Greenwood Events is headed up by Audrey McConnach. Audrey has worked as a Business & Events Manager since 2002 and set out on her (life-changing!) journey to become a counsellor in 2007.
Obtaining the Diploma in Counselling is just the beginning…if you want to become an accredited counsellor and keep your skills and knowledge up-to-date then continuing professional development (CPD) is essential. This, however, can cost a substantial amount of money if you are in private practice or work for a counselling centre that is not able to offer on-going training.
This is where the vision stemmed from for this venture. Upon the suggestion of her supervisor, Audrey decided to combine her event management skills and her passionate desire to learn and keep her counselling knowledge and skills up-to-date, and so it was that Greenwood Events was born!
So, the start-up vision of Greenwood Events is to run affordable workshops and seminars which can count towards counsellors’ CPD. It is envisaged that this will be achieved through collaboration between experienced counsellors and trainers and Greenwood Events by pulling together resources and expertise and a genuine willingness to share knowledge and best practice.
Greenwood Events also aspires to facilitate, in time, a vibrant and lively network of counsellors who meet up on a regular basis to share expertise and knowledge. The events may also be of interest to anyone considering a career in counselling or in general self-development. No-one is excluded. (Note – the events are held mainly in the central belt of Scotland).
It is going to take time to populate this website, but this is a start. Having a full-time job and counselling on top of that, means time is limited.
If you would like to become part of this exciting new venture and have something you would like to share, get in touch with Audrey to talk about setting up an event together. The working partnership should be a win-win situation for everyone – that includes the delegates as well as the trainer and the organiser!
If you would like to be added to the database to receive notification of any of the upcoming events, please email us with your contact details.