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Evening Meetings
Review of Evening Talk on Money, Money, Money presented by Kitty Willis on 21st November 2019
Kitty shared with us how this subject had become important to her personally and, in particular, professionally. In our small groups we were asked to look at, touch and move around the ‘play money’ she had put on each table whilst observing what feelings or questions...
Review of Physiology and Counselling, October 8th, 2019, with Mike Eustace
Mike’s presence from the beginning of the evening was comfortable, quiet in volume but with a subtle air of confidence. It soon became apparent from the evening that this was no coincidence, as Mike was modelling the whole time he was presenting. Counselling is...
Review of Evening Talk, Stalking, September 16th, 2019, with Lucy Kay
Lucy’s introduction to the group was inspiring and well received by all. It was very evident from the start that Lucy has a great deal of knowledge, understanding and experience relating to stalking and is very passionate about her work. Lucy is a Stalking...
Review of Evening Talk, July 1st, with Zoe Lodrick. Sexual/Domestic Violence and Abuse – The Neurobiology of interpersonal trauma
Zoe was clearly knowledgeable, confident and experienced in this work and I found her very compelling to listen to. Zoe trains many first responders in abuse situations including the army and the police. She explained at the beginning that there was ‘offender’...
Review of Evening Talk, June 19th, 2019, with Adrian Francis. Working with Deaf Clients in a Therapeutic Setting
Adrian shared some of his background and how profound deafness led him, via the Civil Service and Local Government, to qualifying as a counsellor who has a particular desire to work with clients who are on the hearing loss spectrum. It is estimated that 1 in 4...
Review of Evening Talk, April 1st 2019, The Forgiveness Therapy Model, with William Fley
William joined us to share how he has adapted and evolved the Forgiveness Model to focus very specifically on the effect of Absent Fathers on adolescent development and the far-reaching consequences. This very interesting evening commenced with an analysis of the...
Review of Evening Talk, March 11th, Extreme Religious Organisations, with Ruth Mackintosh
The topic of extreme religious organisations or cults was of particular interest to me because I was in a “cult” with a guru for twelve years myself! I was interested to hear Ruth’s take on “extreme religious organisations.” Ruth’s reflections and reading have...
Review of February Evening Talk: Working with Spontaneity, with Doris Prugel-Bennett
Doris gave us a scholarly exploration of Spontaneity, looking at the social context that affects all of us and of which as individuals and as therapists we can be largely unaware. The talk was based to a large extent on the work of Jacob Moreno*, the father of...
Review of Evening Talk: Boundaries with Couples Work, January 2019
This talk was extremely well attended, with an audience of some 80 plus delegates. Jenny introduced herself as a Transactional Analysis (TA) therapist who works with couples and individuals. She commenced the talk reflecting on the similarities and differences...
Review of Evening Talk: End of Life and Bereavement: How to hold someone in both, given by Wendelien McNicoll and Louise Golledge on November 18th, 2018
Firstly a big thank you to Louise who stood in relatively last minute to take the place of the original speaker, who had a wonderful opportunity to go to India for 6 months at the time of this talk, lucky her! Louise opened by saying that talking about death won’t...
Training
Review of Day Training -Addictions – The Bigger Picture presented by John Baker on 30 November 2019
The day saw a crowded room - a wonderful mix of new counsellors and experienced counsellors - all of whom were yearning to learn more, refresh previous learnings and add to their skill set. John imparts his wisdom in a way that makes you feel like you’re mostly...
Reviews of WILD THERAPY weekend, October 4th to October 6th, 2019, with Emma Palmer
The Cold Ash Centre, and the Sisters of the Franciscan Missionaries of Mary who live there welcomed us warmly and looked after us so well, under the guiding hand of Sister Tram, in a way that was both efficient and completely, quietly discreet. The food was good and...
Review of Day Training on September 21st, 2019, COUNSELLING ETHICS, with Ruth Mackintosh
An experiential day underpinned by the BACP’s ‘Ethical Framework for the Counselling Professions 2018’. Ruth wished this to be an inclusive day and so ethical guidance of other modalities and Associations including UKCP, BPS, the Association for Cognitive Analytic...
Review of Day Training on June 15th, 2019, WORKING WITH CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE, with Marilyn McGowan
Marilyn arrived for the talk, laden down with ‘stuff’ - official things like laptops and paperwork, but also a ton of toys, games and stuff that children and young people use to engage. The 2 aspects haven’t always got a lot in common or sometimes a little...
Review of Day Training on March 23rd,2019, FOCUSING, with John Threadgold.
A collaborative day underpinned by discussion and demonstration. A Safety Protocol, including confidentiality, was agreed. John explained his belief that people consist of body, mind, emotions, the psychological and the soul and all needed to be whole. A key influence...
Review of Day Training on Saturday, Four Chair Work – an expansion of the Gestalt Two Chair Work through the lens of the Four Main Archetypes on 26th January 2019 with Stefan Charidge
Stefan offered a litle of his own background and how his work had evolved to include an interest in Two and Four Chair Work underpinned by, what he sees as, the four main Archetypes: the Warrior, Sovereign, Lover and Magician and informed by the four key emotions,...
Review of Day Training: Working with the Elements, with David Brown, Saturday November 10th, 2018
Our workshop with David started over a week before ‘the due date’. David kindly prepped us with information on the elements and invited us to get in touch with the elements in a 9 day build up to the workshop itself. On one of these days I could hear the sea...
A review of the Day Training, Exploring Dreams, on Saturday, 20th October, with Diane Hardiman
Diane led us through an enlightening, experiential journey with dreams and the necessity of healthy sleep. Before she began, Diane invited us to choose one of her beautifully prepared booklets entitled ‘Exploring our Dreams’. Each had a different image, colour, saying...
Review of HACP Day Workshop: Saturday, 29th September 2018 Family Therapy and Family Dynamics with Graham Shavick
Glorious sunshine greeted us last Saturday for Graham’s workshop on Family Therapy and Family Dynamics. Graham treated us to a wonderfully prepared slide pack so we could note important things along the way. The day was filled with a mix of theory, along with...
Review of Day Training: Understanding Co-dependency, with Angela Hughes, Chandler’s Ford, June 23rd, 2018
‘What is Co-dependency?’ Angela explained that ‘in a co-dependent relationship one person allows another person’s behaviour to seriously affect him or her and they become obsessed with controlling that person’s behaviour’. It is a relationship which is excessive to an...