Training

The BICA Training Team offers courses for all levels of knowledge a experience amongst infertility counsellors and also courses for other colleagues wishing to understand more fully the role of counsellors in this setting. The team aims to specify to whom each training event is best suited.

Please contact by email the main trainer (her name is always given with the course) for further information.

Please note, BICA members need to log in before they register in order to get the members discount

For more information contact training@bica.net. You can book on-line for training events.

forthcoming BICA Training Programme

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BICA Introductory Course for Counsellors’ working in Licensed Treatment Centre’s or related settings

Fri 28th Jun '13 (All day) - Sat 29th Jun '13 (All day)

£225.00


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BICA Introductory Course for Counsellors’ working in Licensed Treatment Centre’s or related settings

A course for counsellors who are working in Licensed Centres who are new to infertility counselling and also counsellors who are working with infertility issues in other relevant settings.

Facilitators: Jennie Hunt & Janet Owen

Friday 28th and Saturday 29th June 2013

Venue:
Chancellors Hotel andConference Centre
Chancellors Way,
Moseley Road
Fallowfield,
Manchester
M14 6NN

If you are not sure if this course is suitable
for you please contact ajowen50@gmail.com

COURSE AIMS:

  1. To provide an overview of the context and range of issues surrounding work with clients who are experiencing infertility
  2. To increase understanding of the impact of reproductive techniques
  3. To develop specialist knowledge, learning from each other, aided by the different participants’ work settings
  4. To stimulate and support the interests of infertility counselling generally

The two days include:-

• Counselling in an HFEA Licensed Clinic
• The legislative and regularity framework
• Key regulatory principles for licensed centres
• Working in a multidisciplinary team
• The infertility journey
• The experience of loss and grief
• Gender differences
• Implications of treatment
• Welfare of the child
• Counsellors need for support
• The inspection process
• Providing, promoting & evaluating the counselling service
• BICA accreditation

Fees: BICA members’ £240 or £210 Early bird before 31/05/2013
Non-members £250 or £225 Early Bird before 31/05/2013
To register and book please visit the BICA website at: www.bica.net
For further information please contact:
ajowen50@gmail.com or telephone - 07951579785

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Joint BICA – IICO Workshop: CHALLENGES FOR INFERTILITY PROFESSIONALS AS ART GOES GLOBAL

Sat 6th Jul '13 - 1:00pm

£30.00


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Joint BICA – IICO Workshop

CHALLENGES FOR INFERTILITY PROFESSIONALS AS ART GOES GLOBAL

06.07.2013
13.00 to 17.00
at the ESHRE venue
EXCEL Centre, London

13.00    Welcome    
Uschi van Den Broeck (IICO) + Ruth Wilde (BICA Chair)

Chair:    Ruth Wilde 

13.10    UK experiences with National Gamete Donation Trust and Donor Conception Register
            Laura Witjens 

13.45    Counsellors’ challenges: egg donation in Spain
            Jenny Hunt

14.20     Break – getting to know international colleagues

 

Chair: Sheila Pike
14.50      Semen Donors: attitudes and motivations
              Uschi van Den Broeck

15.25    Surrogacy in India – ethical and legal issues? 
            Natalie Gamble 

 

Chair: Petra Thorn 
16.00    Round table with Diana Guerra (Spain): challenging counselling issues relating to cross      border treatments

 

17.00        End

 

19.00        Dinner in nearby restaurant – venue to be confirmed

 

We are looking forward to seeing you in London,
                
Sheila Pike                Petra Thorn 
For BICA                   For IICO

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Couples Counselling

Fri 15th Nov '13 (All day)

£115.00


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Couple Counselling

15th November 2013
09.30 – 4.00

at
The Resource Centre
356 Holloway Road
London N7 6PA

Facilitators: Janet Owen & Lynne Cudmore

This study day is for counsellors and therapists who work in the field of infertility to develop skills when working with couples.

The course will explore:

• The couple’s perspective
• The impact of treatment
• The couple relationship
• The impact on the sexual relationship
• Skills in relationship counselling

Fees: BICA members’ £125 or £105 Early bird before 31/10/2013
Non-members £145 or £115 Early Bird before 31/10/2013

To register and book please visit the BICA website at: www.bica.net
For further information please contact:
ajowen50@gmail.com or telephone - 07951579785

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