b there 4 yourself - about jude

Jude has been working on her own self-development for over 17 years, and all the work she shares she has used on herself,. She understands personally the value and power of raising self-esteem. Jude has a Certificate in Counselling Skills, a Certificate in Drug Awareness, an Advanced BTEC award in Mentoring young people, level 3 qualification in Sexual Health and Young People and level 3 in Child Psychology. She continues her own personal and professional development. Jude has a valid enhanced CRB. Her hobbies include dancing, swimming, reading and photography. She is a breastfeeding helper with the Breastfeeding Network.

Training and personal development for young people..

Jude has been teaching self-esteem courses to adults and young people since 1997, and has spent a number of years concentrating on her work with young people. She is enthusiastic about supporting them as they change their lives, and create positive self-images. Her work can help to create healthy relationships, empathy, improve listening skills and promotes confidence and raises self-esteem. She has worked with various youth centres, charities and projects throughout Lancashire.

Jude offers groups for young women and young men, which can be individually designed to suit any particular client group. They are usually offered as 4 or 6-week courses.

Her work has proved popular with young people and is offered either as 1-2-1 sessions or in small groups. She uses creative approaches and new ideas to connect with young people, and helps teach life-changing skills for the future. While she does some work on the past, a lot of her work consists of looking for changes to make in the present, and covers goal-setting techniques.

Jude works well with young people, who are often struggling with their feelings, puberty, goals, school, college, work, families, parents, peers, self-image, drugs, alcohol, sexual health and relationships, domestic violence, divorce, finances, or parenthood.

This is a safe place to help a young person explore any issues they may have. Jude has spent over nine years working with young people. She is enthusiastic and works in a non-judgemental way. Her work has always been popular with young people, and promotes self-confidence and raises self-esteem.

“Thank you for making me positive & confident about myself in these 6 weeks”
“I feel like I deserve to be treated better than how I have been”
“I’ve achieved better grades in my school work through preparation”
“I take more pride in myself”
“I speak my mind, do what I want and say what I want, and feel good about it”
“I feel that mentoring has given me the chance to talk about things in the past and I feel that since attending the sessions I feel calm and I can breathe. (like someone has taken their foot off my chest)”

Jude also works with staff to offer self-esteem and personal development training, the groups help to empower staff and improve team moral, raise self-esteem and self-confidence and offer ideas for working with clients.

Training and personal development for adults

Helping clients with relationship issues, bereavement, redundancy, family upsets, divorce, money challenges, work & careers.
Exploring new ideas, unlocking unfulfilled ambitions, setting goals.
Supporting clients as they reach decisions and deal with change.
Encouraging self-confidence and a greater self-belief. Self-empowerment and motivation.

“It has made me feel more in control of my life”
“It was fun, I looked forward to each meeting”
“Made me look at things differently, and feel better about myself”
“It made things clearer and helped me to accept things that had happened in my past and move on”
“Helped me find some perspective”