERE

Module 10

STOP: GO Bridging the gap between counselling and coaching

Holistic Life Coaching

Ploughing new furrows: Counselling in a coaching context

Where are you on the wellbeing continuum?

React or respond?

Thought stopping

Neuroplasticity and the changing brain

Affirmations

Module 11

The STOP System

STOP and diaphragmatic breathing: How to test your own breathing

STOP and ‘Taking a Step Back’

STOP and the Observing Self

STOP and Emotional intelligence

STOP and interrupting old or habitual patterns

Module 12

The Wheel of Life

Case study: Geoff #1

Using the coaching wheel of life

Assessing and scaling life as it is

The life wheel protocol

Module 13

Case study: Geoff #2

Wheel of life doc 1

A holistic view of the client

The preferred future

Story: What a bird should look like

Write it down-make it happen

Module 14

Case study: Geoff #3

Wheel of life doc 2

SMART goals

Case study: Geoff #4

SMART goals doc

Module 15

Visualisation

Describing guided imagery

Visualisation: a history

Meditation and mindfulness

Metaphor in guided imagery

Module 16

Case study: Geoff #5

Therapeutic time travel

From problem focused to solution focused

A progressive relaxation and bespoke visualisation for Geoff

Conclusion

Intelligence plus intuition equals ‘whole brain’ learning

The Ebbinghaus Curve of Forgetting

A privilege

Appendix

TASK documents

Therapeutic stories

Resources

Therapeutic Coaching in practice

First session questionnaire

SAFE SPACE audit sheet

CORE 10 questions

Case study: Shelly

Case Study: David; coaching a client with M.E.

BACP ethical guidelines

Association for Coaching: coaching competencies

Articles Is the Therapeutic Coach a ‘brain mechanic?’

What do you do if you don't like your client?

Smile and the world smiles back.

The Top Five Regrets of the Dying

Swim towards the light.

A Nice Result

Better to do something imperfectly than nothing flawlessly

No need for my services?

The Super Organising Idea

All boxed up?

Working at the cutting edge

Epigenetics

Mapping the connectome

The gut microbiome

Polyvagal theory

The seven pillars of mindfulness

Mental health first aid

About the Therapeutic Coaching Diploma programme

Diploma Training Application Form

A Fusion Certified Therapeutic Coach

Bibliography

The daffodil principle

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Diploma 2020

We are enrolling now for the 2020 Diploma programme at Chalgrave Hall, Tebworth, Bedfordshire, just 5 minutes from M1 junction 12. The Diploma will run over two weekends in 2020. Early booking is recommended as numbers will be restricted

 July: Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th

September: Friday 25th-Sunday 27th inclusive

Diploma fee: ￡1,395 after deduction of the ￡100 early booking discount

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The Fusion Therapeutic Coaching Diploma 

Enrolling now for the 2020 Diploma programme at Chalgrave Hall, Tebworth, Bedfordshire, just 5 minutes from M1 junction 12.

The Diploma will run over two weekends at Chalgrave Hall, Tebworth

July: Saturday 25th and Sunday 26th

September: Friday 25th-Sunday 27th inclusive

Diploma fee: ￡1,395 after deduction of the ￡100 early booking discount

Why not combine your training with a holiday break in beautiful Bedfordshire?

Bedfordshire is a bit of a well kept secret, set in the rolling Chiltern Hills. In the south of the county, you can find Whipsnade Zoo, Ashridge House and Gardens, the Natural History Museum at Tring, Woburn Estate and Safari Park and the picturesque villages in the north of the county where you can visit the jewel in the National Trust’s crown, Wrest Park, the Swiss Gardens at Old Warden with the impressive Shuttleworth Collection and lots more.

There is also plenty of excellent, local accommodation and parking at the venue.

Chalgrave Hall is set in the pretty hamlet of Tebworth, neighbouring open countryside and within walking distance of the Plough Inn; a quintessentially English thatched pub which offers good quality, home cooked food.

Outline of the day

Doors open at 9.30 for a 10am start

Breakfast of fruit and croissants are provided with tea, coffee and fresh juice

Break at 11.15am for tea, coffee, biscuits and cakes (gluten free options are available)

Lunch at 1pm: There is a traditional cheese and ham ploughman’s provided with fruit and additional drinks

4pm finish 

Fusion training draws on the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy ethical framework for good practice. Fusion? is an organisational member of BACP and also the Association for Coaching Global Code of Ethics

On completion, Diploma graduates will have:

o  A nationally recognised award which will also count as 370 TQT hours (Total Qualification Time) 

o  Access to the unique Fusion 5 session client manual; a direct replication of Frances’s own professional documents

o  Certificated permission for use of the professional designation FCTC (Fusion Certified Therapeutic Coach)

o  Fusion Therapeutic Coaching professional logos and promotional material

o  Alumni listing on the Integrated Coaching Academy website with links to your website and contact information

o  A certificate from NCFE, an awarding organisation recognised by the qualification regulators for England and Wales.

Diploma: Course structure

Module 1 Essential Counselling Theory and Skills

·       Directive and non directive counselling/coaching theory

Module 2 Application of Theory and Skills in Practice

·       Using the Skills: The integrated framework

Module 3 Use of Advanced Counselling Skills in a Coaching Context:

·       Holistic therapeutic coaching

·       Goals, Visualisation, Imagery and Therapeutic Story

There are 3 assignments attached to the course

·       A reflective and learner journal (3000 words)

·       A three book review (3000 words)

·       A written case study (3000 words)

The course is fast-track and loaded with practical skills and proven theory, plus a wide range of professional tools and techniques to help you become more efficient for your client, wherever they are on the Continuum of Wellbeing.

The Fusion Model

Bringing together for the first time, advanced counselling, cognitive behavioural and human givens skills in a solution focused coaching framework. This is the first and only independently accredited distance learning therapeutic coaching course in the UK.

The integration of coaching and counselling is a new paradigm. Fusion is at the leading edge with a fully integrated model which has been successfully used over several years with thousands of satisfied clients. 

Do you have an interest in mental health and wellbeing? Do you want to take your career to the next level? Perhaps you’re a counsellor looking to add advanced coaching tools to your therapeutic toolbox or you may be a coach, who wants to deepen and broaden your therapeutic skills? Perhaps you are a hypnotherapist using powerful psychological techniques and would like a safe and solid theoretical frame for your work? You may be working in schools, human resources, the police or the NHS or in another helping profession and just want to be more effective for your clients.

Fusion can help you, with tried and tested training which brings together the very best of coaching and counselling into a powerful new integrated model that really helps and really works.

On completion, Diploma graduates will receive a certificate from NCFE, an awarding organisation recognised by the qualification regulators for England and Wales. NCFE's regulators are the Office of Qualifications and Examinations Regulation (Ofqual) in England, Qualification Wales and CCEA regulations. The general Conditions of Recognition can be found at ww.ofqual.gov.uk

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