Many clients entering midlife and later adulthood bring complex questions about identity, purpose, loss, and transition. While the second half of life is often framed in terms of decline, psychological and therapeutic perspectives increasingly recognise it as a powerful period for meaning-making, integration, and renewed flourishing.
This 4-week online CPD course is designed for counsellors, psychotherapists, and helping professionals who want to deepen their understanding of the developmental, emotional, and existential themes that emerge in the second half of life. Drawing on contemporary research in adult development, positive psychology, existential therapy, and lifespan perspectives, the course explores how therapists can support clients navigating midlife transitions, life review, changing roles, and questions of purpose and legacy.
Participants will examine the psychological tasks of midlife and later adulthood, explore therapeutic approaches that foster resilience and flourishing, and reflect on their own developmental journeys as practitioners. Through interactive discussions, case examples, and reflective exercises, the course offers practical tools to help therapists work more confidently and compassionately with clients in this life stage.
Learning Objective Participants Can Expect From This Event
Understand key developmental themes associated with the second half of life, including identity shifts, life review, generativity, and meaning-making.
Recognise common psychological challenges that arise in midlife and later adulthood, such as transition, loss, changing roles, and existential concerns.
Integrate insights from lifespan development, positive psychology, and existential perspectives into counselling practice.
Who is This Workshop Appropriate For?
The course is suitable for qualified counsellors, psychotherapists, psychologists, and trainees seeking continuing professional development with a specific interest in claiming your age.
How May This Workshop Impact Your Practice?
Participants will develop greater self-awareness as practitioners, reflecting on their own developmental stage and its influence on therapeutic work.
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