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Evening Meetings
Review of September 12th Evening Talk, Suicide – Dealing with crisis in the moment, with Stefan Charidge, on Zoom
Stefan offered an informed and thought-provoking talk around this very sensitive subject, which can be difficult to meet in the counselling room, both for the client and the therapist. His use of metaphor and the doll like characters brought a welcome visual element...
Review of Evening Talk, Tuesday, July 5th. Attachment on the Big Screen, with Jeff Lane. Chandler’s Ford Methodist Centre
What a miscellany of film clips we viewed: Treasure Island, The Hunchback of Notre Dame, and ‘The Male Gaze.’ I was expecting to watch clips to do with attachments, perhaps parent and child, or friendships, or romance, people and pets, comrades in arms etc, so these...
Review of June 8th Evening Talk. DISSOCIATION. A consideration of physiology, presentations, cautions and approaches, with Peter Gregory
Dissociation - we all do it. You drive to somewhere, and arrive realising you didn’t consciously observe usual landmarks. This we deem normal and not harmful to ourselves or others. When dissociation is extreme, behaviours that happen during an episode may not be...
A brief review of HACP’s Evening Talk with Allan Frater – 17th May 2022, ‘Waking Dreams: An image-centric approach to psychotherapy’
Allan, a Psychosynthesis psychotherapist, began by explaining a little of the theoretical background.‘In 1911 Roberto Assagioli began developing Psychosynthesis’. Assagioli had initially been influenced by Psychoanalysis and the work of Freud, but over time had begun...
An Adoptee’s Story A conversation with Nick Mabey, in Chandler’s Ford on April 7th, 2022
Nick Mabey shared his life story as an adoptee with us. There was an uncanny parallel between his physical heart problem (a hole in his heart) that he was unaware of till quite late in life and his psychological heart problem, the absence of his birth mother (and...
Against the Grain, with Mars Lord at Chandler’s Ford on March 14th, 2022
Mars gave us a provocative and spirited talk about racism in society. She told us about the cumulative effect of racism on black people, how people become worn down by it. She shared that a negative opinion about her by a teacher took her school career completely...
What can counsellors and psychotherapists do about prescribed drug dependence? Professor Rosemary Rizq on February 15th 2022 on Zoom
Professor Rosemary Rizq posed the following questions to us at the beginning of the talk: How many of your current clients are taking at least one psychiatric drug? Have you already talked with your clients about their psychiatric drugs? If not, what do you...
A Review of the talk about THERAPIST SELF CARE, with Jacqueline Holloway on Thursday January 12th, 2022, on zoom.
‘Are we mindful enough of self care?’ was the question we were asked at the beginning of the talk. I think the answer we all arrived at is that we are not! We looked at the impact of loss, change and trauma on ourselves as therapists and the different signs of...
Reviews of Working Holistically with Chronic Illness, with Marcos Frangos, November 25th
Marcos gave a really heart-felt exploration of a client which was the theme all the way through the presentation, which gave it depth of feeling and a unique way of thinking about how we can work with our clients through a lens of empathy and connectivity Marcos has a...
A brief review of HACP’s Evening Talk on the 19th October 2021 via Zoom with Windy Dryden who explored: ‘Providing help at the point of need – Insights from Single Session Therapy’
Windy Dryden has been involved with this way of working for a number years now and is passionate about how it can help clients to a find more ‘of the moment’ and proactive way forward with issues raised at the point of need. He has generously shared his power-point...
Training
Review of Trauma and Empathic Overload in Therapists. With Teresa Crosswell, on August 14th.
Teresa said she intended to give an insight into the nature of trauma, its sensory element and the impact on both clients and therapists together with increased understanding into the vital importance of our own self-care. ’Trauma can be defined as a situation faced...
Review of the Day Training, ‘Trauma and Empathic Overload in Counsellors and Psychotherapists, on August 14,2021 with Teresa Crosswell
Teresa said she intended to give an insight into the nature of trauma, its sensory element and the impact on both clients and therapists together with increased understanding into the vital importance of our own self-care. ’Trauma can be defined as a situation faced...
Review of the Day Training, E.M.D.R, with Sian Morgan on 20th February, 2021
Sian Morgan and ‘Eye Movement Desensitisation and Reprocessing - EMDR’ 20th February 2021 via Zoom: a brief review by Jacqueline Holloway Sian, an EMDR Europe Accredited Consultant and Trainer, generously shared her knowledge and experience whilst demonstrating a...
Review of the Day Training, ‘The Neuroscience of Transformation’ on 22 February 2020 with Paul Sibson
Perhaps the title of the workshop should have been The Coherence Therapy Model rather than the Neuroscience of Transformation as the day was focused on the theory and practice of the Coherence Model. A huge amount of information was given to us so this review attempts...
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,...