"Fix Me" - Developing Affirmative Practice with LGBT+ Clients

15th January 2026

Join us in person for a relaxed and engaging session all about building affirmative practices when working with LGBT+ clients. Whether you’re new or experienced, this event will help you understand how to support your clients authentically and respectfully. Don’t miss out on connecting and learning in a welcoming environment!

Event Details

• Date & Time is 19th February from 10:30 to 14:30
• Event is being provided by Derwent Rural Counselling Service
• Location is Derwent Rural Counselling Service, Serenity House, New Beetwell Street, Chesterfield, S40 1QR
• Book your ticket at https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/fix-me-developing-affirmative-practice-with-lgbt-clients-tickets-1978145579679

Programme By Dr Max Biddulph

Programme From 10.00am: registration and refreshments 10.30am-12.30pm:

• Part One ‘Understanding history and society’ tracing the unfolding role of discourse in the relationship between helping professionals and LGBT+ people.
• Part Two: Standing back and positioning ourselves 12.30pm-1.15pm Lunch 1.15pm-2.30pm:
• Part Three: ‘Mapping the contemporary landscape’ in terms of recent legal outcomes, ethical questions and professional responses/codes of practice.
• Part Four: ‘Towards affirmative practice’: considering what works and how this aligns with personal styles of working.

Frequently asked questions

1. What is the training about? In the UK despite the legal and social progress for LGBT+ people in the twenty first century, evidence across the board suggests that this masks experiences on the ground, where LGBT+ people can still be marginalised and stigmatised.
2. Will this touch on reparative therapy? Yes. Despite the widespread professional condemnation of reparative approaches, evidence suggests that reparative beliefs are still surprisingly common amongst mental health professionals, fed by the current impasse in legislative proposals to outlaw this practice.
3. What is the aim? To provide a safe and supportive space in which a range of professionals can explore the nature of affirmative v reparative approaches with LGBT+ clients, personally and professionally via an experiential workshop.

If it would help to talk, there is a warm welcome at DRCS and a quick response time to requests for therapy, plus help to find the right kind of therapy for you. Browse our website at https://drcs.org.uk/ for information about our therapy services, it is just a click away.

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