About This Event 14.00 - 16.00 CET

Sub-title: Recognising, Assessing, and Addressing Age-Related Bias

Ageism is a pervasive yet often overlooked form of bias that can significantly impact clients’ identity, mental health, relationships, and life choices across the lifespan. In a culture that prioritises youth, clients may present with distress linked to ageing, invisibility, internalised stereotypes, workplace discrimination, health care experiences, or fears about relevance and worth.

This 2-hour CPD workshop supports counsellors to recognise how ageism—both external and internalised—may be shaping clients’ narratives, emotional wellbeing, and presenting issues. Participants will explore the psychological and relational impacts of age-related bias and learn how ageism can intersect with other forms of marginalisation.

Through theory, clinical reflection, and applied discussion, counsellors will develop skills to assess ageism sensitively in the therapeutic space and to respond in ways that support resilience, agency, and meaning-making. The workshop will offer practical strategies for helping clients challenge limiting beliefs about ageing, process age-related loss or transition, and strengthen a more integrated and compassionate sense of self.

Learning Objective Participants Can Expect From This Event

• Increased awareness of ageism and its clinical manifestations.

• Enhanced assessment skills for identifying age-related bias in client work.

• Practical interventions to address internalised ageism.

Who is This Workshop Appropriate For?

Counsellors, clients

How May This Workshop Impact Your Practice?

Help participants have greater confidence supporting clients across different life stages.